IFSW Europe has a focus on the role of social work and social care. Human rights and social justice are critical in any social workers thinking and actions. Social workers often advocate on behalf people requiring social protection and assistance and see first-hand the impact of Covid-19 on access to social services and people facing poverty and inequality. Social workers work in communities with people to find positive ways forward in the challenges they face in their lives.
Poverty Watch Main Findings
Most affected groups
Social workers
Elderly people (living alone)
Homeless people
Children & families with special needs
People with low income
BAME-people
Main priorities
- Adequate social protection for all
- Provide adequate social housing for all and combat homelessness
- Invest in community and relationship-based services
- Include Social Services in Principle 20 of the European Pillar of Social Rights – Access to services
- Address low status; increase wages; and improve working conditions for workers providing essential services
- Enable digital and technical access for all
- Implementation of the Child Guarantee to support children and parents in the short and long-term including access to social services
- Maintain people’s rights
- Fair access to resources for refugees and migrants
- Improve access and increase funding for universal, quality health and social services
Contact details
International Federation of Social Workers
Maiengässli 4
4310 Rheinfelden (Switzerland)
E-mail: global (@) ifsw.org
Website: www.ifsw.org
