Sociaal Werk Nederland is the trade association for social work in the Netherlands. With over 500 social work organisations as members, they represent over 80% of the sector. They create the conditions under which their members can do their work as well as possible. So that they contribute to resilient residents in vital neighbourhoods.
Areas of Intervention
- Children and young people
- Children at risk of social exclusion
- Elderly
- Public Health
- Social justice
- People who are socially vulnerable
- People in situations of difficulty or precarity
- Victims of domestic abuse
- Counteracting and supporting victims of gender-based violence
- Migrants
- Social Integration
- Beneficiaries of minimum income
- Poverty
Responsibilities/ Services
- Transformation of care models
- Promotion of systemic change
- Role of the social worker
- Integration of technological tools
- Capacity building and training
- Professional training
- Research and development
- Maintaining networks for managers and social workers
- Social insurance
- Fostering cooperation with non-governmental organisations and the promotion of social volunteering Research/ identifying and monitoring of social problems
- Representing and defending interests of their members
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