Dates and facts

History:
The Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy was one of the first in the Republic of Kazakhstan to begin training social workers and social teachers.
The department was created in 1990 as the department of theory and methodology of educational work at the Karaganda Pedagogical Institute at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports. The position of the first head of the department was held by Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Oleinikova T.N.
In 1992, the department of theory and methodology of educational work was transformed into the department of social work and social pedagogy at the newly opened faculty of social pedagogy under the direction of candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor K.M. Tuganbekov, then doctor of pedagogical sciences, professor Mukhtarova Sh. M. (2009). At the moment, the department is headed by Ph.D., associate professor AbdrashevaB.Zh. (since 2013)
Since the same 1992, the department began to train specialists in the specialty "Social Pedagogy and Psychology". Education in the specialty 050905 - "Social work" was started by the department in 1993. At the origins of the department was Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Trushin A.G., Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Orlov A.A., teacher-practitioner Lyuboshchinskaya N.N., Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Oleinikova T. N., candidate of social sciences, associate professor AbdrashevaB.Zh., candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor Burganova R.I., associate professor Black G.G. and etc.
On the initiative of the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, with the support and request of the Department of Culture of the Karaganda region from 2004-2005 academic year. the specialty 050906- "Cultural and leisure work" was opened for the first time, providing training for organizers in the field of leisure. In the 2002-2003 academic year, a magistracy was opened in the specialty "Social Work". In 2012, a magistracy was opened in the specialty "Social pedagogy and self-knowledge".
In 2014, the department became part of the Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology.

Teachers:
Doctors, candidates, masters of science work at the department. At the department there are teachers who have received a state republican grant and the title "The best teacher of the university": Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor MukhtarovaSh.M. (2009), candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor Baimukanova M.T. (2013), candidate of social sciences, associate professor AbdrashevaB.Zh. (2014), candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor KendirbekovaZh.Kh. (2014)

Students:  
The demand for the programs of the department in the youth environment is evidenced by a stable contingent of students. Students from other regions of Kazakhstan (according to the Serpin program) and from neighboring countries: Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China enter the specialty of the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy.
Students of the specialty "Social Work" have been holding leading positions in the Republican Subject Olympiad for 11 years. Future organizers of leisure activities and social educators have also repeatedly become prize winners of the Olympiad. The success of students graduated from the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy is reflected in the results of the competition "The best research work of students of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan."

Employment:
Employment in all specialties of the department shows good results. Graduates work in such institutions and organizations as the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Akimat of Karaganda, the Office for the Coordination of Employment and Social Programs of the Karaganda region, ENU named after L.N. Gumilyov, Palace of culture of miners in Karaganda, Palace of culture of railway workers in Karaganda, Education Department of Karaganda region.

Partners:
The department has wide international relations with various higher educational institutions and organizations, whose activities are related to the professionalization of social workers, social teachers, specialists in cultural and leisure work. They are University. I.A. Cuza (Romania), Russian State Social University (Russia), Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after I.P. Shamyakina (Republic of Belarus), Sochi State University (Russia), Sofia University. St. Kliment Ohridskiy (Bulgaria), National Fund for the Protection of Children from Abuse. Since 2001, the department has been cooperating with the International Kazakhstan Public Fund for the Protection of Mother and Child Health and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Branches and bases of practice of the department:
The branches of the department successfully operate on the basis of the Palace of Children and Youth in Karaganda, local self-government for children with disabilities in the development of the Karaganda region, boarding school No. 68 in Karaganda: the purpose of developing practical skills to prepare for professional activity. Have become traditional: seminar-training with a visit together with the staff of the Children's and Youth Department of Karaganda, Karkaralinsky National Park; carrying out charitable events, providing patronage assistance in the local self-government of Karaganda and the Karaganda region; organization of social and educational events; conferences and round tables on topical issues of social and pedagogical work on the basis of boarding school №68 in Karaganda. The basic organizations of practical training for more than a dozen years are the Office of Employment and Coordination of Social Programs of the Karaganda Region, the Department of Employment and Social Programs, the Department of Culture of the Karaganda Region, SOS Children's Village, the Karaganda Regional Kazakh Drama Theater named after I. S. Seifullin, Karaganda State Order of Friendship of Peoples Russian Drama Theater named after K.S. Stanislavsky.

Projects:
Twice the department became a participant in the competition of projects of educational international programs TEMPUS (2000, 2009) and a number of other international scientific projects: “Improvement of the social protection system for persons with disabilities within the framework of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the development of a system for the provision of special social services "(Kazakhstan-Germany)," Implementation of a modern system of social care in the Karaganda region "(Kazakhstan-Germany), etc.
On the initiative of the young teachers of the department, a volunteer club "Good Way" has been created and operates, on account of which there are more than a dozen charitable events and actions for various categories of people in need of social, psychological, moral and material support.