Zmiany modelu poradnictwa zawodowego w Polsce

Professional counseling/guidance (in that publication both terms will be used interchangeably) is one of the most crucial elements of the active labour market policy. It can obtain different types - from directive counseling, through dialogical one to liberal counseling. Distinct models of roles of professional counselor exist in the counseling process - who can be the expert, informer, consultant, acquiescent guardian or leseferist, which are strictly connected with the above types of professional counseling. Nowadays, it can be seen the trend of leaving the models of counselor as the expert or informer (where the client is passive), which represent directive counseling. It is assumed that the best model is the liberal leseferism attitude, where the final decision about the choice of life and career path is left to the client. In that model, client-oriented counselor, works on the client's resources and encourages to the self-analysis. Such attitude is presented by Spanish method, which is often used by professional counseling. In the publication, there were presented the main current changes, which have been taking place in the professional guidance in Poland. The separate elements of Polish system of professional counseling was created by changes in the social and economic conditionings on the labour market, changes in the labour supply and demand and also under the influence of global (mainly the European Union) trends, such us popularization of lifelong learning and lifelong guidance. Author in the article concentrates on the model of liberal guidance, where client's resources are treated as a key factor (Spanish method). There is also presented the process attitude toward professional guidance as the career counseling.