UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV, DEPARTMENT OF PEDAGOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
MPC "SINT FRANCISCUS", ROOSDAAL, BELGIUM
FOUNDATION "HELP THE CHILDREN" BELGIUM

QUALIFICATION TRAINING COURSE

TOPIC: “SOCIAL WORK AND CARE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE LIVING IN PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT”.
QUALIFICATION: “SOCIAL WORKER IN SECURE SETTINGS FOR INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED CLIENTS”.
TOTAL TRAINING HOURS: 150

QUALIFICATION TRAINING COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Ø to present and to organize a system of knowledge, necessary for effective social work with mentally retarded people;
Ø to improve the existing practical skills and to develop new professional skills of the nonqualified personnel;
Ø to stimulate the professional efforts, to reward the commitment to the social care and to raise the interest to the wellbeing of the mentally retarded men, living in a social institution.


CURRICULUM



1.Issues of the social policy and legislation for disadvantaged and disabled people in Bulgaria.
Ass. Prof. Galin Tzokov
2. Specific terminology in the social work with intellectually disabled people.
Ass. Prof. Galin Tzokov
3. Individual profiles, evaluation of the clients (assessing the individual strengths and weaknesses) and personal action planning.
Ass. Prof. Ognyan Koychev
4. Individual approach to the clients.
Ass. Prof. Albena Aleksandrova
5.Planning and organizing the free time and the leisure of the clients.
Ass. Prof. Albena Aleksandrova
6.Specific methods for individual and group work to develop clients’ social skills.
Prof. Plamen Radev
7.Methods and techniques for motivating the intellectually disabebled clients.
Ass. Prof. Albena Aleksandrova
8.Social integration and creating, stimulating social contact skills of the clients.
Ass. Prof. Zlatomira Kostova
9.Techniques of communication with the intellectually disabled clients.
Ass. Prof. Zlatomira Kostova
10.Methods and techniques to cope with and to control clients’ aggression.
Ass. Prof. Ognyan Koychev
11.Team work in the social care for disabled people. Team building and mastering the team working capacity of the personnel. Ass. Prof. Ognyan Koyche
12.Building “client – team – social worker” system.
Ass. Prof. Galin Tzokov
13.Speeking with the intellectually disabled clients about sexuality, sexual hygiene and sexual problems. Prof. Plamen Radev
14. Individual cases problem solving. Ass. Prof. Zlatomira Kostova

METHODS:

The methodology of the Qualification course is based on the concept of experiental learning (Kolb) and includes the following methods:
interaction;
discussion-group teaching;
skills training;
coaching;
facilitating;
intervision and counseling;
programmed instruction.

ORGANIZATION:

As the total number of the nonqualified personnel is 42 people we propose the trainees to be organized in three groups (14 people each). In such way every group will be trained for 10 weekends – 15 training hours in Saturday and Sunday, on site in Batak.