THE government must recognise social workers as professionals by introducing the Social Workers Profession Act that has been delayed since 2010, said Prof Dr Azlinda Azman.
The head of Universiti Sains Malaysia’s (USM) School of Social Science said the country risks losing professional social workers to neighbouring countries, especially Singapore which recognises such talents.
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