Social work with individuals and families at risk. Specifics of working with clients in a multiethnic environment - opportunities and challenges 24-25.11.2021

As of today, a two-day seminar is taking part in the CHRDRI on the topic "Social work with individuals and families at risk. Specifics of working with clients in a multiethnic environment - opportunities and challenges" . It is being funded by the project BG05M9OP001-3.015 "Integrated training for the administration administration on the labor market and in the social sphere. " It involves social workers from the SAD at the SAA and from social services at the municipality of Gabrovo and the municipality of Razlog. All of the partisipants possess a green certificate.

During the seminar the participants will expand their knowledge about the policy of social inclusion in working with individuals and families at risk, as well asabout the current changes in the regulatory framework defining social work with individuals and families at risk. They will develop skills to apply modern approaches and methods for social work in cases with individuals and families at risk and for inter-institutional interaction when working with clients in a multiethnic environment. Among the main topics that will be discussed during the seminar are the nature and features of modern social inclusion policy in working with individuals and families at risk, current regulations, the system of social assistance and social protection in the Republic of Bulgaria, approaches and methods in the social work for individuals and families at risk, social work on a case and social services in the community and in specialized institutions, approaches to work with marginalized groups, etc.

The lecturer of the training is Dashenka Kraleva. She is a Doctor of Social Work, who has professional experience in the theory and practice of social work, social legislation and its relationship with international policies in the social sphere. As she is author of numerous articles and books (in Bulgarian and in some other languages) dedicated to the work on cases and use of specific methods for working with clients of social services, she will contribute to enriching the knowledge and skills of the social workers and will increase their motivation for professional development.