Selected Methods of Intervention Suitable for Work Social Educator with Children at Risk of Social Exclusion

Abstract

The study deals with the possibilities of the use of certain methods, which have their origins in social work and are also useful in the work of social educator working in socially exluded localites. The study is based on the concept of social educator as a separate profession and highlights one of the ways in which social workers should act. Deliberately focuses on the methods of work as a fundamental instrument profession. Socially excluded localities, unfortunately, become an integral part of Czech society. When working with the residents to create multidisciplinary teams that include social educator who acts as a bridge between educational establishments, family and welfare authorities. In the paper, we introduce a few selected methods, which are suitable for the job and that could broaden the skills and hence the competence of social educator, including the definition of social exclusion and its associated culture of poverty as a specific phenomenon.