CHILD RIGHTS PROTECTION
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
The study programme is designed to prepare social work specialists in the area of child rights
protection able to assure and represent child rights, mediate and protect a childs interests in court, in
society and in the family; upon further investigation to develop child and family service forms,
inicitate necessary legal acts and their revisions taking into account changing social circumstances.
The applicant must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Sociology, Social Work, Psychology or
Educology and meet entrance requirements for the university.
Students, who have not studied the Fundamentals of Law or International Protection of Human
Rights during their undergraduate studies, must take these courses during the first semestre.
Future specialists study 10 subjects including:
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Theoretical Models of Social Work
Child Policy and Welfare Models
Child Legal Representation
Violence Against Children Prevention Theories and Models
Methodology of Social Research
The Strategies of Implementation of the Rights of a Child
Implementation of Juvenile Rights in Criminal Procedure
Child & Family Consulting and Mediation
Systemic Evaluation of Social Programmes
Juvenile Justice
There is a 6-credit training practice planned in institutions of child rights protection.
The study programme concludes with a Master’s Thesis. Graduates are awarded a Master’s
Degree in Social Work and qualification of Social Pedagogy.
Having completed the Child Rights Protection study programme it is possible to continue studies in
doctoral programmes of Educology and Sociology.
ABOUT THE QUALIFICATION
The Social Work Master’s Degree qualification is necessary wanting to work in a social work job in
the area of child rights protection.
An individual, who has acquired a Master’s Degree in Social Work, should:
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be able to efficiently analyse and investigate child rights protection and welfare topics and
service development perspectives in the context of international agreements and Lithuanian
laws;
be able to prepare and implement social child welfare projects and use one’s scientific
knowledge and skills in government and non-government institutions and private structures;
assure the implementation of child rights’ protection laws and other legal acts, their care and
representation of a child’s best interests on various levels, in various environments and
situations;
be able, on the basis of research, to evaluate the quality and develop social service projects
and programmes for the family;
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be able to analyse legal, economic and political decision influences on a child’s quality of
life and implementation of child rights
know Lithuania’s legal acts and international agreements in the area of child rights
protection, and know other legal rights acts regulating economic and political decisions;
know how to work responsibly, thoroughly, independently and quickly, to organize one’s
work and to effectively collaborate with colleagues and clients.
The Master’s Degree in Social Work can be acquired at universities offering studies according to
the Social Work study programme.
Those seeking to acquire a Master’s Degree in Social Work must have a Bachelor’s Degree.
Having acquired a Master’s Degree in Social Work individuals can work in child rights protection
institutions – government institutions, municipal institutions, and community organizations.