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Kompoti Despoina

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Lecturer

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Email

dkompoti@uniwa.gr

Phone

(+30) 210 5381307

Office Address

Department of Social Work / School of Administrative, Economic & Social Sciences / University of West Attica / 250 Thivon & P. Ralli Str, Egaleo 12241, Athens, Greece / Ancient Eleonas, building D, gr.109 (ground floor)

Office Hours

Thursday 2.00pm-3.00pm, Friday 2.00pm-3.00pm (by appointment via e-mail)

Academic area

Social Work 

 

Teaching modules

  • Practice Placement with Supervision I

  • Practice Placement with Supervision ΙΙ

 

Brief CV 

Despina Kompoti studied Social Work in Athens and at postgraduate level at the University of Bradford: “MA in Social and Community Work Studies”. She holds a PhD from Panteion University, Department of Social Policy.

As a social worker, she worked at the Piraeus TZANEIO General Hospital (2003 – 2009), at the MITERA Infants Center    (1995 – 2003) and at the Project Bureau, WELCOME HUSITA – Bogman Management Consultant, Maastricht, Netherlands (COMMET grant for new graduates).

She participates in the committee of the Education and Lifelong Learning Program entitled “Practical Exercise of the Department of Social Work” of the Ministry of Education. She is a member of the Gender Equality Committee (G.E.C.) of the University of Western Attica.

She has published articles on immigration and integration into society, single-parent families, vulnerable groups of social exclusion, housing problems faced by women in Great Britain. He participated in research on the psychosocial needs of the Roma of Western Attica and good practices for supporting and promoting their social integration. She was the Scientific Research Manager on the topic <Recording the needs of young people aged 15-24> for the European program entitled Youth Guarantee- Tree steps to find a job VS/2016/0105 for the Municipality of Εgaleo. Her research interests concern the policies and mechanisms of social protection at the local level, the development and implementation of social policy programs, as well as the methodology of community interventions.

Her scientific and research work has been announced at European and Greek conferences and seminars.

[Decree of Appointment (FEK): Government Decree of appointment 254 / t. Γ 8-4-2009]

 

  • Degree in Social Work
  • Postgraduate degree in Social and Community Work Studies (MA) in U.K. 
  • PhD Panteion University, Department of Social Policy.

 

  • Social protection policies and mechanisms at the local level
  • Development and Implementation of social policy programs
  • Methodology of community interventions

 

 

  

 

Asimopoulos, Ch., Martinaki, S., Kontogianni, E., & Kompoti, D. (2019). Public services employees’ attitudes towards Roma in Greece: The need for a social work response, Journal of Sociology and Social Work, Journal of Sociology and Social Work, Vol.7, No 2,105-114

Asimopoulos, Ch., Martinaki, S., Kompoti, D., Kontogianni, E., & Gouga, G. (2019) Anti-Roma prejudice in Greece: A challenge for social work, Comunitania: International Journal of Social Work and Social Sciences, 18, 85-100. 

Asimopoulos, Ch., Kompoti, D., Kontogianni, Ε., Martinaki, S., Pachi, K., Tzaneti, P.(2019). The attitudes of the Nursing Staff towards the Roma in Greece (2019), Greek Medical Archives , 36 (2), 202- 211.

Kompoti, D., (2013). Immigration and integration into society through social integration , Journal of Social Work, issue 109, Athens.

Kompoti, D.,(1998). Single-parent families – Vulnerable groups of social exclusion, Proceedings of the Conference ‘Family-Europe-21st century’ , Levani  Publications.

Kompoti, D., (1995). The housing problems faced by women in Great Britain at the threshold of 2000,  Journal of Eklogi , Oct.-Nov.-Dec., issue 107, Athens.

Kompoti, D., (1995). The problem of young (age 16-25) homeless people in Great Britain today, Journal of Social Work , Apr.-May-Jun., issue 38, Athens.

 

 

  • Member of the Gender Equality Committee of PADA
  • Member of the scientific committee at the 1st Post-Educational Scientific Symposium on Social Work, Social welfare in crisis-Challenges and prospects for Social Work, November 7-8, 2014, Athens
  • Scientific committee member at the 2nd Post-Educational Social Work Scientific Symposium, Social Work for social justice and social change ¨Empowering people and communities¨, March 17-18, 2017, Athens
  • Honorary Diploma for my participation in the Administration of the Association of Social Workers of Greece
  • Member of the Graduate Thesis Committee of the Department of Social Work
  • Member of the Laboratory of Counseling Psychosocial Support and Community Interventions of the Department of Social Work