The Social Welfare Training Centre of the School of Continuing Studies will begin its Four Month Course in the Principles and Practice of Social Work on Wednesday, January 10. The course is a one of its kind in the region designed to meet the needs of persons working in the broad area of social welfare either as professionals or voluntary workers in recognized agencies who have not had professional training in social work. For this year fifty-four individuals from four countries namely: Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Jamaica will participate.
The programme of lectures, seminars, discussions and practical work is designed to help participants to acquire elementary knowledge and understanding of human growth and development in the Caribbean context, an understanding of the role and function of social organisations and training in practical ways of meeting individual and community needs. The course will end in April with a graduation exercise.