The development of a robust workforce is most often anchored in social assistance legislation and policies promoted at the level of democratic states. The level of professional competence of the staff employed by the social service providers, directly conditions the quality of the services offered to the beneficiaries. The training of professionals in the provision of different types of social services is conditioned by the functionality of the System of initial and continuous training of employee in the domain of social assistance. The author analyzed challenges and successes of the actors responsible for the operation of the System of initial and continuous training in the Republic of Moldova