Aspects of the Application of Social Work in Education and Students’ Practice in the Profession of Social Worker

Abstract

There are very few theoretical researches concerning the application of social work in education in Greece. The emergence of a number of remarkable aspects of this complex issue, concerning the profession of social worker, consists of the major objective of the present study. The whole project was designed giving emphasis on the assumption that the field of education is a critical professional intervention field. The methodology was based on qualitative research, empirical research and literature review. The study gives results regarding the implementation of the profession of social worker, focusing on the uniqueness of Greek reality. In conclusion, the study highlights the remarkable range of factors that interact and compose the image of the educational context, it underlines the special role of students’ practice in social work and it reflects the particular way of intervention in the social needs that arise in educational reality, utilizing the incentives provided. The optics arising from this theoretical study could potentially be used in the design and the implementation of the appropriate training programs. Also, this study can be a motive for conducting other similar studies in this field.