Analysis of the Functioning Profession of Social Workers in Poland in the Perspective of Professionalisation
Analysis of the Functioning Profession of Social Workers in Poland in the Perspective of Professionalisation

Summary/Abstract: A social worker is a key support profession in the social assistance system, so this profession should be performed by well-educated specialists. The aim of this article is to study the advancement of the process of professionalisation process of the job of a social worker in Poland. The research questions concern the key indicators of professionalisation of the job of a social worker, the course of this professionalisation in Poland and the main barriers to the process. Based on the research carried out, it was shown that, in the case of Poland, the professionalisation of the job of a social worker has reached the level that makes it possible to define a social worker as a ‘profession’. However, full professionalisation has not been reached in terms of all adopted indicators of the analysis; hence the need to support further professionalisation of this profession.

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