From left, Ahmed Al Kuwari, CEO of the Qatar Foundation for Social Work and Rashid Al Nuaimi, Director General of Behavioral Healthcare Center (BHC) at the press conference.
Qatar Foundation for Social Work will merge the Behavioral Healthcare Center (BHC) among its affiliated centers, Ahmed Al Kuwari, CEO of the Qatar Foundation for Social Work, announced yesterday.
The merger increases QFSW centers to eight, boosting improvement in service delivery and makes it more integrative.
Speaking yesterday in a press conference at the Foundation’s headquarters, Al Kuwari said, “Such new joining will enhance the values of the Foundation aimed at strengthening the bonds of society, preserving its elements and cohesion, including all its groups and responding to its various challenges.”
“This decision aligns with the centers’ efforts operating under the supervision of the Foundation, to contribute to a better recruitment of expertise, and interoperability between them to serve the target groups and the general community.”
The Foundation CEO also disclosed that it would team up with the Behavioral Healthcare Center (BHC) in the forthcoming period to provide well-informed consultations and supervision. This would trigger integration in service provision and benefit from the expertise when the affiliated centers operate in conjunction in providing treatment and rehabilitation services to society.
“Now, our scope of work has become more expansive and distinct, rendering more integrated services. It includes support for family stability, care for orphans, child and women protection, youth empowerment, care and rehabilitation of people with disabilities, and elderly care. Supporting behavioral health and disorders in community members add another key specialization to us,” Al Kuwari added.
Established in 2013, Qatar Foundation for Social Work oversees several centers, including Social Development Centre (Nama), Al Shafallah Center for Persons with Disability, Family Counseling Center (Wifaq), The Orphan Care Center (Dreama), The Centre for Elderly Empowerment & Care (Ehsan), Social Rehabilitation & Protection Center (Aman), and Qatar Best Buddies initiative.
For his part, Rashid Al Nuaimi, Director General of Behavioral Healthcare Center (BHC), said the center was established in 2014, and there have been significant efforts to train professionals to provide services related to behavioral disorders.
BHC as “Daam” was established to provide effective awareness, treatment, rehabilitation, and training services in behavioral health, upgrading services directed to persons with behavioral disorders in the community, and prepare highly qualified cadres in behavioral and cognitive therapy, sexual education and conclude effective partnerships with various institutions for aftercare and reintegration.
