LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Profesionalumas; Socialinio darbo identitetas; Probleminis mokymas; Tarpkultūrinis bendravimas; Mokymasis visą gyvenimą; Professionalization; Social work identity; Problem based learning; Intercultural communication; Lifelong learning.
ENThe paper presents the discourse of the social work professionalization from the viewpoints of practice, research, academic activity, and professional identity, by revealing the expression of social worker competencies in the changing society. By means of evaluating the 20-year-experience of social worker training in Lithuania, the authors reveal the identity of social work at two levels: professional (academization and practice) and legal (profession and study status). For the purpose, a novel approach to the formation of the social work theory, study methods, and the education of intercultural communication and lifelong learning is employed. [From the publication]