APPLICATIONAL OF DIGITAL TOOLS AND TECHONOLOGIES IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE – EXPERIENCE FROM THE PROJECT” EDUCATIONAL OF THE FUTURE – DISTANCE VOCATIONAL LEARNING AND TRAINING”

Abstract

Technological innovations significantly affect various spheres of human life and social relations, and this translates into practice and research in social work and social policy. The integration of technology into social work practice opens up new areas of research, as well as the development of new theories to better understand social reality and human interaction with non-human devices. The purpose of the considerations undertaken in the article is to diagnose the possibility of using digital technologies in the professional education of social workers. The application of digital tools and technologies in the practice of social work, including the improvement of professional skills and functional competencies was possible during the implementation of the project "Education of the future – remote distance education and training", in which the partners were the Vocational Training Institute in Warsaw and the Institute of Labor and Social Affairs funded under the EOG Financial Mechanism 2014–2021, Education Program. Feedback received from social workers testing the project's online course indicates that it is an interesting form of self-education, allowing them to improve their professional competence and update their knowledge.