Professional holiday of all social workers — Social Protection Worker's Day — is celebrated in Moldova annually on the third Sunday of September.
The honorable mission of doing good deeds and fulfilling the commandments of love and compassion for one's neighbor, as well as the fight against spiritual and material impoverishment and injustice in society — all this rests with the social worker.
The Republic has the Law «On the Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities» (№ 821-XII), adopted on December 24, 1991, according to which: «Disabled people in the Republic of Moldova have full social, economic and personal rights and freedoms enshrined in the Declaration on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the General Assembly UN, Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, this Law and other legislative acts. Discrimination against persons with disabilities is prohibited and prosecuted».
The Republic of Moldova has a system of social protection and social support for families and children, characterized by two main mechanisms: remittances and social services.
As part of the reform of the social protection system, on July 14, 1999, Parliament adopted the Law «On State Social Benefits for Certain Categories of Citizens», granting the right to state social benefits to persons not entitled to receive state social insurance pensions.
It should also be noted that the implementation of the state policy in the field of social insurance in Moldova is entrusted, first of all, to specialists from the National Social Insurance Fund (NSCS), which is responsible for the social protection of citizens through social payments, which include pensions and benefits in cases of retirement age, illness, unemployment, loss of a breadwinner, etc.
It is not surprising that the range of responsibilities of NKSS employees is constantly expanding, not only the volume of work is increasing, but also the level of requirements for specialists. Therefore, great attention in the field of social protection of the population is paid to the professional training of qualified specialists, united by a common goal, which is the care and support of the most vulnerable segments of the population.