Community health worker (CHW) and social worker (SW) collaboration is crucial to illness prevention and intervention, yet systems often engage the 2 workforces in silos and miss opportunities for cross-sector alignment. In 2021, a national
Globally, there is an increasing outcry on the congestion of prisoners on their welfare and human rights. To deal with such congestion, the government of Tanzania introduced the community service, intending to reduce the number
Tanzania experienced a significant increase in the number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). The increase in OVCs was influenced by the HIV and AIDS pandemic, poverty, urbanisation, and unemployment. The HIV and AIDS pandemic
The “Case Management” system plays a crucial role in addressing the complexneeds of individuals and families in challenging social circumstances,particularly in the context of Azerbaijan’s social service system. Emphasizedwithin the “State Program for the Development
Despite growing recognition of the needs for social workers, Cambodia is at the initial stage in establishing a standardize system recognizing the social service workforce which is an important factor providing direction for social work
In 2014, the Graduate Diploma in Youth Work program launched in the Department of Applied Human Sciences at Concordia University in the province of Quebec, Canada. To mark the 10-year anniversary of the Youth Work
This study aims to explore the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in social service provision in Iran, focusing on their motivations, challenges, and impact on beneficiaries. The research seeks to provide in-depth qualitative insights into
The professionalisation of child and youth care (CYC) has long been an important milestone for the profession. This article will further add to the voices of child and youth care workers (CYCWs) about this process.
This article reports on a qualitative research study which was intended to explore the perspectives of social work supervisees on the quality of supervision in the Giyani region of Limpopo, South Africa. It was important
This article analyzes the role of social workers in developing children’s independence in community care homes. The primary goal of a social worker’s activity is to provide a suitable service and teach the recipients of
The Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s (OVC) crisis has raised the need for alternative solutions to OVC’s problems. These new alternatives gave prominence to the growth of community-based organizations (CBOs) and their interventions. Community-based interventions are
At the end of 2019, an innovative approach was launched in social work with young people in out-of-home care in Riga, Latvia. This approach included prevention, changes in the form and methods of social work,
