What is obscured by routine in social work? Practice of social work in the face of challenges of the disability social model in Poland (on the example of disabled parents’ contacts with unites of social assistance). A sociological approach

The article attempts to define social work as a social practice, using the sociological understanding of practices as (1) habit and (2) disposition to register what is new. Such a theoretical perspective helped to reveal the causes of failure in implementing appropriate and effective assistance for parents with disabilities as a result of interference of several connected factors. Three such factors are discussed: institutionalization of helplessness in social assistance, relying on the stereotype of a disabled person (which corresponds to the medical model) and organizational ignorance. Finally, the necessity of introducing ground breaking innovations axiologically based on tolerance as an expression of social concern is emphasized.