Social workers to be officially recognised - Viet Nam NewsHA NOI - The Government has approved the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affair's project to officially classify social work as a profession. Social work, which as a profession has been in existence for more than a hundred years in the West, involves supporting vulnerable individuals, families, groups and communities, such as abused children. To promote the profession, a budget of VND2.347 trillion (US$130 million) has been allocated to train staff until 2020. By 2015, the ministry hopes to increase the existing number of "care-in-the-community" workers by 10 per cent. Each commune or ward will have at least one part-time social worker, who will earn the minimum salary paid to a full-time civil servant. By 2020, the ministry hopes to double the current number of "social workers" in the country. During this period, 60,000 staff, who currently perform similar duties of a social worker, will be retrained. Readmore...
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