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WEBINAR: The Role of Local Government Staff in Coordinating and Overseeing Social Services Wednesday, July 30, 2014 8:30am – 10:00am, Washington DC 2:30pm Harare, 3:30pm Kampala…

This article appeared in the June 2014 edition of the NASW News: https://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2014/06/strengthen-social-service-workforce.asp Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Symposium: Experts discuss how to strengthen workforce By Rena Malai,…

Thank you to all who have shared your creative ideas for building a platform to connect with one another, learn and share resources. The Alliance came to life one year…

Submitted by guest blogger, Chiedza Mufunde On April 29, 2014, the Alliance hosted a symposium, Supporting Families, Building a Better Tomorrow for Children: The Role of the Social Service…

By Dr. James McCaffery, PhD, Senior Advisor, Training Resources Group and CapacityPlus To paraphrase Albert Einstein, who once said ‘out of clutter, find simplicity,’ I would adapt it to…

By Maury Mendenhall, MSW, Senior Technical Advisor, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, US Agency for International Development As a social service worker, I got into this business because I wanted…

By Dr. Nathan L. Linsk, PhD, Professor of Social Work in Family Medicine, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, University of Illinois at Chicago Social service workers and those…

By Dr. Bernadette Madrid, Executive Director, Child Protection Unit Network, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Often, the biggest challenge for multidisciplinary teams is how to put together…

by Zeni Thumbadoo, Deputy Director, National Association of Child Care Workers, South Africa The indigenous African philosophy of Ubuntu, expressed in isiZulu as ‘Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu’ means that people…

This webinar has already occured. Please visit here for the webinar summary and recording. Social Service Workforce Strengthening Webinar Series Using Human Resources Data to…

by Jim McCaffery, Senior Advisor, CapacityPlus and Training Resources Group In a sector with constrained resources, it is imperative to make sound, evidence-based decisions about social service workforce strengthening…

The CPC Learning Network and the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance will be co-hosting the following event on February 19, 2014 in New York City. For more…