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Help us review the Code of ethics for Australia's 500,000 community workers
ACWA Inc - Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The time has come for ACWA's periodic review of the code of ethics, the document which sets the foundation for exemplary community work practice and is the benchmark for all practitioners and registered members alike. Read More...
Australia's first publicly accessible registration system for community workers
ACWA Inc - Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Social Protection Floor Initiative
ACWA Inc - Sunday, November 25, 2012
In this year’s autumn edition of Unity newsletter, we briefly highlighted a major international collaboration, the Social Protection Floor Initiative (SPFI), to reduce poverty across the globe. The SPFI ensures, ‘a basic set of essential social rights and transfers (cash and in kind) to provide a minimum income and livelihood security for all…’ What makes this initiative critical is because at present over 75% of the global population does not enjoy a set of social protections that allow them to deal with life’s risks. Partners in the initiative include the United Nations, UNHCR, International Labour Organisation (ILO), World Health Organisation and the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) of which ACWA is a member. Read More...
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