The social service workforce is includes a variety of workers – paid and unpaid, governmental and nongovernmental – who staff the social service system and contribute to the care of children, families, individuals, and communities facing adversity. Our collection of worker profiles helps to shine a spotlight on the various tasks and training of different types of workers, as well as what motivates them to stay on the job.
- Rosemarie Abadingo, Social Welfare Assistant, Women and Child Protection Unit in Tacloban City, Philippines
- Ssentamu Abdul, Case Care Worker, Uganda
- Mohammed Adamu Adangba, State Child Protection Systems Mapping Coordinator, Nigeria
- Majida Bashir, Case Care Worker, Protection and Help of Children Against Abuse and Neglect (PAHCHAAN), Pakistan
- Bojana Brkic, Family Outreach Worker, Serbia
- Viorica Chirnicinîi, Community Social Worker, Moldova
- Yary Chhay, Senior Social Worker/Child Protection Officer, Children's Future International, Cambodia
- May Ann C. Demetrio, Child Protection Social Worker, Child Protection Unit, Philippine, General Hospital, Philippines
- Algassimou Diallo, Coordinator, Program Learning Group, Burkina Faso
- Marcela Dillon-Stretchie, Program Manager, Keystone Human Services Moldova
- Sophearin Dim, Manager of Medical Social Work Unit, Angkor Hospital for Children, Cambodia
- Jane Dzame Karisa, Social Worker, Kesho Kenya, Kenya
- Vanessa Guillermo, Case Management Coordinator and Team Supervisor, Changing the Way We Care, Guatemala
- Virgiliu Hangan, Social Evaluation and Family Reintegration Coordinator, Partnerships for Every Child, Moldova
- Jakes Jacobs, Community Child and Youth Care Worker, South Africa
- Kiko Joyce, Child Case Care Worker, Bantwana Initiative, Uganda
- Jennifer Kaberi, National Coordinator for Children Agenda Forum, Founder of Mtoto News, and Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Ambassador, Kenya
- Hilaire Kalume, Director, DISPE—Directorate of Social Interventions for the Protection of Children— Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
- Sowedi Kitanywa, Senior Probation and Welfare Officer, Uganda
- Yanti Kusumawardhani, Education and Protection Specialist, Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik, Partner of Save the Children Indonesia
- Esme Lebi, Team Leader for Child and Youth Care Workers, Isibindi Program, Zambia
- Lintle Letsika, Founder and Director, Footprints of Hope, Lesotho
- Lilian Leonora López Ruano, Psychology Specialist, Catholic Relief Services, Guatemala (en español)
- Annaliza Macababbad, Social Worker, Child Protection Unit, Philippine General Hospital
- Lutendo Maedza, Team Supervisor and Mentor, National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW), South Africa
- Chioniso Mangando, Case Care Worker in Zimbabwe
- Mercy Marima, Case Care Worker in Zimbabwe
- Belem Marroquin, Changing the Way We Care, Guatemala
- Dumizile Theodora Malatjie, OVC Coordinator, South Africa
- Mónica Mariela Mayorga Ayala, Child Protection and Care Systems Strengthening Coordinator, Catholic Relief Services, Guatemala (en español)
- Lungi Mkhize, Child and Youth Care Worker and Supervisor, South Africa
- Richard Mutisya, Project Coordinator, Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics Trust (CICC), Kenya
- Orlando Monteiro, Volunteer Case Worker, Plan International, Mozambique
- Janet Mwema, Senior Children’s Officer, National Council for Children’s Services, Kenya
- Sbongile Mzulwini, Child and Youth Care Worker, South Africa
- Crispus Natala, Project Officer and Social Worker, Changing the Way We Care, Kenya
- Ala Nosatii, Program Manager, Children, Communities, and Families, Moldova
- Oyinlola Oluwagbemiga, Senior Medical Social Worker, University College Hospital, Nigeria
- Simon Peter Otieno, Project Manager and Founding Member, Make Me Smile Kenya
- Kennedy Owino, Children’s Officer 1, National Council for Children’s Services, Kenya
- Nov Phalla, Outreach Project Manager, Mith Samlanh, Cambodia
- Intan Puspitasari, Case Worker, Pdak Cianjur, Indonesia
- Sorn Sokchea, Senior Social Work Technical Officer, Angkor Hospital for Children, Cambodia
- Justin Silas, Social Worker and former Para Social Worker, Tanzania
- Pinh Sokhom, Drug Project Coordinator, Mith Samlanh, Cambodia
- Shelton Tshuna, Child Care Worker, Zimbabwe
- Jorge Manuel Vargas Berreondo, Coordinator, Municipal Office of Children and Adolescents, Guatemala
- Lorena Velasquez, Director of Departmental Offices of the Secretariat for Social Welfare, Guatemala
- Marta Xico Xicay, Social Worker, Changing the Way We Care, Guatemala
