Increasing The Employability Of Social Workers Through The Research Project

The aim of the research is to evaluate the project's impact on the employability of social workers. The project was made to increase the population's accessibility in the labor market at a regional level. The objective of the research is to analize the impact of the project by forming competences to access the selfservices. The methodology of research is using assessment instruments of project intervention. We developed a forming course for the students specialized in Social Work. To find the efficiency of the course program we implemented, we made a research on two samples: one of students from the third year of Social Work study program, and one of students from the second year in Master Program of Social Work. The first group was taught to use online platform for job market, according to new course created by us. The second group was deprived of this support. Both groups were comprised of 35 subjects. After the graduation we tried to see the efficiency of the course in terms of finding a job faster and more adequate. The instruments used for this purpose were: Questionnaire for identifying the training need 2015-2016; Focus groups and the SWOT analysis regarding the training activity at the university for students. The final result consists in the analysis of the project's impact on the employability of social workers, by forming the competences of accessing the self-services of the research project. (C) 2016 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.uk.