{"id":2,"date":"2019-06-27T12:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T12:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socialwork.lv\/en\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-04-01T14:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T11:34:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Board of Latvian Social Workers Association<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nUna Lapskalna-Alksne<\/td>\n\u2013 Chairman of the Board<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nM\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Moors<\/td>\n\u2013 Vice-chairman of the Board<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGita Niedr\u012bte<\/td>\n\u2013 Board member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIlze F\u0101rneste<\/td>\n\u2013 Board member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEvija Rutmane<\/td>\n\u2013 Board member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKrist\u012bne Veispale<\/td>\n\u2013 Board member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSandra Zalcmane<\/td>\n\u2013 Board member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

History<\/h3>\n

Social work education in Latvia was 15 years old in 2006. During this time Social Work as a profession has developed very quickly encountering different problems as with all new professions.
\nFor many years we have discussed different issues in regards of Social Work development:<\/p>\n

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  • i.e., social workers workload,<\/li>\n
  • emotional tiredness,<\/li>\n
  • micro-social work practice stagnation,<\/li>\n
  • lack of unity and support among professionals,<\/li>\n
  • social work education\/training,<\/li>\n
  • micro-practice field alienation,<\/li>\n
  • and perspectives of development of Social Work, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    After much thought and many discussions, groups of professionals and enthusiasts agreed to establish an association with the purpose to federate Social Workers into a professional organisation.<\/p>\n

    \"TheThe Latvian Social Workers Association was registered on the 25th August 2006. The mission of SWA is to develop Social Work practice within Latvia. Initiators of SWA are active professional Social Workers with long term experience and knowledge about social practice issues.
    \nThe main agenda of SWA is to consolidate and support Social Workers in order to promote theoretical concepts and thinking about social work development plus social problem solving in order to achieve a better understanding of theories and methods. It also offers professional support for all Latvian Social Workers in different regions and institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Board of Latvian Social Workers Association Una Lapskalna-Alksne \u2013 Chairman of the Board M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Moors \u2013 Vice-chairman of the Board Gita Niedr\u012bte \u2013 Board member Ilze F\u0101rneste \u2013 Board member Evija Rutmane \u2013 Board member Krist\u012bne Veispale \u2013 Board member Sandra Zalcmane \u2013 Board member History Social work education in Latvia was 15 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.socialwork.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}