Development of Intercultural Work in the Czech Republic : Premises and Challenges in Establishing an Intercultural Worker Profession, Allied to Social Work that Promotes the Use of Skills that Migrants Have
Abstract
The presented paper deals with the development of a newly established profession of intercultural worker and its legitimacy within the framework of the helping professions in the Czech Republic. The article employs a case study approach, including theoretical review on intercultural work followed by an online survey in all organisations employing intercultural workers in Prague and Brno.
The main outcome is that the integration of motivated migrants into helping professions, occupying the role of intercultural workers and community interpreters, is increasingly demanded by non-governmental organisations and public authorities. Yet, the professional codification of the intercultural worker is supported only in non mandatory strategic documents within Czech integration policies and the National Qualification System.