Due to obligations to the European Union and non-governmental organisations, the process
of the transformation of institutional care began in Lithuania in 2012 with the goal “by 2030 …

The restructuring of the system of institutional social welfare in Lithuania began in 2012 with
the adoption of the “Strategic guidelines for the deinstitutionalisation of social welfare …

The authors present the child welfare policy reform and the process of deinstitutionalization
of children's services in Bulgaria. These developments are examined in the context of the …

The order of the Minister Social Security and Labour of December 18, 2013 adopted The
Action Plan for the Transition from Institutional Care to the Family and Community Based …

The article analyses the qualification improvement of social workers, who work in children's
care homes, in the context of their restructuring. A qualitative-empirical study has been …

The current qualitative case study aims at exploring the role of social workers in the
provision of support services to families of children and youth with disabilities in Latvia …

The article attempts to define social work as a social practice, using the sociological
understanding of practices as (1) habit and (2) disposition to register what is new. Such a …

The article reveals the problems of providing social services to families with disabled
children, the lack of individual and comprehensive assistance. The main indicators are …

The current qualitative case study aims at exploring the role of social workers in the
provision of support services to families of children and youth with disabilities in Latvia …

A future vision for the development of mechanisms of generalist of social work practice in
social care institutions for children with disabilities The current study aimed to foresee the …