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Georgian Association of Social Workers

Georgian Association of Social Workers. Role of Social Work in Gatekeeping in Georgia. www.gasw.org. Salome Namicheishvili , MSW Chairperson. November, 2009. Introduction. The presentation will outline: Development history of social work in Georgia Social work role in gate keeping

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Georgian Association of Social Workers

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  1. Georgian Association of Social Workers Role of Social Work in Gatekeeping in Georgia www.gasw.org Salome Namicheishvili, MSW Chairperson November, 2009

  2. Introduction The presentation will outline: • Development history of social work in Georgia • Social work role in gate keeping • Main challenges and achievements of the system

  3. Developmental History Social work was just starting to emerge in 1999; UNICEF, Government of Georgia, EveryChild – joint initiative to pioneer social work practice with children and their families; GASW established in 2004 – now uniting 200 social workers in the country; Social work as a profession in Georgia did not exist on an academic level till 2005-2006; Social work – as a regulated profession among medicine, pedagogy and law; 3

  4. Developmental History BA, MA, Certificate Social Work programs established in Tbilisi State Universities; Plans for establishing PhD in SW; Practice teaching of academic programs operating on the basis of social service providers - 80 % of them are child care oriented; Collaboration with western universities: Sheffield Hallam University (UK), Ljubljana University (Slovenia), Kiev Mohyla Academy (Ukraine), Vilnius Pedagogical University (Lithuania), Tallinn University (Estonia) 4

  5. Social Work Workforce in Child Welfare Diverse and vibrant professional community of: Locally trained social workers (former teachers, doctors, psychologist, etc); Western educated social workers with academic degrees; Locally educated social workers with academic degrees; Students of SW BA, MA programs; State and NGO employed social workers. 5

  6. Social Workers’ Role in Gatekeeping Intake – screening at referral point, proactive outreach work 6

  7. Social Workers’ Roles in Gatekeeping Assessment – bio-psycho-social perspective, empowerment approach, standardized assessment process and forms 7

  8. Social Workers’ Roles in Gatekeeping Case conclusion/recommendation – a basis for multi-disciplinary decision making 8

  9. Social Workers’ Roles in Gatekeeping Case management – Developing individual service plan and ensuring its implementation 9

  10. Social Workers’ Roles in Gatekeeping Review cases – ensuring need base service approach 10

  11. Achievements Increasing numbers of social workers in child care system (2000 – 18 social workers, 2009 – 197 social workers, increased by 994 %); Standardized training of social workers; Standardized training of multi-disciplinary decision making panels; Standardized assessment procedures and forms; Regulation of decision making (status of multi-disciplinary panel, one decision making body of out-of-home care placements). 11

  12. Achievements State Child Care Standards approved (2009, August, Decree # 281/N) Guiding Principles: Protection of human dignity, universal rights Individual approach in service delivery Service users’ participation in care planning and delivery Biological family strengthening Provision of family type care environment Supporting child bio-psycho-social development Protection from discrimination Protection of confidentiality Protection from abuse and violence 12

  13. Challenges Still limited numbers of social workers; Varied level of social workers’ qualification; Outreach work; Coping with emergency situations; Decision making based on proper assessment in case of placing children into institutional care; Review of cases of children into institutional care; Monitoring of cases of children in care settings; State child care standards not applying to social work services, foster care; 13

  14. Challenges Availability of family support services to maintain children with biological families (continuous services); Ideas to merge child care allowances into social assistance; Uneven development in other social work fields, hence, limited intraprofessional collaboration; Ideas of deregulation of social work practice; Institutional links between Academia and State Social Service Agency; Limited opportunities of dialogue with state bodies about the social work professional development; Public awareness about the social work profession. 14

  15. Future Plans Support to CIS countries in developing social work profession and practice 15

  16. Thank You! 16

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