John Mary Ssekate

John Mary Ssekate is a professional social worker whose career sits at the centre of Uganda's social work and child protection systems, and the Centre carries his name and his standards. He formerly served as the National Coordinator of the National Association of Social Workers of Uganda (NASWU), the body that represents and regulates the profession in the country. Earlier, as the Association's Capacity-Building Officer, he led the training and mentorship of early-career social workers across every social work teaching university in Uganda, as well as frontline practitioners in agencies and NGOs. He has lectured at Kampala International University and Africa Renewal University, supported refugee children through the Dream a Difference project, served as a Co-Investigator on the REFLECT research study in Kyaka II refugee settlement, and sits on the Inter-University Council for East Africa technical committee standardising social work education across seven member states. His work reaches from the classroom to national policy, and that combination of practice, teaching, research and policy is the foundation JM-CCER is built on.