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A Study on the Citizen Advocates' Perception of Their Role for People with Developmental Disabilities

시민옹호인의 역할인식에 관한 연구 - 발달장애인 옹호경험을 중심으로 -

  • Jeon, Ji-Hye (Department of Social Welfare, Incheon National University) ;
  • Lee, Se-Hee (Department of Social Welfare, Catholic University of Korea, In-cheon Community Rehabilitation Center advocacy support team)
  • 전지혜 (인천대학교 사회복지학과) ;
  • 이세희 (가톨릭대학교, 인천장애인종합복지관)
  • Received : 2019.01.28
  • Accepted : 2019.03.20
  • Published : 2019.03.28
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Abstract

This study examined the role of citizen advocates in advocating for people with developmental disabilities. Citizen advocacy refers to activities that advocate and represent citizens on behalf of those who are socially vulnerable. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role concept of citizen advocates by conducting focus group interviews and dividing the 13 citizen advocates with developmental disabilities into 4 groups. It is divided into four main subjects and nine sub-themes. The main theme are 'Self-transformation of the parties', 'Restoring the rights of the parties', 'Being with the parties', and 'Expanding the world of the parties'. Sub-themes are 'Recognizing and solving the problem of self', 'Granting role to speak', 'Recovering the initiative of service use', 'Restoring the rights of existing (family and neighbor), "Preventing money harm" "Speaking instead", "Encouraging and petting people", "Promoting change in the community", and "Expanding the size of the world a little bit". Based on this, we discussed the importance of citizen advocacy as a preventive advocacy system, the relationship between citizen advocacy and professional advocacy system, the difference between volunteer and personal assistants and citizen advocacy, and considerations for citizen advocacy.

본 연구는 시민옹호인이 발달장애인과 만남 속에서 어떠한 옹호 역할을 수행하고 있다고 인식하는지 살펴보았다. 시민옹호란 사회적으로 취약한 이들을 대신하여 시민이 옹호하고 대변하는 활동을 의미한다. 본 연구에서는 발달장애인과 함께한 시민옹호인 13인을 4개 그룹으로 나누어 포커스집단면접을 실시하였고 시민옹호인의 역할 개념을 분석하였다. 4개의 대주제와 9개의 하위주제로 구분되었는데, '당사자의 자기변화 이끌기', '당사자의 권한회복하기', '당사자와 한편 되어주기', '당사자의 세상크기 넓히기'의 대주제와 "자기(욕구)문제 인식하고 해결하게 하기', '말하는 역할 부여하기', '서비스 이용관계 주도권 회복하기', '기존(가족, 이웃)관계 속 권한 회복하기', '금전피해 방지하기', '대신 말하기', '공감하고 탄원하기', '지역사회 변화 촉진하기', '당사자의 세상 크기 조금 넓히기' 의 소주제가 도출되었다. 이를 토대로 예방적 옹호로서의 시민옹호, 시민옹호와 전문적 옹호체계의 상보적 관계, 자원봉사 및 활동지원과 시민옹호의 차이점, 시민옹호 사업을 위한 고려사항을 논의하였다.

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Table 1. General Characteristics of Participants

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Table 2. A topic related to the role-awareness of advocates

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