Professor DAVID HOWE worked, until his recent retirement, in the Centre for Research on the Child and Family at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.  Prof. Howe has extensive experience in research, children and families and teaching.  This conference should be of interest to social workers in all areas of practice, as Prof. Howe will look at attachment issues throughout the life cycle.

Date: Friday 28th October, 2010

Time: 09:00 - 16:00

Venue: The Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8

Applying: To book a place on our conference please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Confirmation of bookings will be sent on receipt of payment.

Fees: IASW Members @ €30.00 - Non Members @ €50.00 - Non Working Rate @ €20.00 - Students @ €15.00

Payment Options: Cash, Credit Card and Cheque are all accepted.          

Meals: Refreshments are provided at the conference, including lunch.

More information on the conference itinerary will following in the coming weeks.

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June 18, 2010

IASW Half Day Seminar in conjunction with Trinity College Dublin

Venue: IASW, St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

Date: Friday 18^th June, 2010

Time: 09.00 (registration & tea/coffee) 09.30am – 12.30pm (seminar) 

Presenter: Marguerite Woods, School of Social Work & Social Policy, TCD.

Marguerite Woods is the Course Co-Ordinator of the Diploma in Addiction Studies and Lecturer in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin.

Fees: €5.00 IASW Members         €7.00 Non-Members

Booking Information: Places on this course are limited therefore we would advise members to book early!!! To book a place on our seminar please contact Danielle via email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or ph. 01 6774838.

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CLICK HERE to download a copy of Marquerite's recommended reading list

RECLAIMING SOCIAL WORK

Friday 23rd April, 2010

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SPEAKERS: -

• Iain Ferguson ‘”I didn’t come into social work for this!’ Managerialism, modernisation and alternative futures”
• Mary Langan 'Rediscovering humanity in Social Work’
• Brid Featherstone ‘Making a Difference; Social Work in the Economic Crisis in Ireland’

WORKSHOPS: -  

• Kirsten Byrne -  ‘Community Work in Ireland today: Revisiting the value of Community Work within the spectrum of Social Work’
• Paul McCarthy - “The NCCIS Business Process Standardisation: the future of Children and Families Social Work in Ireland – The Evidence?”
• Mary McNutt - “Role of Generic Social Work in Community Settings”
• Colman Parker - “Are assessment tools useful in social work Practice? Helpful in demonstrating  evidence based practice or the thin edge of the wedge in consigning social workers to endless form filling and ticking boxes ? Join the debate !"

Participant Feedback: -

• Good conference, energising and challenging
• Power point slides excellent
• Great to be beside the station
• Highly informative, thoroughly enjoyed pro-active aspect
• Re-affirmed the need for a new type of radical social work
• All speakers were very enthusiastic, clear and knowledgeable
• Excellent; very inspiring speakers
• Irish context was great
• Opportunity to interact with own profession
• The energy and willingness to stand up and speak out for our profession –at last.
• Great energy – commitment to working together – in numbers there is strength
• All of it was excellent.  Thank you to all at IASW – great work
• All relevant and thought provoking
• Workshop encouraged  us to be more confident about claiming tools within our  setting
• Helpful personnel at the door
• Desire to bring social work back to the community and create awareness of our work
• Emphasis on society, on ‘hope and change’
• Promote a macro analysis of issues facing clients: Advocacy and social policy re inequality
• Feeding back to the team
• Going to get involved with the special interest group – primary care
• Reminded me to keep issues of social justice to the fore
• Ideas about change and being more proactive about social work in wider context
• Promoting equality within our society and challenging social policy and promoting the role of social work
• Will look at further assessment tools
• Think about alliances
• Will use IASW resources that previously was unaware were available e.g. communications
• Encouraging our team to look more at how we work and use tools in our work
• We need more short term training courses. 
• Excellent day :  well done and thank you to all committee for all your hard voluntary work
• More of the same please – very impressed
• A forum on IASW website
• Developing a social work voice

Workshops

• Very interesting debate
• Useful discussion about merits of using assessment tools

• Excellent – useful in reclaiming generic social work
• Very useful in clarifying role of primary care social worker

• Good discussion
• Presentation very good
• Very informative and interesting discussion
• Highlighted the crazy developments that are planned re. child protection

1. University College Cork is planning an event on the morning of 16^th March at UCC to celebrate WSWD. They will invite IASW Southern Branch committee and members, academics, practitioners, practice teachers and MSW/BSW students. They are working on the theme and publicity material for our UCC website and will send on to me for the IFSW web. They will give their students a lead role in organising the event. They plan to have a collection for Haiti on the day.

2. National University of Ireland Galway will coordinate local social events for Social workers in the Galway region in partnership with the local branch of the Irish association of Social Workers on the evening of March 16^th. This is purely a light hearted social event to celebrate the profession of Social Work

3. Trinity College School of social Work and Social Policy  will also be holding  an event on March 29^th with speakers lined up for a special workshop themed around Social Development  looking at the Schools research into Age & Disability . Presentation 1 - Living with Dementia – Dr Suzanne Cahill. Presentation 2. Disability – Zoe Hughes PhD student, National Institute of Intellectual Disability

4. A partnership day between HSE/Barnardos /NSWQB/UCD and the Minster for Children’s office. This event will take place on the 25^th of March owing to availability restrictions of the Minster. Event will start at 1.15 in lecture Theatre BOO4, Health Sciences Centre, UCD. Dublin 4. Title of Event Social Work and Social Development: Celebrating the contribution of social work to children & families service, A national event in association with the 4^th World Social Work day. Opening address Mr Barry Andrews, Minster for Children followed By Mr Phil Garland Asst National Director C&F. Key Note Speeches Prof Colette McAuley, UCD and Prof Brid Featherstone NUI Galway. Closing address - Ms Slyda Langford. The event will close at 4.00pm 

5. On March 16^th Social Workers in Kildare Enable Ireland service have arranged an open house session and invited their Social work colleagues form HSE Community Care locations that they deal with. They will have food and information sessions and will seek donations for the Haiti relief fund. 

6. On March 16^th the children of Sandymount Special School are organising an event to mark World Social Work Day with the Social Work team of Enable Irelands Disability service in Sandymount