Social Work for Children and Families at Risk

CHRDRI gathered a new group from the SAA to participate in another training for improvement of vocational qualifications. It started on June 29 and will be held in the face to face and distance learning form. Its topic is "Social work for children and families at risk." It is intended for social workers with a Bachelor degree in the specialty and / or experience of over two years on the position.

The program aims to present the nature, purposes and principles of the social policy, as well as the process of deinstitutionalization as building knowledge and skills of employees and creating real opportunities for development and raising the level of professionalism in this specific activity.

Participants will hold their training in three levels and in each of them there are included in 130 hours.

The training content provides presentation of the principles of modern social policy and contributing to the implementation of the deinstitutionalization process according to the current legislation. It will provide also understanding of the specifics of social work with children and young people with deviant delinquent behavior; cases of violence and child trafficking and controlling and monitoring them. The programme includes clarification of parental alienation syndrome and the role of the social worker on the problem, as well as developing mechanisms for cooperation and coordination in working with institutions and civil society organizations on cases.

During the course social workers will learn how to organize their activities in the different specific cases, to identify the need for inclusion in training programmes for control and monitoring, as well as preventive or therapeutic activities when necessary. They will acquire skills to handle information and databases, and to create and store relevant documentation.

The effectiveness of the learning process will be evaluated after the completion of each module through case studies or questionnaires.

After completing the training successfully performing trainees will receive a certificate of qualification in the profession.