Current Project: Indonesia
Facts and Programs
BPSW launched programs in Indonesia in 2004 to support and further develop an industry of professional Social Workers. Indonesia's government and people are uniquely positioned to support an industry of professionally trained Indonesian Social Workers to assist Indonesian communities.
Democratic political reform in 1999 has empowered elected governors in this vast country's 30 provinces to address social problems unique to their region. Indonesia's national political leaders are progressive and reform-minded. Several universities are now offering master's and doctorate degrees in Social Work, using curriculum developed by BPSW.
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- Strengthening the national core curriculum and competencies of social work education
- Strengthening generalist and advanced practice methods curriculum
- Developing field practicum at Bachelor and Masters level
- Increasing the availability of books, trained faculty, professional journals and updated methods
- Providing technical assistance to the Indonesian Organization of Professional Social Workers (IPSPI)
- Consulting with social welfare academic programs around curriculum development
- Collaboration with government, United Nations Agencies and NGOs to help build the capacity of the local government to deliver family-centered, community-based child welfare services
Granting scholarships for students studying
social work at local colleges and universities
Providing full tuition scholarships to Indonesian students for
the study of professional social work
Increasing access to current social work
literature and research
Two of the ways in which we are helping the development of social
work are through supporting access to social work literature by
translating and publishing social work texts into Indonesian, and
by purchasing social work books and journals in strategic topic
areas for social work educational programs. A team of social work
professionals assesses topics in social work literature that are
relevant to social problems and growing areas of need in Indonesia.
The challenges remain huge.
BPSW began working in Indonesia in 2004 and joined its parent agency, Building Bridges to the Future Foundation in 2005, when it became one of the first private agencies to offer support in Aceh, Indonesia.