From 8 to 12 April, 35 specialists from the social support units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine attended a training course on "Organization of Patronage Service in the Defense Forces using the «case-management» experience of the «Post-Service» Veterans' Fund».

The event was held within the framework of a memorandum of cooperation and interaction between the State Border Guard Service and the Charitable Foundation «Post-Service».

During the five-day training, representatives of the social support structural units of the State Border Guard Service exchanged their experience. They acquired professional competencies in the areas of support and adaptation for servicemen, their families and veterans, developed algorithms for communication with state, municipal and specialized institutions and case managers in communities, got acquainted with the specifics of case management in the work of the unit's Patronage Service, acquired basic knowledge in first psychological aid, military law, medical support in healthcare facilities, prosthetics, commemoration of the Defenders of Ukraine, support for families of perished and missing servicemen, etc.

"Such projects strengthen the unity of Ukrainian society and the components of the Defense Forces in the fight for a common Victory! Undoubtedly, all this will have a common positive benefit in increasing the capacity to support border guards and their families," said Ihor Levadnyi, Director of the Personnel Department of the State Border Guard Service Administration.

The border guards expressed their gratitude to Yulia Gancharova, Director of the Charity Foundation «Post-Service», a military volunteer, and other organizers of the training for the high quality of the event arrangement.