Risk of Professional Stress in the Process of Social Work: the Prospect of the Use of Supervision

Indrė Dirgėlienė Abstract Social worker‘s professional activity has been analyzed from different viewpoints: the complexity of professional activity in the socio-cultural context of Lithuania is reflected by a complex character of client‘s problems, multiple dimensions of the empowerment process, the novelty and the status of the profession in the community, public culture, etc. Social work…

THE NEED OF SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL WORKERS EXPERIENCING CHANGES IN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: PERSPECTIVE OF SUPERVISION

Asta Kiaunytė Abstract The article analyses the complexity of social work as a professional collaboration. The changing nature of social work components presumes the issue of social workers facing the changes in professional activity. The goal of the article is to reveal the purpose of supervision by analyzing the need of support for the social workers experiencing changes in professional…

The features of students practical work and communication skills in working with children with physical disabilities

Milda Gintilienė Abstract Summary The paper discusses an opportunity of practical skills development of Kaunas College Health Care Faculty students‘ of occupational therapy and physiotherapy study programe’s  to the integration of services to socially vulnerable population groups in the learning process, in conjunction with the social partnership and dispersion. The study was carried out in …