What should the municipality do when it comes to providing social services? How to implement a client-oriented approach to social services? How to ensure compliance? How to establish interagency cooperation in the provision of social services to the population?
Learn the answers to these and many other questions from the new U-LEAD initiative “Steps for Specialists. Arranging Social Services in Municipalities”!
About the Program
A comprehensive training program that will improve your professional competencies, teach you the tools for arranging and providing social services in the municipality, as well as help you introduce systemic measures for local self-government bodies to ensure the provision of quality, client-oriented social services.
Why this Program?
Participants of the training programme will:
- Master the basic principles of arranging and ensuring municipal activities related to the social protection of the population and the provision of social services;
- Look into a client-oriented approach in the system of providing social services;
- Learn about the models of the organisational structure of the executive body of a village, town or city council in relation to the social protection of the population and explore the powers of social service providers in the municipality;
- Identify the tools for providing social services in the municipality;
- Explore the integrated approach to the provision of social services and ensuring interagency cooperation;
- Discuss case studies based on real work situations;
- Study the experience of other municipalities where similar initiatives have been successfully implemented;
- Network and establish cooperation with colleagues from other regions of Ukraine.
When?
The Program starts on 2 March 2024. It is 6 weeks long.
Who can join the Programme?
45 teams will be selected, including 2 representatives per municipality with a population of up to 50,000. Municipality teams will consist of local self-government officials: heads or officials of the structural unit for social protection of the population, directors or deputy directors of the Centres for Social Services or Municipal Social Service Centres.
How to join?
To participate in the selection, fill out the attached Application and send it to regops.u-lead@giz.de by 12 March 2024 (18:00), as an MS Excel file. Please indicate “Steps_Social Services_Municipality Name_Oblast” in the subject line.
Learn more about the participation in the Training Programme at the presentation event, which will take place on 5 March 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
Join the online presentation here.
Let’s reach success together!
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