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Projects
Sri
Lanka School Of Social Work
Brisbane
Institute has developed a project proposal for capacity
building of the Sri Lanka school of social work:
According
to Professor Rana Veera Amaravamsa
There were
some previous attempts in developing social work
education programmes in
Sri Lanka
'The social
work education started in
Sri Lanka in 1952 by the
establishment of the Institute
of Social Work
with the initiative given by Dr.Dorathy Mosess from the
University of
Delhi. India. There were
only short-term training programmes conducted by the
institute. However it came under the Ministry of Social
Services in 1964 and became a training institute of the
Ministry. The institute changed its name as the Sri
Lanka School of Social Work and a Diploma in Social Work
commenced in 1978. There was a need to train social
workers at graduate level and the school made requests
to the Universities but they were unheard. There was a
legal problem with the
School of
Social Work to confer degree
certificates as it was not recognized as a degree
awarding institute.
Calgary
University in
Canada
has come forward to assist the school to develop a
graduate programme in 1986 but was ended up with out
many results but the school was re-established as an
independent institute under the name of National
Institute of Social Development. The requests made to
the University Grants commission to permit the NISD
confer degree programme in SW but it recommended to have
a collaborative project with the
University of
Colombo. The BSW programme
started last year with the assistance provided by the
UoC.
However
there is a great need to have a qualified staff to teach
at graduate level. To train the staff we have to send
them abroad as no university in
Sri Lanka has got any
Post Graduate Social Work education programmes.
Thank you
Brisbane Institute of Strengths based practice- for an
altogether new model of capacity building of our school.
We are
looking froward for March 2008 for two alumni from The
Department of Social Work , University of New Castle,
New Castle and Department of Social Work and Behavioural
Sciences , University of Queensland, Australia to join
us as Lecturers for Undergraduate Programmes and for
Field work coordination and Community development.
Ranaweera.
Young
Ambassadors Program
Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development
The Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development program
(AYAD) places skilled young Australian volunteers, aged
18-30, on short-term assignments of between 3-12 months,
in developing countries throughout the Asia Pacific
region.
The program offers young people a wonderful opportunity
to contribute to development while at the same time
learning about other cultures.
Youth Ambassadors work with Australian organisations and
their overseas counterparts in a broad range of areas
that include health, environment, rural development,
gender, governance, justice, education and
infrastructure development.
Youth Ambassadors use their skills and expertise to
actively contribute to international development. They
gain an increased understanding of the development needs
of our neighbouring countries and broaden their
experience by living and working in a cross-cultural
environment.
Full details
Full program details are available on the
http://www.ayad.com.au/aspx/home.aspx
The Brisbane Institute of Strengths based Practice is an
APO for AYAD Program\
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