OUR VISION
Social Workers Without Borders Norway (SWWBN) are concerned that the humanitarian efforts that exist today focus little on the psychosocial burden of vulnerable people. Inadequate knowledge of working with people who are traumatized can be very damaging to those people who are met by "helpers" without adequate expertise. It can lead to retraumatization, exploitation and further hopelessness. The cornerstones of social work are equality, help for self-help and care. Our aim is that humanitarian operations and development projects preserve psycosocial policy guidelines.
Furthermore, Social Workers Without Borders shall contribute to humanitarian efforts being characterized by a long-term mindset where focusing on reconstruction and development following humanitarian crises must be essential. In this work it is important to cooperate with communities and strengthen the resources that already exist among the people. Social Workers Without Borders Norway wishes to be a supplement with another academic focus on the humanitarian efforts already in the international arena.
HOW WE WORK
STUDENT PLACEMENT
SWWBN offers social work and child welfare students the
opportunity for international placement.
We want to contribute to experience-based learning about international social work and increased cultural competence for future professionals in Norway.
The students complete their placement with the organization The HOME Project (THP) in Athens, Greece. THP provide care and housing for some of the many unaccompanied minor asylum seekers currently in Greece. They take a holistic approach and aim to meet all the needs of the minors.
We are currently working on establishing partnerships with additional organizations and in other countries.
JOB ASSIGNMENTS
SWWBN's aim is to be able to offer assignments abroad for social workers, to contribute to knowledge exchange and networking between social workers across national borders. This is under development.
