Opportunities of voluntary social work for children in day care centers

Abstract

Volunteering is a recognized and valued as a very important part of social activity, yielding benefits not only volunteers but also volunteers and host organizations and the entire state. The main purpose of the voluntary social work is to help a person to fully improve the quality of life. Lithuania in voluntary social activities mostly involved young people, a priority area - social work with children at social risk. So it is important for voluntary disclosure of social interactions on children‘s day care centers. The aim of this paper is to investigate the activities of voluntary social opportunities for children day care centers.The research showed that two-thirds of respondents feel that voluntary social work opportunities for children in day care centers are high. A third of respondents indicated that children’s day care centers are working with the children and carry out organizational work. Less than half of the respondents to decide on education of children, more than a third of the respondents to decide social and less than one-third of the respondents to decide childrens‘ psychological problems. The research shows, that respondents are least likely to carry out the rights of children function. The main factor of motivation of voluntatry social work in children day care centers is opportunity to acquire new knowledge, skills, experience, learn new things. The study showed that voluntary social work day care centers for children of respondents satisfying experience for the acquisition and personal development needs.