SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH THE LENS OF PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEMANDS OF THE PROFESSION

Every professional profession places certain demands on its workers. Social work is a profession in which certain specificities appear. Clients face various limitations, they may have specific needs, they move in difficult life situations. Therefore, even a social worker who works with these clients must have certain characteristics in order to he was able to work satisfactorily with these people and was thus able to help them. Therefore it is desirable to deal with this topic in order to be able to say which individual has for the profession of social worker of the capacity and which is not. The qualifications of a social worker can be viewed in this way as a set of qualities and skills that are necessary and necessary for this profession. The basic assumption represents, of course, the obtained, legally determined minimum education in this field, which will provide the future worker with the necessary knowledge and to a limited extent also practical skills. Character traits and personality assumptions however, education does not affect a person too much. So this work will deal with just that the personality of the social worker, i.e. what psychological qualities a good social worker should have worker to have in order to meet the needs and requirements of the social work profession.