Professional competences of social educators
The professional competences of social educators - a conceptual framework
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This document about the professional competences of social educators is based on the document of the European Bureau of the International Association of Social Educators: "A Common Platform for Social Educators in Europe" (AIEJI Europe, January 2005). After a specific regulation for the freedom of movement of European Union workers, in year 2003, the AIEJI European Bureau thought that it was the time for all European professional associations to start working together. The main purpose was, complying with the specific regulation of the referred law, to establish a set of criteria of the required level of competences for the practice of the social educator profession.
The document was presented at AIEJI’s world congress in November 2005 and the participants expressed great interest in the document. Further, the document was discussed at AIEJI’s board meeting in May 2006, and the board decided to send out the document for consultation in AIEJI’s regions. The idea was to create a global common platform for social educators. On this background the board has decided to publish this document: “The professional competences of social educators – a conceptual framework”.
The purpose is not to come up with a final definition of social education but to give inspiration both to the individual social educator, the social educational work places and social educators as a profession at national level to develop and discuss their profession. It means too that the board welcomes contributions from individuals as well as agencies and national associations about the professional basis of social educators. "The professional competences of social educators" is meant to be a framework for our common and continuing discussions about and development of our professional basis.
The document is to be read with the Declaration of Montevideo from the XVI World Congress of AIEJI (chapter 6 in this document).