Busan Gijang-gun Conducts Education to Promote Social Awareness of Single-Person Households

On the 6th, Gijang-gun, Busan, conducted an education session titled ‘Spreading Social Awareness of Single-Person Households’ at the Cha Seong Art Hall in the Gijang-gun Office, targeting honorary social welfare officers and village welfare discovery teams.

This education was promoted in collaboration with the Gijang-gun Community Security Council to strengthen the capabilities of honorary social welfare officers and village welfare discovery teams, who serve as the local community’s human safety net, and to foster social consensus on the rapidly increasing single-person households as well as to activate the discovery of welfare blind spots.

The education was conducted through a special lecture by Professor Yoon Seong-ho of the Department of Social Welfare at Dongseo University, under the theme ‘Spreading Social Awareness of Single-Person Households with Honorary Social Welfare Officers.’ The main topics covered included ▲the status and needs of single-person households ▲causes of the increase in single-person households ▲understanding the local community and social care systems ▲and the roles of honorary social welfare officers.

Education to spread social awareness of single-person households in Gijang-gun is currently underway.

A total of 120 participants attended the education, including honorary social welfare officers and village welfare discovery teams from five eup and myeon districts, as well as members of the Community Security Council. The session provided an opportunity to form a consensus on single-person households as one type of diverse family and to collectively consider the role of the local care community.

A Gijang-gun official stated, “We are grateful to the honorary social welfare officers and village welfare discovery teams who always work hard to identify welfare blind spots. Through this education, we will do our best to ensure that the public and private sectors cooperate organically to build a more robust social safety net.”

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