While often underrecognized, social service workers can play a critical role in support and protection of children, families and others in need, when located in schools and health care facilities. This World Social Work Day, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance invites you to join us as we explore this critical role, and provide promising practice models for the effective deployment of social service workers in these community settings.
Through a panel of global and country-level speakers, we will:
- examine the diverse roles of social service workers located in schools and health care facilities;
- exchange learning on how the social service workforce can work most effectively when located in such community settings; and
- provide recommended strategies and interventions for strengthening the social service workforce within such settings.
During the webinar, the Alliance will also be releasing our latest technical note, developed in collaboration with UNICEF, on the essential role and function of social service workers in schools.
Speakers and Panelists*:
- -Hugh Salmon, Director, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance
- -Paul Marsden, Health Workforce Technical Officer, World Health Organization
- -Teona Kuchava, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Georgia
- -Amaraa Dorjsambuu, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Mongolia
* Additional panelists to be confirmed soon.
Time: Mar 15, 2022 at 08:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)