Social Service Workforce Week
Social Service Workforce Week 2017
Date: September 25-29, 2021
Overview: Every year, the Alliance hosts Social Service Workforce Week to advocate for social service workers and raise awareness of workforce strengthening efforts across the globe. The 2017 Social Service Workforce Week highlighted why we need to advocate for a stronger workforce to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, including the goals related to violence, migration and health.
View content from the week below.
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Content from the Week
Blog Posts
- Day 1: Why do we need to advocate for a strong social service workforce? by the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance
- Day 2: How does the social service workforce contribute to SDGs related to violence? by Roger Pearson, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser, Child Protection, Programme Division, UNICEF
- Day 3: Strengthening the Workforce to Deliver Psychosocial Support for Refugee Women and Girls: Lessons from Northern and West Nile in Uganda, by Dinnah Nabwire and Joseph Zzimula, TPO Uganda
- Day 4: How the social service workforce is vital to helping achieve the SDGs related to health and well-being for all, by Dr. Tapfuma Murove, Chief of Party, 4 Children at Catholic Relief Services, Nigeria
- Day 5: Many Voices are Greater than One: How you can advocate for the social service workforce to achieve the SDGs, by Nicole Brown, Global Social Service Workforce Alliance.
