Opinions of social workers and social pedagogues about their professional responsibility while interacting with clients
Opinions of social workers and social pedagogues about their professional responsibility while interacting with clients

Summary/Abstract: Professional responsibility of social worker and social pedagogue is related to social, psychological,moral, educational, material and / or financial and other aspects. Then which aspects within theprofessional responsibility are worth to both specialists? The object of the research is the professionalresponsibility of social worker and social pedagogue. Research questions in this study are thefollowing: What aspects are meaningful for social workers and social pedagogues within theirprofessional responsibility while interacting with clients? Are these aspects overlap for social workerand social pedagogue or differ? The research aim is to explore the opinions of social workers andsocial pedagogues about their professional responsibility within their occupations. The questioningsurvey was performed at schools and social service organizations in five regions of Lithuania.Research participants were chosen according to purposeful sampling and in research study were askedto participate only social workers and social pedagogues who have experience in their professional(social work or social pedagogy) activities not less than five years. Data were collected by applying thequestioning survey (2014 year) using the questionnaire with closed-ended questions. For data analysiswere used the Microsoft Excel 2013 and SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences, 21.0). Findingsshowed that the self-perception, help to clients, professional ethics, trust are the components ofprofessional responsibilities in the daily professional practices of social workers and socialpedagogues. Conclusions highlight the idea that social workers and social pedagogues as responsibleprofessionals must realize themselves not only as professionals, but also as human beings who mustfind the ways to connect with the diversity of clients.

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