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The Implications of Researches on Poverty to Education of Social Works in Croatia

Themes of poverty and social exclusion are increasingly present in the European context because of the economic crisis, growing poverty, unemployment and growing economic inequality. Social workers are daily in their practice faced with the problem of poverty and its impact on individuals, families and communities. Although people living in conditions of poverty are most frequent users of social care and social workers are often in touch with them, researches has shown that working with these people is not the focus of social workers. Some authors warn that the social work profession has not developed on poverty-aware approach. One of the possible causes of lack of awareness and preparedness in combating poverty stems from the fact that the vast majority of schools / faculties of social work neglect field of poverty in education of social workers. Within the Department of Social Work in Zagreb, as the only educational institution for social workers in Croatia, in recent years there have been several very important researches in the field of poverty. These are the first such studies conducted in Croatia with people who live in poverty, such as pre-school children, primary school children, youth, parents of children and youth living in poverty, experts and policy makers that deal with the area of poverty, the homeless people, etc. One of the goals in these researches was to influence the social policy measures, but also expand the knowledge about the people who live in poverty. In another, words, the aim was also to educate social workers and social work students in the area of poverty. Therefore, the aim of this presentation is to show the possibilities of improving the educational content and curricula of future social workers in work with people who live in conditions of poverty.

education of social workers ; poverty ; poverty-aware approach

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