INTRODUCTION
From 2014 to 2021, the Research and Training Centre for Community Development (RTCCD) collaborated with HealthRight International to enhance professional practices in social work within the family and child protection field. This collaboration involved conducting short-term training courses for social workers and collaborators across various provinces in Vietnam.
The challenges posed by COVID-19 made organizing courses more difficult, but it also prompted a new perspective for the RTCCD social work team. The online learning website, https://kynangctxh.vn, was established with technical support from HealthRight International and financial support from the Boeing Foundation. This platform enables social workers and collaborators working in the community to learn and enhance their social work practice skills at any time and from anywhere, overcoming barriers such as time constraints, geographical distances, and financial limitations.
Program Introduction
E-COURSE GOAL
Providing free, online, short-term training courses focused on improving professional skills for frontline social workers and collaborators to enhance the quality of support services for disadvantaged communities
Further topics will be produced in the future.
HOW PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN THE E-COURSES
The courses are designed for short-term learning, presenting content through video clips, posters, and short readings primarily focusing on enhancing the quality of support services for women and children who suffered from trafficking, abuse, and neglect.
This course is primarily geared towards training frontline social workers, including staff from the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs, community social workers, and village-based social work collaborators, and social workers at the Provincial Social Protection Center. Additionally, the course is open to other participants such as police, women’s union staff, social work students, NGO staff, and individuals directly working with abused and trafficked children.
Participants can register to become a member of the website for free (receive an activation code via email) and learn at their own pace using mobile phones or/and computers. The time allocated to complete each course is limited to 90 days, and participants must finish the registered course before enrolling in additional ones in the future.
Participants are required to take multiple-choice tests before and after completing each course. A certificate will be awarded when participants successfully complete the course with a score of ≥ 75% correct on the final test. This online certificate is provided and can be downloaded.
COURSE FRAMEWORK
Up to now, this program has 04 courses, each of which has 3-4 lessons detailed in articles, video clips, and posters with short and easy-to-understand keynote.
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| Course 1: Abused children and how to work with them | Course 2: Human trafficking and psychological trauma |
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| Course 3: Psychological support for victims of human trafficking | Course 4: Healing support and therapeutic Intervention |
EARLY RESULTS
From January to December 2023, 382 social work participants from 45 provinces enrolled in the social work website and actively engaged in learning.
The completion rate for each course and scores of participants’ knowledge at the pre-test and post-test are as follows:
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OUR VISION
In the next phase (FY 2024-2025), RTCCD will seek additional funding to create more valuable content for this online learning platform, with a focus on Viet Nam-context social work skills. For example:
- Taking care and supporting disability children at home
- Preventing violent actions affecting elderly, dementia patients
- Support people who are affected by domestic violence
- Support children whose parents have mental health issues
- Preventing violence on children whose parents are alcoholic and drug addicts
- Support children whose parents got divorced
- Evaluate families provide alternative care for children
- Positive thinking
- Communication skills when working with teenage
- Development stages of children
COLLABORATION
We welcome the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs to encourage social workers to take part in this online learning platform to improve their knowledge and skills.
RTCCD also seeks to collaborate with the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs to implement intervention projects in the province.
We are looking forward to financial support from funders and partners.
