RESUME REPORT
1st LEARNING FORUM
ON PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT IN DISASTER SITUATIONS;THE ROLES AND SKILLS OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN ASIA PACIFIC

Nurul Eka Hidayati, Secretary General,
Indonesian Association of Social Workers(Ikatan Pekerja Sosial Profesional Indonesia/IPSPI)The Indonesian Association of Social Worker or Ikatan Pekerja Sosial Profesional
Indonesia (IPSPI), collaboration with Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic ofIndonesia and International Federation of Social Worker – Asia Pacific (IFSW-AP),organized a three days international learning forum on Psychosocial Support inDisaster Situations. The Learning Forum was held in January 12-14, 2016 at Training
Center Pusdiklat Margaguna, Jakarta.

The program aimed to strengthen roles and skills of social workers in providing
psychosocial support in disaster situations.
After the program, participants were able to:
1. Explain advanced knowledge of psychosocial support.
2. Improve the psychosocial support program that they design to respond to
psychosocial needs in disaster situations.
3. Demonstrate the roles and skills in provision of psychosocial support in disastersituations to respond to target groups that they manage.

The learning forum welcomed 58 participant from all over Indonesia and four (4)countries in Asia Pacific; The Philippine, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Japan. The
participants were representatives of social workers, humanitarian workers,
government institutions, students and academics.

The program featured three sections:
1. Inspiration speeches: on the first day, the speech delivered by Mr. Margowiyono,
the Secretary of Directorate General for Social Protection and Security from theMinistry of Social Affairs gave an inspirational speech about the Ministry’s efforts
in Disaster Management and the implementation of psychosocial support indisaster response in Indonesia. On the third days, speeches were delivered by Mr.
Ryo Oshima, represented The IFSW-AP and Mr. Yasuharu Nakashima represented
the Japanese Association of Certified Social Workers. Both shared the Japaneseexperiences in disaster management.
2. Program learning session: Sharing practices and learning from field on provisionof psychosocial supports in disaster situation. Program continued with discussionof parallel session. Participants were divided into three group based on subthemes:
1) Understanding psychosocial needs of disaster's survivors & Implementation ofrights based approach and principles in psychosocial support; 2) Knowledge oftherapies used in disaster situation & Stress management for social workers inproviding psychosocial support in disaster situation; and 3) Developing
psychosocial support models for: children, woman and other vulnerable groups indisaster situation & Community based psychosocial support in disaster situation.
3. Skills building sessions: Workshop sessions in the afternoon to enhance skills on
psychosocial capacities. Participants were divided into two group and visited twolocations that have implemented psychosocial support program; temporary housingfor survivors in area of landslides in Bogor, West Java and residential building
apartment for survivors for eviction in Kampung Pulo, Jakarta.

The significant result from the learning forum was urgency to developed the capacity
building of social workers, develop training modules , standards of competence andservice on psychosocial support in disaster situation.