Due to decades of conflict and instability, mechanisms for child protection in Somalia are limited. One key activity of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund’s (UNICEF) strategy to address structural gaps in capacity to implement an effective child protection system is to establish a network of social work schools throughout Somalia. To this end, UNICEF brought together experts in social work curriculum development in Islamic countries, social work faculty and administrators from six Somali universities, government social work staff and ministers, and staff from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). To identify the knowledge, values and skills needed for the local context, interviews and focus groups were conducted in Hargeisa and Mogadishu with many of the stakeholders noted above. These stakeholders also came together for two, four-day gatherings to design and approve the curricula developed by two social work curriculum development experts. The final result was a one-year certificate in social work, a two-year diploma in social work and a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree. This article describes the highly participatory and collaborative process used to create social work curricula that would meet workforce development needs for child protection in Somalia.

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培养儿童保护劳动力：索马里社会工作证书，文凭和学士学位的共同发展

由于数十年来的冲突和不稳定，索马里的儿童保护机制受到限制。联合国国际儿童应急基金（儿童基金会）为解决实施有效的儿童保护系统的能力方面的结构性缺口而开展的一项战略性重要活动是，在整个索马里建立一个社会工作学校网络。为此，儿童基金会召集了伊斯兰国家社会工作课程开发方面的专家，索马里六所大学的社会工作教师和管理人员，政府社会工作人员和部长以及非政府组织和国际非政府组织的工作人员（INGO）。为了确定当地情况所需的知识，价值观和技能，在哈尔格萨和摩加迪沙与许多利益相关者进行了访谈和焦点小组讨论。这些利益相关者还参加了为期两天，为期四天的聚会，以设计和批准由两名社会工作课程开发专家开发的课程。最终结果是获得了一年的社会工作证书，两年的社会工作文凭和社会工作学士学位。本文介绍了高度参与性和协作性的过程，用于创建社会工作课程，以满足索马里劳动力发展对保护儿童的需求。社会工作两年文凭和社会工作学士学位。本文介绍了高度参与性和协作性的过程，用于创建社会工作课程，以满足索马里劳动力发展对保护儿童的需求。社会工作两年文凭和社会工作学士学位。本文介绍了高度参与性和协作性的过程，用于创建社会工作课程，以满足索马里劳动力发展对保护儿童的需求。