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Sociaal Werk Nederland is the trade association for social work in the Netherlands. Its more than 450 members are active in the broad social domain. The member organisations work with social workers, volunteers, and residents themselves in neighbourhoods, mainly in the zeroth and first lines. They work together locally with all possible other social organisations and municipalities in the social domain. They take the residents' questions and possibilities as the starting point for their support and assistance. 

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
  • 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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