Social Service Workforce Strengthening

A strong social service workforce is critical to meeting the needs of children without adequate family care.  From government policy-makers, local administrators, researchers and social workers, to educators, community workers and care providers, social service actors play a key role in protecting girls and boys and promoting their care.

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Maestral International, UNICEF,

This guide is aimed at informing policy makers and programme managers working across Eastern and Southern Africa to implement an integrated case management approach to practice with vulnerable children and their families. 

Elmien Truter, Linda Theron, Ansie Fouché - Qualitative Social Work,

In this article, the authors present findings that describe resilience-enhancing practices in the lives of 15 South African child protection social workers (CPSWs) who were considered resilient.

Carolyn Hamilton, Elizabeth Yarrow and Kara Apland - Coram International ,

This report evaluates UNICEF's child protection systems building approach in Myanmar, including the review methodology, findings, conclusions and lessons learned, as well as recommendations for the future. 

Gloudien Spies, Rina Delport and Liana (M.P.) le Roux - Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology,

This article provides a discussion of the theoretical basis underpinning safety and risk assessment in child protection, and further describes the empirical research process involved in the development of safety and risk assessment tools and training materials for social workers in the South African child protection field. 

Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action,

This package is a compilation of resources and new evidence for case management and supervision of humanitarian workers in responding to child protection situations.

Elizabeth Claire Reimer - Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics,

This qualitative study explored a relational practice approach with parents whose children have been removed into out-of-home care in Australia. 

Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development - Uganda,

This manual is intended to train Para-social workers who are a non-formal “workforce” that constitute the largest but yet undefined group of caregivers who provide support and services to vulnerable children and families, particularly in low and middle income countries (GSSA, 2016).

Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Zimbabwe,

The purpose of this document is to provide a framework for implementation of the National Case Management System (NCMS) for the care, protection and welfare of children in Zimbabwe.

National Child Welfare Workforce Institute,

This video from the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute explains how the state of Missouri in the US reformed its child welfare system by strengthening the social service workforce. 

Giovanna Richmond & Morag McArthur - Institute of Child Protection Studies,

The subject of this report is to present the findings of stage two of a project aimed to address the anticipated risk to the foster care workforce by identifying and disseminating the most effective strategies to attract, support and retain foster caring families across all states and territories in Australia.