Accreditations
Social Work at Iscte
The Degree in Social Work began at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE) in 2010, following the 1st Doctoral Programme in Social Work, in 2004, in partnership with the Higher Institute of Social Work of Lisbon (1st Portuguese School of Social Work - 1935). The Iscte is the first public university teaching establishment to provide the 3 study cycles in Social Work training in Portugal. 2008 - Master's Degree Programme in Social Work; 2010 - Degree in Social Work; 2010 - Doctorate in Social Work. 2020 - Postgraduate Degree in Social Work in Health. 2021 - ESWOCHY - European Master, in Social Work with Children and Youth.
Within the scope of the Degree in Social Work we have almost two hundred cooperation protocols with civil society, the state and social organisations for the development of training actions, supervision and evaluation of professional practice, especially curricular internships.
Objectives
- To provide the acquisition of knowledge about Social Work, its genesis, evolution, theory, field and areas of intervention, within the framework of social protection systems and social policy;
- Train competences in Social Work, namely: the understanding of social problems, social policies, methodologies of professional intervention and the different organisational/institutional contexts;
- To study intervention methodologies with individuals, families, groups and communities;
- To train social workers for qualified professional practice, in various units and levels of action, aimed at improving the living conditions of population groups in situations of greater vulnerability, promoting their well-being and social citizenship.
Message from Prof. Annamaria Campanini, President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), on World Social Work Day 2024
WSWD 2024 English: https://youtu.be/Xh8EB2zY14Q
WSWD 2024 French: https://youtu.be/nqe3RjbdNAY?si=j47ctajluBmJmZwV
WSWD 2024 Italian: https://youtu.be/omUInxBbpe8?si=vsPniBwkVjR9KBAA
WSWD 2024 Spanish: https://youtu.be/laaZC17DZO0?si=bL2E3r3o3B-xwM8m
Director(s) message
I welcome the students and candidates to attend the Degree in Social Work in Iscte and wish them all quality training, a sense of belonging and good integration into the labour market after completing their studies.
At present, the major global societal challenges are essentially centred on social issues with increasing impact on human relationships in society, recognition of human rights and guarantees of equal Social Welfare for all, promoting more sustainable societies/communities.
The degree in Social Work is based on an affirmative intervention in the societal transformations (labour and employment system, sociability and culture, State/Society relations, demographic dynamics) that have occurred in the last decade with significant consequences on the professional practice of social workers.
The emergence of new social issues, namely: new forms of poverty and exclusion, unemployment and economic insertion mechanisms, migrations, super diversity, associated social problems, the increased importance of the territorial dimension and of the partnership mechanisms and contractualisation of local social policies, the rationalisation and efficiency requirements of social projects, are currently major challenges for Social Work.
Join an innovative and current training project for the social and human development of contemporary society.
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