SOCIAL WORK TRAINING

PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH SOCIAL WORK TRAINING

Social Workers are critical to the healthy functioning of society. Social Workers engage with people and structures. They intervene at a community level to bring about positive change or work at a policy level to help improve social policies and enhance service delivery.

Over time, the Social Work role has evolved from charitable work to empowerment, skills development and advocacy by educating the public on their rights, by fighting injustice and advocating for change to improve people’s social functioning and well-being.

It is a dynamic and innovative profession that engages in problem-solving processes to promote positive and sustainable change. But it is not without its challenges.

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The line-up

The service delivery gaps and what needs to be done to fill them

Head of Faculty of Social Work and Community Development, Poppy Masinga, will highlight the shortfalls within service delivery systems and speak into how SACAP’s Bachelor of Social Work will provide the curriculum needed to produce practitioners who are equipped to promote change.

Disaster management and the Social Worker’s role

Advocacy Specialist Abigail Dawson will talk about her practice experience and will share a firsthand account of the need for curriculum review with emphasis on how Social Workers can mitigate the impact of man-made or natural disasters.

The need for social work practitioners who promote environmental justice

Social Work Intern and PhD candidate, Molly Shayamano, will talk about social work research gaps and the need for social work training guidelines with a special emphasis on the phases of disaster risks management.