The annual Ruth Lachman Davis Social Work Award is given to students at the Paul Brawald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, who have achieved impressive results in professional work, in the field of volunteering or in the academic field. The prize comes to remember Ruth Lachman The late Davis, an instructor at the school who was one of the first social workers and mental health officers in the country. In awarding the prize, priority is given to those whose contribution is to children, teenagers and families, which were the areas of work of the late Ruth Lachman-Davis.