Socialinis tvarumas ir socialinis darbas: požiūriai ir metodai socialiai tvariai socialinio darbo praktikai

Sustainability is a main goal of European and global cooperation (i.e. the EU’s Strategy for Sustainable Development or the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development). Often ecological and economical challenges are focused in the process of developing approaches and methods, but social challenges are from special interest for Social work and get more and more attention in the discourse about improving the practice. For this reasons this project aims on discussing interdisciplinary approaches and methods for a social sustainable practice in Social Work. We are planning an event (conference with researchers from three Baltic countries and workshop with students from three Baltic countries) to bring different approaches and methods for a sustainable practice in Social Work together. A possible field of practice could be the child- and youth-welfare, where several challenges are visible (i.e. child poverty, social inequality and its effects), approaches (i.e. education, political action) and methods (i.e. empowerment, adult counseling) are to be evaluated. Social challenges of society and politics as well as approaches and methods from the participating countries are first presented from researchers and second discussed with the students to find mutual connections and learn about the specifics of the participating countries. This event should initiate an ongoing cooperation between the participation organisations (i.e. research, summer school).