Social work is a type of employment that sets itself the goal of helping either people or social groups who need to overcome various difficulties. Workers in this field provide their "clients" with all kinds of support, protection, and also help them in life correction and rehabilitation.
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Step 1
In the modern world, social work is not only a type of employment, but also a social phenomenon, scientific knowledge, a real profession and even an academic discipline that is studied in pedagogical universities. The International Federation of Social Workers is also functioning, which was organized in Copenhagen on June 27, 2001 and gave a clear definition of this type of employment.
Step 2
In Russia, the specialty of a social worker is still relatively young and has been familiar to the population of the country only since the 90s. But the world experience in this area is richer, since it is with the help of social work that states are able to effectively solve important problems in terms of increasing social tension, the consequences of disasters, blocking risky situations, as well as when implementing very complex government decisions. In the USA and EU countries, social work is funded by the state and takes place within the framework of the social policy of a truly welfare state. Moreover, Germany and France were the first to develop this experience.
Step 3
Over the past two decades, work has been actively carried out on the territory of Russia to train truly high-quality and knowledgeable specialists in social work. Moreover, the general "array" of participants in this type of employment is divided into two categories - a group of managers who analyze, plan and monitor current work, as well as social workers themselves, whose knowledge and skills are used in the education system, health care, as well as in the system of armed forces of the Russian Federation. The latter group cooperates and helps the following segments of the population - large families, disabled people, elderly people who need psycho-emotional assistance and professional counseling.
Step 4
Currently, this specialty is taught in 200 Russian universities, while in 1991 their total number did not exceed 20. This area of study is coordinated by the Russian State Social University and the educational and methodological association created on its basis, or shortly UMO. Now only specialists graduate from this specialty, but in the near future, in connection with the Bologna process, the training of bachelors and masters of this professional field will take place on the basis of universities. It is expected that this change will be able to put social work on a fundamentally new stage of development and will be able to increase the level of professionalism of its employees.
