Social Service Workforce Week
Advocate and Celebrate
Every year, in October, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance hosts Social Service Workforce Week to bring attention to and build support for the social service workforce as well as to raise awareness about promising workforce strengthening efforts around the world. Throughout the week, Alliance members and the public exchange knowledge and engage in advocacy efforts through various forms of social media.
Stay tuned for more information on how to get involved in this year’s Social Service Workforce Week.
Find content from previous years below.
Social Service Workforce Week Archive
Social Service Workforce Week 2023
In 2022, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Alliance, the theme for Social Service Workforce Week in 2023 was a Decade of Progress, A Future of Promise. Throughout the week, we celebrated global-, regional- and country-level progress in strengthening the social service workforce over the past decade. We also explored remaining and emerging challenges in relation to strengthening the workforce and put forth a vision of what the next decade of social service workforce strengthening may look like.
Social Service Workforce Week 2022
In 2022, the theme for Social Service Workforce Week was Making the Case for Investing in Strengthening the Social Service Workforce Across Sectors. Throughout the week, we examined the diverse roles of social service workers when located across various sectors, such as health and education, and within humanitarian contexts. We also recommended strategies for planning and resourcing the social service workforce required for this range of roles.
Social Service Workforce Week 2021
The 2021, the theme for Social Service Workforce Week was The Changing Role of the Social Service Workforce in Emergency Preparedness and Response. Throughout the week, we drew attention to the essential roles social service workers play in helping people and communities prepare, adapt and respond to emergency and disaster situations. We also explored how social service workers have adapted with the increasing frequency and complexity of emergencies.
Social Service Workforce Week 2020
In 2020, Social Service Workforce Week highlighted the many essential roles of the social service workforce in the lives of individuals, families and communities. Throughout the week, daily blogs, worker profiles and new resources reviewed how the workforce is essential during COVID-19 and for transforming children’s care, protection of children, and delivering mental health and psychosocial support.
Social Service Workforce Week 2019
In 2019, Social Service Workforce Week called attention to the many ways the social service workforce collaborates with other sectors for promotive, preventative and responsive services to improve health and well-being for all groups.
Social Service Workforce Week 2018
In 2018, Social Service Workforce Week showcased the Alliance’s Call to Action: Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to Better Protect Children and Achieve the SDGs. Throughout the week, we shared examples of how it is being implemented and outlined steps individuals and groups can take to achieve the recommended actions outlined in the advocacy document.
Social Service Workforce Week 2017
In 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.
Social Service Workforce Week 2016
In 2016, Social Service Workforce Week focused on building the case for a stronger social service workforce.” Daily blogs reviewed the reasons a stronger workforce is needed to best care for vulnerable populations, and how this can be achieved.
Social Service Workforce Week 2015
The 2015 Social Service Workforce Week focused on the role of community level workers.
Social Service Workforce Week 2014
The first Social Service Workforce week was held in April 2014 as a means to raise awareness for the Alliance and garner support from members, organizations and the public around the issue and importance of social service workforce strengthening.
