Social Worker CPD Requirements in Greece

Social Workers in Greece follow a CPD-based model rather than a fixed hour total. Social work is a regulated, licensed profession in Greece. A practice license (adeia askisis epaggelmatos) is required (historically issued under P.D. 23/1992), and registration with SKLE - converted into a public-law professional chamber with mandatory membership by Law 4488/2017 - is compulsory to practice. SKLE maintains a professional registry and a code of ethics and actively promotes continuing education, but Greek law does not set a fixed statutory number of periodic CPD hours as a condition of retaining the license or SKLE membership. CPD is encouraged rather than a quantified legal mandate.

Greece does not mandate specific CE subjects for Social Worker beyond the general requirement — any board-approved continuing education generally counts. Always confirm with the regulator.

Generally yes — Greece does not require live or interactive hours for Social Worker, so approved online / home-study CE can typically satisfy the requirement. Home-study note: Not applicable - no fixed statutory CPD hours are mandated.

Unlike psychology, social work has a mandatory public-law chamber (SKLE) with a registry and disciplinary/ethics function, so membership is a continuing condition of practice; however this does not translate into a defined annual/biennial CPD-hours requirement in statute. Data on any internal SKLE CPD expectations is sparse.