The professional identity of the social educator through his competency profile

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to define the competency profile of the social education, which involves assessing to what extent the proposed competencies are necessary according to the perception of professionals. The study is framed in a complex managed mixed design, under three discussion groups with social educators, through four working moments: previous analysis of the intrinsic and extrinsic professional situation of the social educator by means of a SWOT matrix, valuation of the model of competencies through a quantitative questionnaire that incorporates the use of scales, discussion with the different groups of social educators to build a consensus vision of the profession and design proposals for improvement with the application of a CAME matrix. The richness of the extracted results has allowed to redefine a competency profile with which the social educator feels identified. This profile is made up of 23 competences grouped in six dimensions: communicative competencies, critical-reflexive competencies, social competencies, disciplinary knowledge, functional competencies and defining competencies of professional identity.