Development of a service learning program for the active engagement of students in the field of homelessness prevention and social inclusion of the homeless

PROJECT NAME

Development of a service learning program for the active engagement of students in the field of homelessness prevention and social inclusion of the homeless

PROJECT COORDINATOR

CERANEO – Centre for development of non-profit organizations

PROJECT PARTNERS

• Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb – Social Work Study Center
• Croatian network for the homeless

DONOR

European Social Fund

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD

Marh 19^th, 2018 – September 19^th, 2019

TOTAL VALUE OF PROJECT

672.827,05 kn

PROJECT SUMMARY

The project will build the capacities of the organizations gathered in the Croatian network for the homeless in partnership with the Social Work Study Center of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb for civil engagement of students in the local community. Service learning programs will be prepared and implemented at the Social Work Study Center through the courses “Methods of Analysis in Social Policy” and “Civil Society and Social Policy”. The target group is students, teaching staff of the Social Work Study Center of the Faculty of Law, civil society organizations, groups at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and volunteers.

PROJECT AIMS

1. Build the capacities of the organizations gathered in the Croatian network for the homeless in partnership with the Social Work Study Center of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb for civil engagement of students in the local community.
2. Prepare and implement service learning programs at the Social Work Study Center through the courses “Methods of Analysis in Social Policy” and “Civil Society and Social Policy”

PROJECT ACTIVITES

• Project team meeting
• Printing of promotional materials
• Initial conference
• Training of teachers and employees of civil society organizations for the application of teaching methods of service learning and evaluation of students’ work
• Collection of domestic and foreign examples of good practice
• Meeting of the members of the Croatian Network for the Homeless in Split
• Creation of mentoring programs and methodology for systematically organizing student engagement in civil society organizations
• Introductory workshops in the model and implementation of service learning as part of the courses “Civil society and social policy” and “Methods of analysis in social policy”
• Study trip of students to Split
• Study trip of students to Karlovac
• Study trip of students in Pula
• Study trip of students to Rijeka
• Study trip of students to the National Meeting on Homelessness in Šibenik
• Study trip of students to Ljubljana
• Field implementation of study projects in local communities
• Participation in domestic and foreign conferences
• Evaluation of socially useful learning workshops
• Creation of a manual with the results of the project and practical guidelines for the implementation of the service learning model
• Final project conference
• Dissemination of results

CONTACT

Iva Mrdeža, mag. soc. pol.
iva@ceraneo.hr