Practical training of social work

The aim of the training was to improve the skills and knowledge of social worker. This practical work should help to realize how I am ready to work as a professional and what I have to do more to become a better worker. In this practical training, I had to analyze the organization’s, in which I have had the training, institutional functions in its inside and outside with other organizations. In addition, I had to know more about social worker’s functions ant to analyze one case of a person who is in social need.

I have chosen to go in for practical training in public organization “Children – the part of community” (VO “Vaikai – visuomenes dalis”). It is a small day centre where pupils from local area gather after school and do some specially organized activities that fulfill their free-time and improve social skills. The best point is that there works a very qualified social worker who makes this centre cozy for children and she welcomed me very politely and with enthusiasm. Tatjana Lobanova, day centre’s head, always tried to help me to know everything what I wanted and she kept me on my course of training for achieving the goals, so, I think, I was lucky.

Here I have got lots of information about organization, for example, how it gets the sponsorship by writing the projects. The social worker gave me the great example how to work with children, what to do and say that the social worker would become a good leader and a friend in the same way. I get a lot of experience and I am happy about my practical training. All my fears disappeared in working in such institution. All a social worker needs is just to be active every day and to see the bright side of situation and do not be upset if sometimes something fails.