A total of 700 social workers and 500 counselors will be equipped with the knowledge and skill to handle problems pertaining to narcotics, psychotropics and other addictive substances. (AFP Photo/Choo Youn-kong)
Jakarta. The Ministry of Social Affairs has recruited a total of 1200 social workers and counselors in an attempt to provide rehabilitation services for drugs addicts throughout the country, an official said on Friday.
"The recruitment is done to comply with the demand of social workers and counselors at the ministry," said Mu'man Nuryana, the ministry's education and research body chief.
Mu'man said that 700 social workers and 500 counselors will be equipped with the knowledge and skill to handle problems pertaining to narcotics, psychotropics and other addictive substances (NAPZA) before being sent off to 24 provinces to serve at the IPWL.
As for the first batch, 168 social workers and 118 counselors are in ongoing two-weeks training in Yogyakarta.
Source: 1,200 Workers Recruited to Rehabilitate Drug Users
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