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Strengthening the Functional Position of Social Counselor, Pusdiklatbangprof Holds Technical Guidance
Jakarta (July 13, 2022) - One of the strategic and concrete steps taken by
the Government in the context of simplifying the bureaucracy is cutting echelon
positions and strengthening functional positions based on certain skills and
competencies.
Bureaucratic simplification is certainly intended
to create a more dynamic and professional bureaucracy to increase
effectiveness and efficiency to support the performance of government services
to the public, followed by efforts to increase the competence of the State
Civil Apparatus.
MoSA through the Center for Education, Training, and
Professional Development (Pusdiklatbangprof) conducts technical guidance to
strengthen the functional positions of social counselors of MoSA.
In this technical guidance, Herman Koeswara social counselor
senior of Pusdiklatbangprof conveyed an essential message to social counselors
in the technical implementing unit (UPT) that they must have an empowering
mindset.
"Social counselors must have an empowering
mindset, have the knowledge of suggestion to hypnotize the target group,"
explained Herman.
According to him, social counselors must bring
someone to change. so that the previously helpless can become empowered.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Indro Widi Handoko, a Social Counselor at PusdiklatbangProf who acts as a moderator, said
that this activity would be carried out regularly for the Social Counselor Forum.
Indro stated that the purpose of this activity is
to provide opportunities and convenience for ASN who have the competence and
meet the requirements in developing their careers through social counselor
functional positions.
"The arrangement of ASN in the position of
Social Counselor in Ministries, Institutions and Work Units needs to be done to
find out the needs and formation of functional positions as well as career
development to optimize services in the social welfare sector,"
explained Indro.