Vassilis Karagkounis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6697879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vassilis Karagkounis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vassilis |
| FAMILY NAME | Karagkounis |
| SIGNATURE | KARAGKOUNIS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Democritus University of Thrace |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3551-4234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Voices from the frontline
This paper draws on interviews with seventeen school social workers in the Attica and Thessaloniki Regions regarding the challenges that they have faced and their responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings reveal a significant increase in the demands related to behavioural, mental and financial issues faced by students and their families; the inadequacy of means and sources of help, as well as the further deterioration of their working cond…
Austerity, social work and the rediscovery of community work
Dominant individualised social work methods and practices are being criticised in a growing body of Greek literature, as is the case in many other countries also experiencing the effects of neo-liberal policies and austerity. Among the same criticism, more progressive approaches and collective practices drawn from community work are being proposed as more appropriate to the complexity and length of the current challenges and problems. The article…
It’s difficult to be a social worker these days’
Greece, over the last eight years, has faced an unprecedented socioeconomic crisis due to the austerity enforced by the foreign creditors as preconditions for receiving successive bail out loans. This paper draws on interviews with social workers of the ‘Help at Home’ programme in the wider area of the city of Thessaloniki and presents the challenges that they are facing within the wider context of implications of austerity for social work practi…
Social work in Greece in the time of austerity
The aim of this article is to critically assess the impact of austerity on social work in Greece and the main challenges that professionals face today. Within this context, this article argues that scarce resources and staff shortages have put social workers under extreme pressure and have limited their ability to respond to increased social needs. At a time when the individualized model that has prevailed in social work practices for decades see…
Social work in Greece in the time of austerity
The aim of this article is to critically assess the impact of austerity on social work in Greece and the main challenges that professionals face today. Within this context, this article argues that scarce resources and staff shortages have put social workers under extreme pressure and have limited their ability to respond to increased social needs. At a time when the individualized model that has prevailed in social work practices for decades see…
Austerity, social work and the rediscovery of community work
Dominant individualised social work methods and practices are being criticised in a growing body of Greek literature, as is the case in many other countries also experiencing the effects of neo-liberal policies and austerity. Among the same criticism, more progressive approaches and collective practices drawn from community work are being proposed as more appropriate to the complexity and length of the current challenges and problems. The article…
It’s difficult to be a social worker these days’
Greece, over the last eight years, has faced an unprecedented socioeconomic crisis due to the austerity enforced by the foreign creditors as preconditions for receiving successive bail out loans. This paper draws on interviews with social workers of the ‘Help at Home’ programme in the wider area of the city of Thessaloniki and presents the challenges that they are facing within the wider context of implications of austerity for social work practi…
Social work in Greece in the time of austerity
The aim of this article is to critically assess the impact of austerity on social work in Greece and the main challenges that professionals face today. Within this context, this article argues that scarce resources and staff shortages have put social workers under extreme pressure and have limited their ability to respond to increased social needs. At a time when the individualized model that has prevailed in social work practices for decades see…
Austerity, social work and the rediscovery of community work
Dominant individualised social work methods and practices are being criticised in a growing body of Greek literature, as is the case in many other countries also experiencing the effects of neo-liberal policies and austerity. Among the same criticism, more progressive approaches and collective practices drawn from community work are being proposed as more appropriate to the complexity and length of the current challenges and problems. The article…
It’s difficult to be a social worker these days’
Greece, over the last eight years, has faced an unprecedented socioeconomic crisis due to the austerity enforced by the foreign creditors as preconditions for receiving successive bail out loans. This paper draws on interviews with social workers of the ‘Help at Home’ programme in the wider area of the city of Thessaloniki and presents the challenges that they are facing within the wider context of implications of austerity for social work practi…
Voices from the frontline
This paper draws on interviews with seventeen school social workers in the Attica and Thessaloniki Regions regarding the challenges that they have faced and their responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings reveal a significant increase in the demands related to behavioural, mental and financial issues faced by students and their families; the inadequacy of means and sources of help, as well as the further deterioration of their working cond…
Political science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Austerity (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works)