The service is funded by the European Social Fund project No. 9.2.1.1./15/I/001 “The Development of Professional Social Work in Local Governments”.
The methodology is developed to provide methodological support to social services and other social workers and to promote their professionalism when working with clients in a group. In order to achieve the goals, the project carried out a feasibility study, clarifying the current situation in the field of social work with groups in Latvia, researching foreign practices, research and using the experience of experts. The methodology is intended to be appropriate to Latvia's unique situation and easy to implement in practice.
The project includes the development of methodological material,
on-site training,
online training
programs and a methodology audiobook. Within the project, approbation of methodological material is also provided during the pilot project, but in the end, two groups of social workers will be provided with
on-site
training.