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9789955196679.Pdf (2.187Mb) SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH: INTERCULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASPECT Raminta Bardauskienė Leta Dromantienė Vida Gudžinskienė Asta Railienė Daiva Skučienė Jautrė R. Šinkūnienė Irena Žemaitaitytė MYKOLO ROMERIO UNIVERSITETAS Raminta Bardauskienė, Leta Dromantienė, Vida Gudžinskienė, Asta Railienė, Daiva Skučienė, Jautrė R. Šinkūnienė, Irena Žemaitaitytė SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH: INTERCULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASPECT Vilnius 2014 The project "Preparing and implementing joint Master‘s degree programme "Social work with children and youth"", project No. VP1-2.2-ŠMM-07-K-02-054, is co-financed by the Republic of Lithuania and the European Union. Reviewers Doc. dr. Vilmantė Alkesienė (Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences) Doc. Angelė Čepėnaitė (Mykolas Romeris University) Authors contribution: Raminta Bardauskienė – 2,3 author’s sheet Leta Dromantienė – 0,7 author’s sheet Vida Gudžinskienė – 4 author’s sheet Asta Railienė – 3,9 author’s sheet Daiva Skučienė – 2,4 author’s sheet Jautrė R. Šinkūnienė – 2,8 author’s sheet Irena Žemaitaitytė – 1,1 author’s sheet Publishing was approved by: Faculty of Social Technologies of Mykolas Romeris University (18th of March 2014, No. 1STH-31). Institute of Educational Sciences and Social Work of Mykolas Romeris University (12th of March 2014, No. 1ESDI-3). Bachelor study programmes committees of Career Counselling Pedagogy, Sociocultural Education, Social Pedagogy and the Master study programmes committees of Educational Science for Law, Educational Science for Entrepreneurship, Management of Educational Technologies, Health Education of Mykolas Romeris University (13th of March, 2014, No. 3/10-228). Publication Review and Approval Commission of Mykolas Romeris University (10th of March 2014, No. 2L-9). All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission of the authors and the publisher. ISBN 978-9955-19-667-9 (print) ISBN 978-9955-19-668-6 (online) © Mykolo Romerio Universitetas Content INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 5 1. THEORETICAL MODELS OF SOCIAL WORK ........................................ 6 1.1. The Significance of Theory for Social Work Practice......................... 6 1.2. Psychoanalytical Model ....................................................................... 10 1.3. Systems and Ecological Models .......................................................... 18 1.4. Cognitive-Behavioural Model ............................................................ 26 1.5. Transactional Analysis ......................................................................... 36 1.6. Existential Model .................................................................................. 44 1.7. Crisis Intervention Model ................................................................... 45 1.8. Implementing Theory into Practice ................................................... 46 2. EUROPEAN UNION SOCIAL POLICY .................................................... 50 2.1. The Idea of the European Union ........................................................ 50 2.2. Social Protection in the European Union ......................................... 50 2.3. The Development of EU Social Dimension ...................................... 51 2.4. The Content of EU Social Policy ........................................................ 54 2.5. Instruments of European Social Policy ............................................ 57 2.6. Open Method of Coordination (OMC) ............................................ 60 2.7. Europe 2020 – a European Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth .......................................................................... 61 3. CROSS-CULTURAL MEDIATION ............................................................ 65 3.1. Introduction to Mediation as Social Work Practice, its Importance for the Well-Being of Children and Young People .......................... 65 3.2. Definition of Mediation ....................................................................... 66 3.3. Principles of Mediation........................................................................ 67 3.4. Mediation Process ................................................................................ 70 3.5. Cross-Cultural Mediation ................................................................... 82 3.6. Family Mediation: Cross-Cultural Aspects, Best Interests of the Child ................................................................... 95 3.7. Young Employees and Cross-Cultural Workplace Mediation .....103 3.8. Mediation in Multi-Cultural Communities Focusing on Youth Groups ......................................................................................105 3 / Social Work with Children and Youth: Intercultural and International Aspect / 4. CHILDREN AND YOUTH CAREER GUIDANCE ...............................111 4.1. Career Concept. Career Models. Career Competencies................111 4.2. Career Guidance. Career Guidance Services. Aim and Goals of Career Guidance Process. ................................119 4.3. EU Legal Documents Regulating Career Guidance Services. Career Guidance in the Context of Lifelong Learning Process ...122 4.4. Career Guidance Services for Children and Youth: Experience of EU Countries ............................................................131 4.5. Career Development Theories ..........................................................132 4.6. Career Information ............................................................................146 4.7. Children and Youth Career Counselling .........................................154 4.8. Children and Youth Career Education ............................................167 4.9. Integration into the Labour Market and Job Search Process ........171 5. YOUTH INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ..............................176 5.1. Globalisation and International Social Work .................................176 5.2. Migration, Integration and Intercultural Communication ...........182 5.3. Globalisation, Intercultural Communication and Collaboration ......................................................................................185 5.4. Volunteering Using Different Models of Social Work with Third-Country Nationals ..............................................208 5.5. Factors Interfering in Intercultural Cooperation ..........................226 6. SOCIO-CULTURAL EMPOWERMENT OF DIFFERENT YOUTH GROUPS ..............................................................244 6.1. Characteristics of Informal Youth Groups ......................................244 6.2. Social, Economic and Spiritual Youth Empowerment ..................253 6.3. Socio-Cultural Work with Youth Groups: Ways and Characteristics ..................................................................265 6.4. Publicly Active Youth in Europe ......................................................272 7. INTERACTIVE METHODS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH ........................................................................293 7.1. Active and Interactive Learning .......................................................293 7.2. Active and Interactive Learning Methods and Techniques ..........298 4 INTRODUCTION This guidebook has been prepared for students of the programme entitled “Social work with children and youth”. The theoretical self-study guide has been developed for master degree studies, entitled “Social work with young people: cross-cultural and international dimension”. This publication has been prepared on the basis of theoretical study subjects. Each part begins with a theoretical justification of a particular topic. The theoretical sources of information and the analysis of these sources enable students to study the theoretical basis of the subject. The bibliography and the links to electronic information resources are provided at the end of each part, which allows students to analyse the subject studied in more detail. The questions and tasks for students are also provided and this should enable the students to self-check their knowledge. Moreover, every student can test their knowledge, understanding, or even the level of values. Furthermore, in this case we allow evaluating the competencies of studying persons and those lacking the competencies, as they can acquire or develop them. The links of the information resources enable students to study specific aspects of the subject and analyse the development of professional competencies and personal couches to the level of very specific, relevant skills for each student. Recommendations for successful consultations, questions and tasks at the end of each chapter will help organising individual student work and plan effective consultations. Questions and tasks at the end of each chapter will help students realise their level of understanding of theoretical material. We believe that this guidebook will ensure professional development of students, will help understand theoretical subjects in terms of multicultural and intercultural aspects. The book “Social work with children and youth: intercultural ant international aspect”, designed on the basis of a theoretical study unit, will contribute to the studies of social work students willing to work in the field of development of children’s and young peoples’ competencies in an intercultural and international context. The authors 5 Raminta Bardauskienė 1. THEORETICAL MODELS OF SOCIAL
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