Protection Practitioners Care Fund

Overview

SSAs can tap on the Protection Practitioners Care Fund (Care Fund) to better support their protection practitioners' well-being by:

• Providing up to two weeks of annual wellness leave to eligible practitioners, and

• Organising well-being initiatives for their protection practitioners.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the Care Fund, the social service agency (SSA) must be MSF-funded. SSAs can tap on the fund for their practitioners that provide services supporting the safety and well-being of individuals and families affected by domestic violence, including intake, triage, and case management services. This includes social workers, case workers, social work associates, care staff, and supervisors in these roles within the following agencies:

• Protection Specialist Centres

• Integrated Services for Individual and Family Protection Specialist Centre

• Child Protection Specialist Centres

• Children’s Homes

• Children Disability Homes

• Fostering Agencies

• Safe & Strong Families Programmes

• Crisis Shelters

• Family Service Centres

Types of Schemes

Wellness Leave

Social service agencies (SSAs) can provide their eligible practitioners with up to two weeks of wellness leave annually.

Well-being Initiatives

Social service agencies (SSAs) can organise initiatives to enhance the well-being of their protection practitioners.