Description
The project's aim is to help the provision of domestic violence and child abuse cases for social workers. They need an unequivocal guide about the procedure they have to do when recognizing such cases and support from the ethical point of view. These would help the situation of the clients as well as the social workers who are also vulnerable themselves. The project's target group therefore is social workers of such cases. The main activities: renewing the social workers’ Code of Ethics; organizing seminars; editing a methodological guidance for social workers working for family help care centers or children’s welfare services; SzocExpo – for summarizing and exchange the results of the project; operating an online exchange-of-experience forum that strenghtens the esprit de corps and the net of the profession. The Code of Ethics, the guidance and the online forum serve the empowerment of social workers, providing a stronger professional protection for victims of domestic violance and child abuse.
Summary of project results
The Union of Social Professionals (3Sz) is an advocacy organization. The aim of 3Sz was to provide help and support for social workers in domestic violence and child abuse cases. Both courts and the public opinion blaime the social worker and institutions in such cases, but it turned out, that the social profession in many aspects doesn't have the right tools to discover and manage domestic violence and child abuse cases, they are really in need of empowermemt. The project gave oportunity to initiate conversations in many different forms in this topic with the beneficiaries, they could discuss their problems, doubts, needs and ideas. There was also a possibility to elaborate and publish a guidance about social workers' experiences and the practices can be used. All through the one and a half years the Code of Ethics was rethought and by the end of the project some changes were accepted that are relevant in domestic violence and child abuse cases.
Summary of bilateral results