The article discusses and analyses the role and activity possibilities of a social worker in the rural community. The role of a social worker in the rural community was researched through possibilities of social educational inclusion in order to ascertain the conditions of empowering activity, internal attitudes of community members in the aspect of empowering, collaboration level among different institutions. The results of the qualitative research performed at nine rural elderships of different districts in Žemaitija region revealed difficulties faced by social workers in rural areas integrating people into the active life applying educational means. The essential obstacles, which prevent rural people from opening for social – educational inclusion, include their conservative thinking, habit to live only on social benefits, their prevailing pessimism and apathy.

The article discusses and analyses the role and activity possibilities of a social worker in the rural community. The role of a social worker in the rural community was researched through possibilities of social educational inclusion in order to ascertain the conditions of empowering activity, internal attitudes of community members in the aspect of empowering, collaboration level among different institutions. The results of the qualitative research performed at nine rural elderships of different districts in Žemaitija region revealed difficulties faced by social workers in rural areas integrating people into the active life applying educational means. The essential obstacles, which prevent rural people from opening for social – educational inclusion, include their conservative thinking, habit to live only on social benefits, their prevailing pessimism and apathy.

Social work as professional activity is spread through all over the world, but in Lithuania it is a new type of activity as only after the independency and changes of the political situation a possibility to legalise a profession of a Social Worker has become real. Success of the Social Work Graduators in entering the labor market is one of the most important indexes of study quality assessment. This article intends to discuss the Lithuanian situation of social workers preparation, also the professional career opportunities; introduces a list of Lithuanian higher schools that prepares social workers with the focus on the beginning of study programme realisation; discusses opportunities of the Social Work Graduators in entering the labor market according to labor forecasts and the situation of the social work specialists at labor marked in 6 recent years considering the context of demand and supply. The article introduces the situation of LEU Master Degree Social Work Graduators at labor market according to the employment level after Master Degree studies.