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In April 2021, the Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC), in partnership with the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada, led a series of cross-sectoral convenings with the goal of introducing a positive obligation for government and service providers to assist families who are experiencing difficulties in a context of poverty. This three-day event convened people across sectors to gain a better understanding of how the child welfare system responds to the conditions that place families at an increased risk of child protection involvement due to assessments of ‘neglect’. The goal of Beyond…
In line with principles outlined by the Early Childhood Development Action Network and the International Task Force for Teachers for Education 2030, the following are five key actions that governments, civil society organizations, and funding agencies must take to support the early childhood workforce to ensure continuity and quality in efforts to promote nurturing care.
This 4th annual report from the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance includes a multi-country, four region review of the state of the social service workforce. Through Alliance-led mappings and assessments in three regions in collaboration with UNICEF, and information from mappings and assessments in a fourth region, this report consolidates trends and data and makes recommendations for better planning, development and support to this frontline workforce. The report also makes connections to the Alliance's Call to Action for Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to Better Protect…
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The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosted the 6th Annual Social Service Workforce Strengthening Symposium on the topic of using evidence as a catalyst for advocacy efforts to support the social service workforce. Held on May 7, 2019, in Washington, DC, and via live webcast, a total of 313 individuals and 13 watch parties participated from 42 countries across NGOs, practice, government, academia, associations, foundations, UN agencies and other experts in the field. They heard speakers share experiences and lessons learned from recent comprehensive social…
Debemos trabajar juntos para mejorar los resultados de protección, salud y bienestar para niños, niñas, jóvenes, familias y comunidades como se describe en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Estos resultados solo se lograrán con una fuerte fuerza laboral de servicios sociales respaldada por políticas, financieras, técnicas y apoyo moral. Este llamado pide a los gobiernos nacionales y locales, en coordinación con socios nacionales y globales, fortalecer la fuerza laboral del servicio social.…
On May 8, 2018, during the Social Service Workforce Strengthening Symposium, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance released a Call to Action for Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to Better Protect Children and Achieve the SDGs. It makes recommendations at the country and global level for governments to initiate, lead and engage in dialogue with partners for these efforts. The Alliance is joined by an initial group of 12 organizations, including Better Care Network, in signing on to show support for the Call to Action. We…
A quality child care system should be developed holistically. Therefore, quality care can only be achieved by ensuring that care placements are appropriate to the individual needs of the child, and that care professionals in those placements apply a child rights-based approach to their daily practice. The European Recommendations on the implementation of a child rights-based approach for care professionals working with and for children highlights the steps to be undertaken to develop a child care service workforce capable of applying a child rights-based approach to their work.
Ending Violence in Childhood is a report from the Know Violence Initiative addressing childhood violence around the world. The report compiles information from a series of global research papers commissioned by Know Violence, presenting the scale and scope of the issue globally. Examples of preventative efforts from governments, communities, and organizations are provided to illustrate the feasibility of preventing violence on local and national levels. This report underlines that childhood violence comes at a cost to not only the children experiencing it, but also for their…
Created by the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance and WithoutViolence, this Global Advocacy Toolkit provides advocates with a common set of tools and messages with which to bring about greater political and programmatic priority for strengthening the social service workforce. This Toolkit is research-based, solutions-focused and includes lessons from behavioral science and original research on the most effective ways to communicate to policy and decision-makers. It includes case studies, stories, fact sheets and infographics.
The IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC, 2007) help to plan, establish and coordinate a set of minimum multi-sectoral responses to protect and improve people’s Mental Health and psychosocial well-being in the midst of an emergency. The Guidelines can be used as (i) a Guide for programme planning and design; (ii) advocacy for better practice; (iii) resource for interventions or actions; (iv) coordinating tool…