COMPETENCE APPROACH IN THE TRAINING OF SOCIAL WORKERS AS A PREREQUISITE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION
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2024
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Plovdiv University Press "Paisii Hilendarski"
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The implementation of social inclusion policies implies the planning and implementation of educational activities for the proper training of social workers, on whom the activities towards the social inclusion of members of vulnerable groups largely depend. In order to be useful for their users and clients, who have a justified need for professional support for successful social inclusion, it is necessary for professionals in the field of social activities to continuously optimize their functional literacy, to maintain high levels of social communication skills and to be prepared in the direction of social mediation – an approach assuming specific skills and competences in the field of interpersonal, intergroup and intercultural communication. This article proposes a possible option for quality professional training of future social workers, which is aimed at acquiring knowledge, skills and competencies for the satisfaction of fundamental universal human aspirations for well-being and sustainable development, the achievement of which passes through the realization of successful professional interactions with users and clients for the prevention of social exclusion, for overcoming its consequences and for full social inclusion in public life.
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social inclusion, functional literacy, social communication, social mediation, competence approach in training of social workers