Relevance of Improvement of Social Services` Provision in Rural Neighbourhoods
Keywords:
social services, rural neighborhoods, social workers, provision of services, improvement.Abstract
The article aims to analyze the role of rural neighbourhoods as providers of social services in organizing
and rendering of the social services. The problem is oriented towards provision of the services and performance
improvement of social workers. With the purpose to evaluate the possibilities of social services` provision in
rural neighbourhoods the article analyses the needs of rural dwellers for social services. The authors of the article
emphasize the need for active involvement of service users in the process of its development, though the
results of the analysis of selected neighbourhoods of Perini, Tricia and Kaunas districts show the opposite situation.
In summary, based on the theoretical and practical analysis, the paper presents some key advantages and
disadvantages of social services` provision in rural areas.
