1. A Short-term Staff Development Project in Israel.
- Author
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Wreschner-salzberger, Lotte, Mohilever, Monica, and Kugelmass, Shlomo
- Subjects
SOCIAL work education ,SOCIAL services ,DEVELOPING countries ,PUBLIC welfare ,ARMIES - Abstract
The article focuses on a short term staff development project in Israel. One of the characteristics of most welfare oriented countries is the rapid expansion of social services. Shortage of professional personnel as an accompanying feature of welfare expansion is an almost universal phenomenon. In Israel, it is unique in that it combines characteristics of underdeveloped areas with those of considerably advanced societies. The process of institutionalization of social welfare over the past ten years has been a highly intensive one. Social services fulfill strategic functions in helping large segments of the population become socially and economically integrated. Staffing these services with adequate professional personnel has become an increasingly crucial problem, directly affecting the way in which social agencies become capable of fulfilling these vital functions. The Israeli Army sponsors an extensive and continuous program for training personnel in both combat and noncombat duties. The article authors stress the importance of the sponsoring administration's participation in the formulation of purposes of the training program in order to insure the foundation for integrating the educational achievements into administrative policies and procedures. Members of the teaching staff of professional schools may be able to assist the administrators in this formulation.
- Published
- 1962