{"title":"Working with Children and Young People as a much Neglected Area of Education within the Social Studies Curriculum in Poland","authors":"Marta Czechowska-Bieluga","volume":140,"journal":"International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences","pagesStart":1080,"pagesEnd":1085,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10009402","abstract":"
Social work education in Poland focuses mostly on developing competencies that address the needs of individuals and families affected by a variety of life's problems. As a result of the ageing of the Polish population, much attention is equally devoted to adults, including the elderly. However, social work with children and young people is the area of education which should be given more consideration. Social work students are mostly trained to cater to the needs of families and the competencies aimed to respond to the needs of children and young people do not receive enough attention and are only offered as elective classes. This paper strives to review the social work programmes offered by the selected higher education institutions in Poland in terms of social work training aimed at helping children and young people to address their life problems. The analysis conducted in this study indicates that university education for social work focuses on training professionals who will provide assistance only to adults. Due to changes in the social and political situation, including, in particular, changes in social policy implemented for the needy, it is necessary to extend this area of education to include the specificity of the support for children and young people; especially, in the light of the appearance of new support professions within the area of social work. For example, family assistants, whose task is to support parents in performing their roles as guardians and educators, also assist children. Therefore, it becomes necessary to equip social work professionals with competencies which include issues related to the quality of life of underage people living in families. Social work curricula should be extended to include the issues of child and young person development and the patterns governing this phase of life.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1]\tAct of 12 March 2004 on social welfare. J. of Laws 2004 No. 64, it. 593.\r\n[2]\tBera, R., Czechowska-Bieluga, M., Kanios, A., Sarzy\u0144ska-Mazurek, E. 2011. Wyr\u00f3wnywanie szans rozwojowych dzieci i m\u0142odzie\u017cy zagro\u017conej wykluczeniem spo\u0142ecznym. Warsaw: PWN, 2011. ISBN 978-83-01-16891-9.\r\n[3]\thttp:\/\/e.kul.pl\/qlprogram.html?ra=1&etap=0&kid=1803&op=2&wid=2. Official website of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (accessed on: 24.03.17).\r\n[4]\thttp:\/\/www.aps.edu.pl\/media\/739141\/iii-dzps.pdf. Official website of the Maria Grzegorzewska Pedagogical University (accessed on: 27.03.17).\r\n[5]\thttp:\/\/www.dlakandydata.dsw.edu.pl\/oferta-edukacyjna\/studia-ii-stopnia-magisterskie\/wydzial-nauk-pedagogicznych\/praca-socjalna\/ Official website of the University of Lower Silesia (accessed on: 24.03.17).\r\n[6]\thttp:\/\/www.dlakandydata.dsw.edu.pl\/oferta-edukacyjna\/studia-i-stopnia-licencjackie-i-inzynierskie\/wydzial-nauk-pedagogicznych\/praca-socjalna\/ Official website of the University of Lower Silesia (accessed on: 23.03.17).\r\n[7]\thttp:\/\/www.socjologia.uj.edu.pl\/pracasocjalna Official website of the Jagiellonian University (accessed on: 23.03.17).\r\n[8]\thttp:\/\/www.uwm.edu.pl\/oferta-ksztalcenia Official website of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (accessed on: 27.03.17).\r\n[9]\thttp:\/\/www.wp.ajd.czest.pl\/pracasocjalna\/index.php?page=sylwetka-absolwenta Official website of Jan D\u0142ugosz University in Cz\u0119stochowa (accessed on: 27.03.17).\r\n[10]\thttps:\/\/usosweb.uksw.edu.pl\/kontroler.php?_action=actionx%3Akatalog2%2Fprogramy%2FszukajProgramu%28%29&_prg_kod=&_pattern=praca+socjalna Official website of Cardinal Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski University in Warsaw (accessed on: 23.03.17).\r\n[11]\tKotlarska-Michalska, A. 2013. Rodzaje bada\u0144 prowadzonych w Polsce nad prac\u0105 socjaln\u0105, w pracy socjalnej i dla pracy socjalnej. In: M. Szpunar (ed.), Badania w pracy socjalnej, Gda\u0144sk: ANWI, 2013. ISBN 978-83-64728-02-0.\r\n[12]\tKrasiejko I. 2016. Asystentura rodziny. Rekomendacje metodyczne i organizacyjne, Warszawa: MRPiPS.\r\n[13]\tOrnacka, K., Mirewska, E. 2013. O w\u0142\u0105czeniu dzieci jako aktor\u00f3w spo\u0142ecznych w pole praktyki pracy socjalnej. In: M. Szpunar (ed.), Badania w pracy socjalnej, Gda\u0144sk: ANWI, 2013. ISBN 978-83-64728-02-0.\r\n[14]\tSoko\u0142owska, J. 2013. Znaczenie narracji biograficznych w pracy socjalnej w \u015bwietle bada\u0144 nad to\u017csamo\u015bci\u0105 dzieci ulicy. In: M. Szpunar (ed.), Badania w pracy socjalnej, Gda\u0144sk: ANWI, 2013. ISBN 978-83-64728-02-0.\r\n[15]\tThe Ordinance of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 25 January 2008 on the specialisation preparing for the profession of social worker realised in institutions of higher education. J. of Laws 2008 No. 27, it. 158.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 140, 2018"}