Moderator: Alex Collins, program officer, IntraHealth International
Presenters/topics:

• Zeni Thumbadoo, deputy director, National Association of Child and Youth Care Workers, South Africa
• Rev. Robert Sihubwa, chairperson, Zambian Association of Child Care Workers, Zambia
• Hussein Kanduru, lecturer and coordinator of REPSSI Certificate in Community-Based Work with Children and Youth, Institute of Social Work, Tanzania

What are the Core Competencies of Paraprofessional Social Service Workers Who Work with Children and Families?

Moderator: Zeni Thumbadoo, Deputy Director, National Association of Child and Youth Care Workers, South Africa
Presenters/topics:

• Patrick Onyango Mangen, country director, TPO Uganda, Uganda
• Ismael Ddumba-Nyanzi, research and M&E specialist, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Makerere University, Uganda

The State of the Evidence of Paraprofessional Social Service Workers—What We Know, What We Don't Know, and What We Would Like to Know to Support Advocacy and Strengthen the Social Service Workforce

Moderators: Kelley Bunkers, child protection and welfare systems technical director, 4Children, and Patrick Onyango Mangen, country director, TPO Uganda
Presenters:

• Grace Mayanja, chief of party, SUNRISE OVC Project, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Uganda
• Kuule Azariah Mwanamwolho, parasocial worker, Bwesumbu Sub County, Uganda
• Sowedi Kitanywa, senior probation and social welfare officer, Kasese District Local Government, Uganda
• Ashenafi Tesfaye, capacity development manager, Yekokeb Berhan Project, Ethiopia

The full program will soon be available on the REPSSI website. For those unable to attend in person, the alliance will share updates following the presentations. Join the conversation: #pss2015vicfalls

Join us at the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance booth at the conference venue and meet alliance staff, learn more about our work, become a member, and pick up copies of the State of the Social Service Workforce 2015 Report and other publications. 

IntraHealth International serves as the host for the alliance.