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A Book Launch Event Examining Innovations and Lessons from the Global South
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. EDT
Featuring:
Tabassum Amina
Assistant Professor, BRAC University
Grace Boutros
Regional Programs Coordinator, Arab Network for Early…
On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, from 8:30 to 10:00 am EST, the U.S. Government’s Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity (APCCA) secretariat and D4I will host a webinar on “Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity Learning Session –Strengthening the Social Service Workforce: Findings from a Cross-Country Assessment.” …
The conference is part of a long-term effort by the US government and other donors to draw increased attention and mobilize additional assistance for social workers worldwide who work with children who are vulnerable to abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect. The Conference explored a range of workforce development strategies, including strategies for planning, training, and supporting the workforce incorporating lessons learned from Health Systems Strengthening and Human Resources for Health Initiatives as well as other human and institutional capacity building and training efforts. The…
The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosts an Annual Symposium to bring attention to data and trends affecting the social service workforce, a key component of a strong social service system that needs planning, developing and supporting to best serve vulnerable groups. The Symposium brings together diverse stakeholders to exchange knowledge and discuss ways to strengthen this workforce.
5th Annual Social Service Workforce Strengthening Symposium
The 5th Annual Social Service Workforce Symposium on Wednesday, May 8, 2018 featured panel presentation…
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The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosted its 4th Annual Symposium on May 24, 2017, in Washington, DC, and also via live webcast on the topic of case management and the social service workforce. More than 100 in-person participants and 400 remote participants from 29 countries across NGOs, practice, government, academia, foundations and other experts in the field shared how a strengthened workforce is able to implement integrated and innovative approaches to case management that create comprehensive and sustainable systems of care for vulnerable children…
“The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosted its 3rd Annual Symposium on June 2nd, 2016. The event was held at the Birdsall House Conference Center in Washington, DC and also via live webcast. Just over 300 participants from 25 countries across NGOs, government, academia, donors and others joined the discussion in the room or online about ways of strengthening the social workforce to better support vulnerable families and children. The symposium enabled the exchange of information between members of the Alliance and other experts across countries and regions.”
The event was…
The 2nd Annual Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Symposium was held on June 10, 2015. A total of 365 people from 20 countries participated by joining the event in person at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, or through the live webcast.
The Symposium provided a forum for experts from around the world to discuss efforts to strengthen the social service workforce and advance systems and services for children and families. Presentations focused on ways in which planning, developing and supporting the social service workforce can lead to more effective services to…
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm ACDT
This public event, presented by the Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research (CSWIR) at the University of Sussex in the UK and the Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS) at Flinders University in South Australia, will be an ‘in conversation with’ style event, where academics, and practitioners will discuss how practice has adapted to the heightened sense of uncertainty engendered by the pandemic in everyday child protection social work. The unique perspectives of social work practitioners and managers from Australian…
The Primary Prevention Framework for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action was released by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in 2021.
The L&D Working Group of the Alliance would like to offer you a free, online learning opportunity to further explore the framework to strengthen overall understanding of primary prevention in child protection in humanitarian action. The course will provide an introduction to prevention programming…
Join Data for Impact (D4I) on September 27, 2022, at 9:30am EDT for a one-hour webinar introducing a new guide to build digital skills in the child protection workforce.
Panelists will include:
- Stuardo Herrera, Child Protection Information Systems and Innovation Team Lead for D4I, Palladium;
- Priyanka Pathak, Samaj Studio;
- Camelia Gheorghe, D4I Moldova Chief of Party;
- Ismael Ddumba-Nyanzi, D4I Uganda Activity Lead; and
- Lillian Mageto, D4I Rwanda…