1. UNICEF Georgia Role in Developing Social Work Profession
Natia Partskhaladze, MD, MSW
Child and Family Wellbeing Specialist

2. What we do at UNICEF
Promote and Support Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Focus areas :
Child survival and development
Basic education and gender equality
HIV/AIDS and children
Child protection
Policy, advocacy and partnership

3. Why do we support social work
Share vision and values of promoting human rights and supporting people to realize their full potential

4. UNICEF support to social work
in Georgia in early 2000
Introduced in the field of child care in early 2000
Supported training through non-degree training
Provided technical and financial support to GoG for strengthening the profession

5. UNICEF support to social work
in Georgia
Embedding social workers into government
Advocating for increasing number and qualification of SWs in different fields (child care, juvenile justice, education)
Advancing professional recognition and regulation
Introducing professional supervision and performance evaluation system
Development/improvement of social work assessment tools and protocols

6. UNICEF support to social work
in Georgia (cont.)
Supporting academic education at Universities (BA, MSW, PhD)
Assisting in development of practice teaching
Support continuous to on-job trainings of state social workers
Technical assistance and coordination between state and non-state actors, academia, donor organizations

7. Thank You!