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In 2003 Bulgaria enacted new legislation that introduced various reforms in the social sphere. These changes define a new philosophy of state policy in the area of social services and societyВ’s vulnerable groups. Protected Housing is a social service that enables the transition from the traditional in Bulgaria institutional care to the services offered in the community and the family environment. The practical social work and the social worker in the service Protected Housing are the main subjects of analysis in ...

The article presents the results of an insufficiently discussed issue in the Bulgarian literature about the professional burnout of social workers in the service "Protected Housing". In the real practice, the social worker is a typical social mediator between the vulnerable groups of people and regulating social institutions, civil communities and generally accepted moral norms. At the same time, he is assigned to perform his tasks in a social environment in which social relations are regulated by different legal ...