This paper explores the role of case management in the context of care reforms. It offers cross-cutting principles of good practice, essential steps, and describes critical factors involved in effective case management practices. Drawing on
Although youth work is already practised throughout the country, the concept and role of youth work in Thailand remain vague. Unlike other social service practices, the youth work sector lacks uniform standards for measuring quality
For a decade, the International Social Service (ISS) has been championing the cause of quality care and family environment for children without parental care or those at risk of separation with a special focus on
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
Older Ukrainians living with serious illness face significant concerns and challenges within the political, environmental, and social context of the ongoing armed conflict. This report, from HelpAge International, highlights an innovative project funded by GlobalGiving, which provides
This brief from the U.S. Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative outlines the Collaborative’s efforts to support child welfare jurisdictions in integrating the voices of those directly affected by the child welfare system into practice and evaluation. The
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,
This ASEAN Guidance is intended to support policy makers, managers and members of the social service workforce in ASEAN Member States to strengthen the role of social workers and the wider social service workforce in
Social workers, and the wider social service workforce (SSW), do not only operate in the provision of core social services in the social welfare sector. They can play a critical role across sectors, including the
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