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Experiences and Educational Needs of Social Workers Working with Children and Youth and Perpetrators of Criminal Acts

There are many areas where social workers work. Some of them are work with children and youth with behavioral problems and young and adult perpetrators of criminal acts. With children and youth social workers work in social welfare centers, at the Attorney office and Court office and residential and correctional institutions. Lately there are higher demands for the work of social workers in the area of Justice. Both social workers who work with children and youth and those who work in justice department need specific knowledge, skills and abilities. Some of knowledge and skills social workers in Croatia gain during their 5 years education. Contemporary life brings to some new types of problems in children and youths behavior and their social functioning. Also families are faced with some new problems. Sometimes social workers can not deal with it and need some special knowledge and additional educations. In this presentation will be presented results of two research conducted with social workers who work in Social welfare centers in Croatia on the Department for children, youth and families. Also we will present the results of a workshop conducted with the group of social workers who talk about the need for social work education to follow up changes in everyday life and demands for social work profession in the area of Justice Department. Thru experiences of social workers working with children and youth and their needs there is evident that it is needed improvement of the quality of their work, as well as the needs of social workers working within Department of Justice in Croatia. We will argue about this if the education for social work need to follow the changes in society and the needs of contemporary life and problems that it brings.

social work ; education ; children ; youth ; perpetrators of criminal acts

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