Despite that there is an operating social support system for families, social workers are affected by factors that limit effectiveness of their activities in working with families whose children are taken into temporary ...

Sustainable development is an integral concept and a complex process, which aim is to ensure well-being and prosperity for nowadays and future generations. According to WCED, sustainable development is development that ...

Despite the considerable number of scientific papers on the importance of interactions between social workers and children in world literature, there are only a few studies and scientific papers in Lithuania that focus ...

Lithuania underwent radical changes in economic and social systems at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century. The country has a declining and ageing population. The dependency ratio will increase to 44.9%, ...

Aim. The aim of the research is to answer the research questions, how is critical thinking reflected in Lithuanian higher education study programmes and what conceptual model(s) of critical thinking are used by study ...

Critical thinking is one of the most significant skills and abilities, which have direct impact on individual success and society’s welfare. Especially loud is the voice of employers drawing attention to the need for ...

The reform of the child care system in Lithuania started with the Ministry of Social Security and Labor approving the Strategic Guidelines for Deinstitutionalization in 2012, followed by the Transition from Institutional ...

Knowledge management and critical thinking are two broad and important phenomena for contemporary society. Their concepts are both well-discussed in the literature. However, the existing conceptual links between them have ...

Social work research issues are discussed in the article. Social work research is discussed in the light of three dimensions of the discipline: institutionalization, epistemology and educology. Referencing on theoretical ...

In a shifting, wide and multiple context of the 21st century social work stimulating social change, emphasizing the problems solving, empowerment and liberation of people needs to remain visible in public. It may be effective ...