Social work can be an effective tool in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically those concerning children and families such as ending poverty, hunger, promoting good health, wellbeing, peace, justice, and strong institutions. Now, more than ever, with the COVID-19 pandemic, social work has a crucial role in promoting the SDGs through communities that are suffering from illness, isolation, grief, economic despair and mental health illness, and particularly to support children. Using a case study from the post-conflict partially recognized state of Abkhazia, this article will discuss how strengthening and expanding the social work profession can support communities striving to meet Sustainable Development Goals related to child outcomes. We will present the general social work model of practice and training program developed in Abkhazia, in collaboration with UNICEF.

社会工作可以是实现可持续发展目标的有效工具，特别是那些与儿童和家庭有关的目标，例如消除贫困，饥饿，促进良好的健康，福祉，和平，正义和健全的体制。现在，在COVID-19大流行中，社会工作比以往任何时候都更重要，它通过遭受疾病，孤立，悲痛，经济绝望和心理健康疾病的社区，特别是为儿童提供支持的社区，在促进可持续发展目标方面发挥了至关重要的作用。本文使用冲突后得到部分承认的阿布哈兹州的案例研究，将讨论加强和扩大社会工作专业如何支持社区努力实现与儿童成绩有关的可持续发展目标。