Skala Penilaian Pekerja Sosial. The Scale of Social Worker\u27s Performance

ABSTRACTThe objective of this research is to find-out: 1) the comparisons of social worker\u27s performance scale between the scale according to Kepmenpan No.45/Menpan/ 1988, equal - appearing intervals method, and successive intervals method2) the scale difference based on the judgement by both local and central social workers3) factors underlying the social worker\u27s performanceand, 4) the barrier factors to obtain the credit points of performance.This research involved 100 social workers, consisted of 50 local social workers and 50 central social workers. All of the subjects were working on the government social agencies in Jawa Barat, DIY, and Jawa Tengah.The result of concordance coefficient W Kendall analysis showed that there were the differences between the scale with equal - appearing intervals method, the scale according to Kepmenpan, and successive intervals method. In general, all the three scales were different. However, there were no difference between the scale judged by either the central and local social worker. Factor analysis showed that there were four factors underlying the social worker\u27s performance, namely: 1) indirect service - development factors, 2) direct service - rehabilitative factors, 3) direct service - maintenance factors, and 4) indirect service - supportive factors. Another results of the research indicated that there were several barrier factors to obtain the credit points of achievement for social workers. The top three were :1) the lack of education or training for social worker2) the insufficient or indecent work facilities (i.e. office equipment, operational fun, transportation, etc), and3) not all of the social worker activities can be valued as the point of credit.Following those findings the Writen offers some suggestions. The successive interval method can be used to re-scaling the social worker\u27s performance appraisal. Factors underlying the social worker\u27s performance can be used to the basic of the curriculum arrangement and the direction of social workers. All of the related government instances can work together to eliminate the barrier of social worker\u27s credit point achievement. Key words: scaling methods -- equal-appearing intervals -- successive intervals-pair--comparisons -- social worker -- factor analysis -- the barrier of performance -- credit poin