Internalization of green social work on the protection education curriculum and social empowerment in Indonesia

Abstract

In this new era, the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia through the Bandung Social Welfare Polytechnic developed a Social Protection and Empowerment curriculum that is internalized with Green Social Work in producing social worker practitioners. In the previous curriculum, the non-physical environment was not a special concern in the educational curriculum. This paper discusses the increasingly visible movement to expand social work’s connection to the environment and the calls for greater professional engagement in this area. The researchers aim to explore, using the qualitative method. The key informants and supporters came from educational curriculum developers at the Social Welfare Polytechnic, students, and alumni. The results showed that the Green Social Work education curriculum for undergraduate students of social work had excellent outputs. In addition, through the Green Social Work curriculum, it can respond to and deal with contemporary problems such as handling vulnerable communities to the impacts of climate change and having environmentally friendly professional capabilities.

Keywords: Green social work, social empowerment, social Protection, social welfare, policy.