CUBA , September 10, 2007.- Representatives of more than 42,000 Cuban social workers are participating in a meeting to evaluate the impact of their work. The gathering serves as an opportunity to exchange experiences and come up with new strategies to efficiently implement different government programs. Enrique Gomez Cabeza, who heads the social worker's program, said the annual meeting is not aimed at creating new tasks, but rather at strengthening existing programs within the main target groups of children, people with disabilities and the elderly along with combating crime and the social reinsertion of offenders. Other areas for evaluation include social workers' projects related to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), the development of the energy revolution both in Cuba and abroad and their continuing education. "Today, our efforts have diversified and surpassed the initial objectives," said Gomez. He noted that social workers are also assisting orphaned children and teenagers and the children of inmates, and are promoting closer links between students with behavior problems and their families. One of the topics at the evaluation meeting drawing a lot of interest is the proper selection of young people for courses to raise their overall educational level as well as the necessary follow-up once graduated. Others include the profile of what the preparation of a social worker should be and assistance to non-institutionalized seniors. The social workers continue their evaluation on Monday at their training school located in the Havana seaside town of Cojimar . (Cubaminrex-RHC) |