Directive and non-directive nature of professssional activities of social workers – study report

The article presents a sample of the results of the quantitative study carried out among 1362 social workers of social services in three regions: kujawsko-pomorskie, pomorskie and warmińsko-mazurskie. Certain daily activities, carried out by the interviewees at different rates, were analysed. Prior the analysis, these activities were divided into two groups: required/necessary and supplementary/supportive. The required activities shall be understood as those described by law or determined by the social worker (certain duties and obligations towards the clients) while the supplementary mean all the decisions resting on the clients themselves.