- After a relatively long nine-month deliberation process which has just been completed by the Indonesian House of Representatives (“DPR”), the Draft Bill on Social Workers was finally passed into Law (“Social-Worker Law”) during a DPR plenary meeting which was held on 3 September 2019.
- The Chairman of DPR Commission VIII, Ali Taher Parasong, stated after the meeting that the Social-Worker Law would become the legal basis for the acknowledgment of social work as an official profession in Indonesia. Under this legal framework, social workers are expected to be able to perform the following activities: 1) Effectively solve social problems; 2) Offer protection; 3) Restore marginalized social functions; and 4) Provide adequate standards of service to underprivileged communities.
- The legal grounds for the passing of the Social-Worker Law, according to the DPR, encompass: 1) The responsibility of the state to achieve social welfare for all Indonesian citizens; 2) Improvement and problem-solving in relation to social-welfare issues, as highlighted from sociological perspectives; 3) The granting of non-partial legal protection for the implementation of social work based on laws and regulations; and 4) Prevention of social dysfunction and breakdown, as stressed under the political psychology aspect of the Social-Worker Law.
- For more on this story, see Hukumonline: “Resmi Jadi UU, Begini Ratio Legis Lahirnya UU Pekerja Sosial”.
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