Gwangju Seo-gu, Capacity Building Training for Workers in Public-Private Social Welfare Institutions

Gwangju Seo-gu conducted capacity-building training for over 80 workers from public and private social welfare organizations. Provided by Seo-gu Office

On the 10th, Seo-gu, Gwangju announced that it conducted capacity-building training for about 80 workers from public and private social welfare organizations.

This training, carried out as a planned project by the Gwangju Community Chest of Korea, was organized by the Seo-gu Community Security Council to enhance the professionalism of social welfare workers.

The training encouraged the improvement of social welfare workers' expertise through a diverse curriculum and high-quality lectures, and also offered elective lectures tailored to the individual needs of the workers.

Kwon Oh-jin, director of the Youth Forest Cooperative, gave a special lecture on understanding slow learners and learning for policy development under the theme "The Independence Challenge of Slow Learners."

Following this, Kim Yi-gang, mayor of Seo-gu, delivered a talk on the challenges and opportunities in the Seo-gu area under the theme "A Good Community Connected by Welfare."

The training also included four session lectures: ▲ How to Use Chat GPT and Establish Effective Promotion Strategies (Kim Tae-wook, CEO of StoryN) ▲ Response Strategies for Socially Isolated Households and Single-Person Households (Kim Shin-sook, Researcher at Gwangju Social Service Institute) ▲ Singing Bowl Meditation for Self-Reflection, Care Without Burnout, Sustainable Self (Choi Soon-ye, Director of Gwangju Mind Healing Center) ▲ Communication Skills for Resident Organization Learning with Flip (Oh Su-a, Director of The Aram Mind Growth Institute).

Mayor Kim Yi-gang stated, “We will continue to nurture social welfare workers into welfare innovators who respond sensitively to local issues and residents’ needs through capacity-building training, and build a network for communication and empathy among workers to provide better welfare services to local residents.”

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