Development of Standards for Social Work and Social Care Services

Existential Field 6: Social Care and Social Services

Expert Report: The Professional Standards of Care Workers – The Development of Standards for Social Work and Social Care Services for Families

This report, on The Professional Standards of Care Workers, has been written by Aila-Leena Matthies at Kokkola University Consortium (Finland).

Keywords: services, care workers, standards, social work, qualifications, employment.

Abstract: This report sets out the current state of research into the quality standards of family-related services over the course of a life-time - for example, a day-care system for children or families counselling - in EU member states. Two aspects are taken into consideration: firstly, the development of quality standards of care facilities in EU member states, including similarities and differences and evaluation standards; secondly, the development of professional standards for care workers in EU member states, including similarities and differences and different types of professional training standard.

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