The social professions in Spain: past and present

This paper explores the relationship among the main three professionals who work in the social field in Spain: social workers, social educators and pedagogues. To contextualise the current situation with regard to these professions, the first section presents the most notable events in the history o...

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Authors: Fullana Noell, Judit; Serra i Salamé, Carles; Pallisera, Maria
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2011
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/9611
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/9611
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Treball social -- Espanya
Social service -- Spain
Educadors socials -- Espanya
Social educators -- Spain
Pedagogs -- Espanya
Pedagogues -- Spain
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Summary:This paper explores the relationship among the main three professionals who work in the social field in Spain: social workers, social educators and pedagogues. To contextualise the current situation with regard to these professions, the first section presents the most notable events in the history of the social professions. In the second section we present the main characteristics concerning the areas of work and the professional competences. In the third section we discuss some of the challenges related to the current training of these professionals