Role of Social Workers in the Provision of Services for Families with Children and Youth with Disability in Latvia, Slovakia and Portugal

Description

There are many services available for families with children and youth with disability in Latvia and Slovakia. the interviews aimed at finding out the interdisciplinary collaboration in the provision of services for families with children and youth with disability.-To find out services for families with children and youth with disability in Latvia, Slovakia, and Portugal-To find out about interdisciplinary collaboration in the provision of services for families with children and youth with disability. .All European countries are well structured with social services with the development of the social professions. Different names have been used for the social work profession across Europe, such as “social pedagogue” in Spain and “animators” in France with the mutual aim of helping the clients and user groups (Lawrence 2013). Childcare services have been emphasized in Europe, with the engagement of different professions to work for the benefit of child welfare. “Preventative services” are also available in form of emotional, financial, and social, but lacking due to a shortage of finances when policies are under pressure as well as a lack of training in professionals (Webb, 2006). 10 Semi-structured interviews have been conducted with services providers which include social workers, special educators, counselors, physiotherapists, etc. all interviews have been done face-to-face with the consent to record for transcriptions purposes. . Social workers perform many functions and play a vital role in the provision of services for families with children and youth with disability. their roles include accessing information about services,  counseling, and motivating the families as their core values in the social work profession. There is a lack of services such as rehabilitation, different therapies, kindergartens, and few options for inclusive education both in Latvia as well as in Slovakia due to mainly finance. . services have improved for families with children and youth with disability. 

Period	29 Mar 2023
Event title	RSU Research week 2023: Society. Health. Welfare
Event type	Conference
Conference number	9
Organiser	Rīga Stradiņš University
Location	Riga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International