Student supervision as educational method in faculties of social work. A study in seven European countries

The article considers the experience of training future social workers in European countries. The role and significance of positive foreign experience of professional training in European countries – Germany, France, Poland, Britain are substantiated; Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Netherlands, Finland. The aim of the article is to analyze the theory and practice of training social workers in European countries. Research methods used: analysis − to study scientific sources on the research topic, comparison − to explain the scientific positions of various authors, interpretation − to make a scientific commentary on scientific sources. It is established that despite the commonality of individual European trends in the training of social workers, each European country has its own, unique experience of this training, and its own specifics of professional activities of social workers, given the priority social problems in society. The main priorities of professional training of social workers in European countries, which contribute to the formation of students' readiness for effective interaction in the professional sphere: variability of curricula, a wide range of specializations, a wide range of forms and methods of practical training, a large amount of training time for internships and etc. It is noted that the practice of pre-professional social work at the level of volunteering, participation in certain social projects, etc. is important for the training of social workers, which is a prerequisite for admission to the specialty «Social Work» in many European countries. It is concluded that in the practice of training future social workers in different countries, students receive the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to implement interaction in its various organizational and substantive aspects (primarily with different subjects of social protection), instead of the pedagogical content of such interaction not specifically distinguished.

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Social Work in Conflict: The Practitioner and the Bureaucrat. Edited by Bryan Glastonbury with David M. Cooper and Pearl Hawkins, The Planning of Health Services: Studies in Eight European Countries. Edited by G. McLachlan

Social Work ◽

10.1093/sw/27.4.375 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 375-375

Author(s):

Ellen B. Hill

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Health Services ◽

European Countries

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The History of Social Work in Eight Eastern European Countries from 1900-1960 – an overview

Helfer der Armen – Hüter der Öffentlichkeit / Guardians of the Poor – Custiodians of the Public ◽

10.2307/j.ctvmx3jpr.17 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 83-140

Author(s):

Dagmar Schulte

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

European Countries ◽

Eastern European ◽

History Of ◽

Eastern European Countries ◽

History Of Social Work

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DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WORK AND CORE SUBJECTS OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION IN THREE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Socialinė teorija empirija politika ir praktika ◽

10.15388/stepp.2007.4.8711 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 116-123

Author(s):

Viginta Ivaškaitė-Tamošiūnė

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Social Work Education ◽

Comparative Method ◽

Formal System ◽

European Countries ◽

Practical Training ◽

Political Transformation ◽

Core Subjects ◽

Education Levels ◽

Work Education

The goal of the paper is to analyse the development of social work profession and studies in three European countries: Greece, Germany and Lithuania. The comparative method is used. The objects of the analysis are: the origin of social work and its education, foundation of fist schools, and their creators, further development of education, levels and duration of social work education, credits system, the core subjects of studies, practical work and specializations. The findings show that there is a lot of in common, as well as different in the area of social work. Commonalities of social work development were related mostly to each country's social, economical, political transformation that resulted in great changes in terms of the need of professional help and the acceptance of social work profession. Meanwhile differences mainly occurred when analysing the time of emergence of a particular stage and the rapidity of development. It was observed that commonalities in Germany, Greece and Lithuania lie mainly in core subjects of social work, importance of practical training, as well as in numerous specializations offered. Differences come about when looking at the formal system that is based on undergraduate and graduate cycles, and the credits system.

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