%0 Journal Article
%T In job education of professionals providing care for older persons in the social care institutions (ComPro project)
%A Mirewska, Elżbieta
%A Szczerbińska, Katarzyna
%A Kijowska, Violetta
%J Public Health and Governance
%V 2009
%N Volume 7, Issue 1
%P 95-101
%K educator, continuous professional training, in-job learning, social care, caregiver, elderly people
%@ 1731-7398
%D 2009
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/article/ksztalcenie-ustawiczne-osob-zajmujacych-sie-opieka-nad-ludzmi-starszymi-w-instytucjach-pomocy-spolecznej-projekt-compro
%X 
	
		Continuous in-job education plays a meaningful role in the update of professional knowledge and skills needed to provide high quality  services.
		The positive attitude to constant education is currently perceived as a crucial characteristic of a worker which allows for development of professional career. Moreover, the educational policy builds strength of an institution at the labor market. The following paper presents the concept of continuous in-job education of professionals providing care for elderly people in social care institutions in Poland. It promotes the idea of a new profession of coordinator of in-job education – a person responsible for educational needs assessment and training plan development in Polish social care facilities. On top of this, the article provides the outline of a systematic approach to strategy of professionals’ in-job education including: educational needs diagnosis, structured training plan, training implementation and outcomes evaluation. The paper was written in the frames of the ComPro project.