On the nature of risk and risk management in social welfare homes as public providers of social services in Poland

The aim of the paper is to address the issues of risk and risk management in social welfare homes as public organisations providing social services. The discussions presented in the paper refer to entities that operate in Poland. Risk management in public welfare facilities may be supported using organisation management processes. An important role here is played by methodology and the familiarity with the way a risk management process is conducted. The paper is theoretical and conceptual in its character. Its contents form part of a novel approach to management, i.e. NPM (New Public Management). It uses the fundamentals of deductive thinking, as well as a method of synthesis. A research technique employed by the author is participant observation, based on the example of a specific social welfare home. The publication also contains a review of literature on the subject.