Abstract:
This research was to study the risk management model and to separate the risk issues of
organizations that were responsible for the protection of homeless people in Thailand and it would be
used as a guideline for creating risk assessment criteria and for managing risks from outside and inside
the organization. The quality research model was used and the study consisted of many stages. In step 1,
there was the study of the management practices of helpless people and the control of beggars and
homeless people by Participatory Action Research: PAR, and In-Depth Interviews were conducted with
10 organizational executives, 3 experts, 4 service users. In step 2, the assessment criteria were tested
by18 experts with the Delphi Method. In step 3, the important issues were brought to the focus group
and the relevant departments consisting of 12 people and 5 representatives of helpless people to confirm
the assessment results. In step 4, there was the test of risk assessment forms in the process of improving
the quality of service users lives. The research findings revealed that 94.44 percent of the target group
believed that three topics risks including the risks from the outside of the social organizations,
community risks, and legal risks had the highest risk, and they were followed by the economic risk
which was 83.33 percent. It was suggested that the concept of risk prevention and risk reduction could
be done by improving the quality of life to society, and 100 percent of participants agreed with the
suggestion. In addition, risk from technology affected risk management by 62.50 percent. It was
discovered that 100 percent of the target group thought that the risks within the organization concerning
service users were different communicable disease and behavior. 100 percent of the participants agreed
that there were also risks in the process of screening users before being imported to the shelter for all
helpless people, and few of them were developed into the society due to the limitations of the trainers
and the method of teaching. For the human resources, 94.44 percent thought there would be the
provision of multidisciplinary care for those with psychiatric disorders, and occupational therapy should
be focused for service users at risk of communicable diseases. 83.33 percent thought that financial risk
was insufficient budget. For the concept of risk prevention, 88.89 percent proposed that personnel
should be developed to become multidisciplinary, and proportion should be provided sufficiently. It was
suggested that nurses and doctors regularly come to check those who were psychiatric. It was also
proposed that service users professional skills should be developed according to their aptitude before
going out to the society by determining a clear process such as career development through the
Department of Skill Development which cooperated with private enterprise establishments.