PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER MELALUI BIMBINGAN SOSIAL DI PANTI ASUHAN KRISTEN JAWA TIMUR MALANG

This study examines character building through social guidance at the East Java Christian Orphanage Foundation, Malang. The purpose of this study is to describe the character building through social guidance at the Christian Orphanage Foundation of Malang towards efforts to build the character of foster children and to describe the inhibiting factors in social guidance to efforts to build the character of foster children at the Christian Orphanage Foundation of East Java Malang. The research method used is a qualitative approach, with the type of descriptive research. The results of this study indicate that the East Java Christian Orphanage Foundation in Malang applies religious, independent, and responsible characters in social guidance efforts to foster children. In the application of social guidance, there are several inhibiting factors, namely: 1) Lack of awareness from within the foster children. 2) Differences in the approach and way of medicating each caregiver. 3) Inadequate facilities from the orphanage. 4) The influence of the external environment. 4) The negative impact of technological developments