Core Group of Specialist

Executive Order 15 series of 1998 redirect the functions and operations of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and devolved the basic social services to the Local Government Units. The devolution brought enhancement to DSWD mandates as well as redirection of its functions and operations, however, the leadership role in Social Protection and Social Welfare and Development remained. One of the lead roles remains pragmatically intact along her major sectors namely: Family and Community, Children, Youth, Women, Disaster Victims and IDPs, Older Persons, and Persons with Disabilities.

Taking the lead in these fields require skills and competencies that have been demonstrated, verified and acknowledged. These are measured internally by the Department’s ability to respond to the said sectors through an efficient and effective performance of its core functions – Social Welfare Policy Development and Planning, Social Technology Development, Protective, Preventive and Promotive Services, Standards Development and Compliance Monitoring, Capability Building Services, and Provision of Technical Assistance and Resource Augmentation. Externally, these are gauged through the request for assistance from intermediaries for specialists along the sectors.

The identification and organization of resource and pool of experts are key mechanisms for harnessing internal expertise and resources within the Department and its partners. Along with this, the delivery of coordinated social services and social protection for poverty reduction and the creation of the DSWD core group of specialists by virtue of Administrative Order 15 series of 2015 seen as strategies in addressing the demands for competent human resource and high performing internal workforce necessary for the effective delivery of social protection programs and services.