1. Standards and competencies for the education of social workers for the professional practice with adults and elderly Natalija Perisic University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences Department of Social Policy and Social Work Belgrade, November 27-29, 2014

2. 2 Standard I - Training for a competent professional practice with adults and elderly, their families, relatives and groups in the community. -What competencies provide differentia specifica to social workers contrary to other supporting professions? -What are the basic knowledge and skills necessary for a competent social work practice with adults and elderly?

3. 3 Standard I (contd.) - How to differentiate between basic, advanced and specialist levels of social work with adults and eldery? - How to make balance between different theoretical and method approaches? - How to enable life-long learning education of social workers in the field of work with adults and elderly?

4. 4 Standard II - Training for the recognition of rights of adults and elderly and their families, acknowledging differences between people and implementation of anti-discriminative and empowering practices in advocating different groups of adults and elderly. - What are the basic rights of adults and elderly to be advocated by social workers?

5. 5 Standard II (cont.) -What sorts of differences between the people are to be acknowledged by social workers? -How to provide a training on a consistant and conscious implementation of anti-discriminatory practices? -How to empower social workers to act as agents of changes in their communities while advocating adults and elderly?

6. Standard III - Training in independent and team organization and implementation of a holistic assesment of needs, strengths and risks within systemic orientation of a person in his/her environment and supporting different groups of vulnerable adults and ederly in recognizing and meeting their needs, empowering adults and elderly to learn skills for independent life and promoting a constructive change contributing to their social inclusion.

7. Standard III (contd.) -What does a holistic assessment of needs mean? -Which knowledge and skills are necessary for social workers in order to do that? -How to implement general and specific concerns in everyday work? -How to enable social workers to initiate and develop social support networks? -How to provide to take into account the perspectives of adults and elderly?

8. Standard IV - Training for work with adults and elderly facing life transitions and loss. - Which specific knowledge and skills are necessary for work in life transitions and loss? - How to support adults and elderly, i.e. empower them to overcome loss and crises? - How to work in the environment of adults and elderly facing trauma, loss and crises?

9. Standard V -Training for work in palliative care and end-of-life care. -What are the roles of social workers in palliative and end-of-life care? -What knowledge and skills are necessary for the work with a dying adults/elderly and their families? -What is needed to be done in the community?