GOOD PRACTICES IN IMPLEMENTING THE HOLISTIC, COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL APPROACH IN WORKING WITH VULNERABLE GROUPS FOR EFFECTIVE SOCIAL INCLUSION

From 28 May 2020 on the Distance Learning Platform of the Center for Human Resources Development and Regional Initiatives is conducting a seminar on Good Practices in Implementing a Holistic, Community and Cultural Approach in Working with Vulnerable Groups for Effective Social Inclusion. The seminar will last until June 24, 2020. It includes a total of 25 participants, representatives of the regional inspectorates of education, secondary and primary schools, the Ministry of Education and Science, social workers.

Tutor of the training is Professor Siika Chavdarova - Kostova from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski.

For the last 20 years she has been teaching, conducting research, conducting seminars with professionals in the field of social inclusion, inclusive education, pedagogical and social work in a multicultural environment, social work with refugees, family pedagogy, prosocial behavior and more. She is leading the master program Social Work with Refugees and Migrants.

After the seminar, students will have in-depth knowledge of the nature and characteristics of holistic, community and culturally appropriate approaches to working with vulnerable groups. Professional competence in the field of these approach is a prerequisite for a better understanding of the causality of behaviors, more successful resolution of various cases, as well as planning and organizing activities with vulnerable groups of representatives of different communities in the direction of their optimal social turn on.

The training is financed by Integrated Trainings for the Administration of Labour Market and Social Sphere Project BG05M9OP001-3.015 funded under HRD OP 2014-2020. Successfully completed participants will be awarded a certificate of participation according to a model established for the project.