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Social work with organizations
Organizational social work can be defined as the area that studies both organizations in general and their dimensions in particular, from a systemic, hermeneutic and holistic approach, with emphasis on their times, spaces, actors, relationships, processes, products, spheres and areas. of performance (Santos de Santos cited in Ceolevel, 2021).
Its fundamental purpose lies in contributing to the development of a more humane work environment in the institution by sensing the human needs and aspirations of employees subject to changes in the environment and timely responses from those who hire. "It contributes to the creation of adequate work environments for workers, and to the economic health of organizations" (Davis and Newstrom cited in Cherry, 2021).
It is closely linked to the objectives that the company seeks to achieve and is the result of its internal policies and programs. It is aimed at the empowerment of human talent both individually and collectively, an essential bulwark for renewal and competitiveness in a world of changes and challenges. The detection and diagnosis of problems and needs covers both the business and personal, family and work spheres, thus achieving the growth of the company in the market and as a human group in parallel. People and organizations are not seen separately but as an interdependent entity.
The areas of intervention of Social Work in the business field fundamentally cover three axes that converge with each other:
• Socio-laboral well-being: A permanent and participatory construction process, which seeks to create, maintain and improve the conditions that favor the development of the employee, the improvement of their standard of living and that of their family, and that in turn increases the levels of satisfaction, efficiency and identification with their work and with the achievement of the social purpose of the entity (Vigoya cited in Ceolevel, 2021).
• Occupational health and industrial safety: According to the WHO, it covers activities that promote the protection of the health of active people, trying to control accidents and diseases caused by work performance and reducing risk conditions.
• Social responsibility: It is seen as the voluntary integration, by companies, of social and environmental concerns in their commercial operations and their relationships with their interlocutors.