In the name of God

Summary of performance report ofIran Association of Social Workers(March 2015-March2016)

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Summary of the most important activities of Iran association of social workers in
the year of 1394 (March 2015-March2016)
A. Continuation of social workers recruitment
Many social workers and people who are active in social work became
members of the association via the central office or provincial branches
during the year. It should be noted that only persons with social work orsocial service academic degrees are considered as main members.
B. Scientific and job consultation to students and graduates
A lot of social work students or graduates recourse to the associationand consulted with the board of advisor, professors and association
experts to find solutions to their questions about social work job fields,
scientific discussions etc. during the year.
C. Connecting social work job seeker graduates with the labor market(informing)
Organizations which needed social workers during the year, contactedwith the association and it was informed to the job seekers by theassociation website or SMS system.
D. Innovation and design of “Social health award” for the first time in thecountry and grant it to three country social health pioneers
Iran association of social workers with the belief to this fact that healthhas different dimensions and the necessarily of paying attention to all
the different dimensions of health and to express the importance of thisfact that social health and its components including solidarity, advocacy,social responsibility and participation is the neglected field of social
prevention and intervention, designed “Social health award” for the firsttime in the country to grant it to those who have taken roles in different
fields of social health in the country.

2During the year, this award was granted to three noble persons of social
field in the country including Dr. Seyyed Ahmad Huseyni, Dr. Mohamad
Kamali and Dr. Habib Aghabakhshi that was well received and had agreat reflection. The association hopes to grant this award to otherqualified persons who have been effective in strengthen country’s social
health by checking history of plans that have performed in this field.
E. Holding national social work day conference
According to the association’s slogan this year and to develop theconcept of social responsibility in the society, the association’s annual
conference which is being hold on the occasion of Imam Ali birthday washold with the title of “Social work and social responsibility” on 6th of
May 2015 with the presence of more than 1000 social workers acrossthe country. At this conference which was hold with the collaboration oftens of governmental and non-governmental organizations, vice
President of Women's Affairs and Family, The head of the state welfareorganization, Welfare deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social
welfare and a number of national authorities and many ministries andprovincial managers participated.
F. Appreciation from social administrators, pioneers and sample social
workers of the country
As it does every year, at the day of association’s annual conference, withthe collaboration of related organizations, a number of active andeffective managers in the social field and social worker experts workingin governmental and non-governmental organizations were appreciated.
G. Innovation and holding social conversation meeting series
Iran association of social workers tried to develop the atmosphere ofsocial dialogue in the country by holding 8 professional meetings withthe title of social conversation. Base of these meetings is onconversation and governmental administrators and managers beside
non-governmental social masters and social workers analyze these3

fields’ subjects. During the year, the association holds 8 professional
meetings with the subjects that have priority in the society as below:
i. Discussion about new social work explanation components
ii. Social dimensions of accidents
iii. Social dimensions of working with children
iv. Social dimensions of aging
v. Social dimensions in education
vi. AIDS and social issuesvii. Rehabilitation affairs in the sixth development nationalprogramviii. Social dimensions of child labor
H. Participation in national seminars and conferences
As the association is one of the most active and oldest nongovernmental organizations that is professionally working on social field,
during the year so many social seminars and conferences invited theassociation and it participated in some of them i.e.
a. Participation and secretary in the sixth congress of the hidden
injuries of student life- June 2015 Kurdistan
b. Participation in the Family and Sexual Health Seminar of themartyr Foundation and Veterans Affairs- December 2015
khatamolanbia hospitalc. Participation in the National Conference on Violence against
Women and its effects on family health- November 2015
Kermanshah
d. Participation in the Seminar on higher education and welfare andsocial security policy- Link comment and practice- December 2015social security research institute/ The associations representative
was member of panel of issues and challenges in the field of social
policy and welfare in Irane. Participation in the conference of Poverty reduction, education
for children and NGOs- learned experiences- November 2015/ The4

associations representative was member of one of theprofessional panels of this conference.
f. Participation in the professional session of empowerment andcivil rights of disabled groups- December 2015 Allameh
Tabatabaee university
g. Participation in the seminar of pathology of street childrenNovember 2015 Iranian figures architecture associationh. Participation in the commemoration ceremony for red crescentsociety social workers- May 2015 Volunteer organization
i. Participation in the global conference on vision of child rightsJune 2015 human rights council
j. Participation in the national congress of Iranian psychologicalassociation- May 2015/ the association’s representative was amember of a panel in this congress with the title of addiction
prevention socialization in Iran.
k. Participation in the international congress of addictionSeptember 2015 Iran medical university/ An independent panel
was hold by the administration and presence of the associations
members in this congress
I. New year meeting
As it does every year, New Year meeting as an unofficial and friendly
event took place in central office of the association. A number of young
and old social workers met each other in the meeting.
J. Holding commemoration ceremony and publishing collections of notes
In order to promote appreciation culture from social pioneers, holdcommemoration ceremony for three pioneers of social work andrehabilitation field separately during the year. In these ceremonies, thattook place in collaboration with the state welfare organization, thesepioneers colleagues and students expressed their worthy activities
during their careers.

