Abstract:

The area of assistance to victims of crime is a new area of education for social workers and other helping professions in the Czech Republic. In this area, it is necessary to build on the experience of helping professionals already working with this target group. The article evaluates the summary of the results of the survey called Competence of Social Workers in Work with Victims of Crime in the Complex of Helping Professions, which took place in 2019. This research was carried out by a questionnaire survey. Czech republic. The interest of assisting professionals in further education in terms of the form and thematic composition of lifelong learning was examined. Partial results have been published (eg ICERI 2019 conference).

The aim of the paper is to comprehensively analyze the results of the research and to create a brief proposal of the program of lifelong learning on the basis of an evaluation of the needs of helping professionals working in the field of assistance to crime victims. Qualitative research strategies were used, especially analysis and synthesis. The proposal for the resulting Lifelong Learning Program will be provided to educators in the field of social work.

Keywords:

Lifelong learning, educational program, social work, crime victims.