Abstract:

Nowadays, the urgency of continuing lifelong learning for social workers is emerging. A specific area requiring high-quality multidisciplinary education is the area of assistance to victims of crime. In the Czech Republic, the Act on Victims of Crime is in force, which is the basis for the protection and concept of support and assistance to victims of crime. Lawyers, psychologists, social workers and other assisting professionals are involved in this assistance. Social workers have an important role to play in this area and, thanks to their education, are able to respond to the needs of victims of crime.

The article focuses on the interest of these employees in a selected form of distance education, specifically e-learning, their experience with this form of education and their evaluation of the benefits or negatives of e-learning. The contribution is based on a partial evaluation of a larger research study, the subject of the research was the special training of social workers working in the field of assistance to victims of crime. Their professional education is an initial competence for the performance of practice in the field of assistance to victims of crime, focusing on professionals helping particularly vulnerable victims of crime. The results were obtained on the basis of a questionnaire survey, which has reached out to organizations assisting victims of crime operating throughout the Czech Republic.

Keywords:

Social work, assistance to victims of crime, education, distance education.