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a. Dr. Huseyni Haji Bekandeh (holding commemoration ceremony
and publishing collection of notes with collaboration of Tehran
state welfare organization)b. Dr. Mohammad Kamali (holding commemoration ceremony andpublishing collection of notes with collaboration of national state
welfare organization)c. Dr. Habib Aghabakhshi (holding commemoration ceremony andpublishing collection of notes with collaboration of Tehran state
welfare organization)d. Also because of sudden death of Dr. Mozaffar Karimi, social
security distinguished scholar, holding memorial)
K. Membership in committees and participation in policy meetings• membership in the board of the National Committee for thePrevention of divorce and the National Council for Protection of theFamily- crime prevention and social assistance of judiciary• Membership in the Advisory Committee of Sixth Development Planstate planning and management organization• Membership in the Coordinating Council of the Headquarters for
Combating Narcotics• Membership in the Headquarters for Combating Narcotics of Provinces• Membership in the advocating committee of empowerment andsocial problems reducing of welfare and social security planning councilof codification of sixth national development plane• Membership in the expert panel of social support and empowermentof sixth national development plane of the national Relief Committee• Membership in the supportive empowerment expert panel of Social
Harm Reduction of National Council of the elderly• participation in the meeting of headquarters for national document
for urban poor areas and provide with the presence of Minister of Roads
6and Urban Development and present a performance report theAssociation in Sabzevar project• Participation in the regional meeting of mandated Group of civilsociety in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia Laleh HotelTehran, February 2016
• Invited to attend meetings of the General Directorate of Roads andUrban Development, Tehran Province• Experts' Meeting about new corrective ideas for activities of labor
relations and social work of national oil company of Iran- December
2015• Participation in the Seminar of aspect of student life- Student Affairs
organization of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology- August2015• Study enforcement mechanisms for the plane of formation thedatabase of street children- Tehran City Council August 2015
• Participation in the Seminar of the effect of social work telephonecounseling lines and reduction of Children's crime - Human Sciences
scholars’ home August 2015
L. Agreements
Agreement between the associations with red crescent youth
organization was revised and signed. Similar agreements were signed
between the association and some other governmental organizations.
M. Publications
As regards one of the associations’ missions is presence in theproduction and dissemination of cultural products field, the following
products were prepared and presented in continuation of previous
actions in the field of compilation and publication of books.
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Treasury 2 (memories and learned points of Iranian socialworkers- volume II)
II. A collection of articles and conference presentations and reportsof women in social development conference (with emphasis onthe sixth development program)
III.
Proceedings and reports of third social work Gonabad
Conference- Social Affairs in the Sixth Development Plan
IV. Published four volumes of the pioneers of public healthN. Presence in medias
The associations’ representatives were present in different channels andrelated programs of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB),
different news and analytical websites including Fars, Irna, Isna, Ilna etc.
and also Shahrvand, Arman, Etemad, Sharq, Iran… newspapers.
O. Holding workshops• Workshop on women heads of households- Gilan• Workshop on New Approaches to Social Work- Relief Committee ofMazandaran province• Workshop on social service management- Relief Committee ofMazandaran province• Workshop on Social Work report writing- Foundation of martyrs inTehran• Workshop on Empowerment of NGOs in the field of social problems in
Hamedan- commissioned by the Ministry of Sport and Youth• And a few other workshops.....
International activities
A. Translation and publishing world social work day banner8World social work day banner which was published by IFSW wastranslated to Persian and moreover than sending to the federation
which was inserted to its website, sent to related organizations in thecountry.
B. Translation of new social work definition and uploading in the associationand federations websites
The new social work definition which had been approved in 2014 by theinternational federation of social workers and Association of Schools ofSocial Work and Social Work Education Council, was translated by theassociations colleagues was sent to the federation, uploaded on its
website, then sent to related organizations in the country.

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