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Institute of Social Services of Oporto (Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto)

Institute of Social Services of Oporto (Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto)

Institute of Social Services of Oporto (Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto)

Introduction

The Higher Institute of Social Service of Porto (ISSSP) is a private university-level higher education institution. Created in 1956, in the heart of the Diocese of Porto, the ISSSP is currently a higher education institution legally framed by the Higher Education Cooperative of Social Work, CRL, created by a notary deed in June 1986.

With a vast accumulation of reflection and knowledge in the area of ​​"social problems", resulting from an experience of more than 60 years in the teaching of Social Work, it has ensured the training of Social Workers since 1956, being one of the oldest teaching institutions in Service Social in Portugal with a wide heritage of pedagogical and scientific experience.

In an effort to permanently monitor the new realities and considering the evolution of society, in 2008 the ISSSP created the Degree in Social Gerontology which aims to train professionals with scientific knowledge about the phenomenon of aging and theoretical and practical knowledge about the intervention in concrete situations, especially in the fields of repairing and restoring social relationships and changing current representations of the elderly as a phase of life incompatible with learning and personal development.

ISSSP also ensures the training of the 2nd cycle with the following master's degrees: Social Gerontology, since 2007 and Social Intervention in Children and Youth at Risk of Exclusion, since 2009.

In order to promote lifelong learning and provide scientific-technical support to the surrounding community, the Cooperative also has a Community Training and Extension Center that promotes postgraduate courses and short and medium-term continuous training courses.

Locations

  • Senhora da Hora

    Avenida Doutor Manuel Teixeira Ruela,370, 4460-161, Senhora da Hora

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