Social work

Meeting with prof. Dr. theol. habil. Dr. phil. Dr. h.c. Klaus Kießling

Prof. Dr. theol. habil. Dr. phil. Dr. h.c. Klaus Kießling visited European Christian Academy in May 19-21, 2023. Prof. Kiessling is co-author of the Caritative social work study program at the Academy. He is Head of the Chair for Religious pedagogy and Pastoral psychology at Sankt Georgen University (Germany), long-term Secretary General of the worldwide […]

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Discussion between social workers and diacons in Utrecht

Discussion between European social workers and deacons in the Church setting was held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in May 10-11, 2023. Participants came from European Christian Academy, DIAK (University of Applied Sciences, Finland), IDC (International Deaconate Center, Germany), ESWRA (European Conference for Social Work Research), Babes-Bolyai University (Romania). Participants discussed possible development of a joint […]

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EC-EZA seminar at the Academy

25.-27. maijā, 2023, Akadēmijā norisinās starptautisks EK-EZA (Eiropas Centrs Strādājošo Jautājumos) seminārs “Sociālais dialogs un ražošanas attiecības Baltijas valstīs un citās ES valstīs Eiropas Sociālo tiesību kontekstā”. Paredzētas diskusijas un darbnīcas. Tēma nozīmīga sociālajiem darbiniekiem, karitatīvajiem sociālajiem darbiniekiem, makro līmeņa speciālistiem.

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Students from St. Ignatius Loyola University of Applied Sciences

In April 10-22, 2023, seventeen students from St. Ignatius Loyola University of Applied Sciences attended intensive course to master piloting module “Audit of social servicess”, its goals and tasks. From Lithuanian side the course was managed by assist. prof. Egle Purvaneckaite and ass. prof. Laimute Anužiene. N

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Lectures for social work specialists in Jelgava district

Seminar for social workers, social rehabilitators and other specialists in helping professions from Jelgava district was held in April 4, 2023. Prof. Skaidrīte Gūtmane lectured on topic “Anthropological innovations for development of the client-oriented social today”. Second part of the day was organized by three workshops: “Community sensitivity and delopment”, “Stability, order and morality”, “Kinship, safety, security, empathy”.

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Meeting of the Council for Cooperation Between Social Work Specialists at the Ministry of Welfare

Extraordinary meeting of the Council was organized in March 15, 2023 to discuss the manuscript of the “Dictionary of the terminology of Social Work”. Prof. Skaidrīte Gūtmane and as.prof. Guntis Dišlers took part in discussion.

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Meeting of the Council for Cooperation Between Social Work Specialists at the Ministry of Welfare

Meeting of the Council was hosted by the Ministry of Welfare in March 8, 2023. Innovations foreseen by the Social work project and creation of Social work methodology tools for different client groups were discussed. Prof. Skaidrīte Gūtmane and as. prof. Guntis Dišlers joined the discussion.

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Meeting of Council for cooperation between specialists in social work

Meeting of Council for cooperation between specialists in social work was held at the Ministry of Welfare, Latvia, in March 6, 2023. Rector of the Academy prof. Skaidrīte Gūtmane attended the meeting.

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ECA WINS COMPETITION OF SOCIAL WORK PROGRAMS FOR WORK WITH ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR PARENTS

European Christian Academy won the competition organized by Jelgava city Social Services Center for social workers “Social work with different client groups. Work with adolescents and thjeir parents”. The topic has been analyzed in interuniversities consortium that partners European Christian Academy, Malmo University (SE), Byalostok University and Warsaw University (PL) and Klaipeda University (LT). For […]

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Student field works defense conference

Regular students field works defense conference at the Academy was held in January 16, 2023. Students presented their field work results at the Conference attended by employers – Mrs. Inna Novikova, representative of the Trade union of social workers and health industry; Mrs. Solvita Alaine-Gernere from Welfare department of Jurmala City municipality; Mrs. Aija Āriņa […]

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