Abstract:

The paper deals with lifelong education of helping professionals working with victims of crime. The aim of the paper was to evaluate what specific needs these assisting professionals have in the context of supporting their professional competences and subsequent lifelong learning. A questionnaire survey was used, assisting professionals working in institutions assisting victims of crime with activities throughout the Czech Republic were addressed. The questionnaire survey evaluated the interest of helping professionals in further education and their perception of lifelong learning needs. Furthermore, the specific requirements and needs that respondents would like to focus on in the context of further lifelong learning were analysed. A partial goal was to find out what are the most desirable forms of follow-up education for these helping professionals. The findings will be provided to the addressed institutions and educators in the field of helping professions for further use in practice. The submitted research investigation is one of the partial objectives of a larger research study.

Keywords:

Lifelong learning, competences, social work, crime victims.