| IASW SEMINARS & CONFERENCE September – October 2011 |
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Friday September 23rd Title: ‘The relevance of the Office of the Ombudsman to Social Workers’ & ‘Freedom of Information & Social Work Records’ Speakers Bernie McNally, Senior Investigate, Office of the Ombudsman Sean Garvey, Senor Investigator, Office of the Information Commissioner Registration @ 9.30am Seminar @ 10.00 – 13.00 Fees: €5.00 Members €10.00 Non Members Venue: St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 CPD: 2.5 CPD POINTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO THIS COURSE
Friday September 30th Title: ‘Human trafficking in the Irish context: Information Session for Social Workers’ Speakers: Nuska Yonkova, Anti-Trafficking Co-Ordinator, Immigrant Council of Ireland - What is Human Trafficking? Basic definitions & international treaties - Human Trafficking in Ireland? Up to date information on national statistics, law & protection measurers - Trafficking for sexual exploitation & the Irish sex industry. Case studies form the ICI Law Centre - National campaigns & measurers. The Turn Off the Red Light initiative. Muireann Ni Raghallaigh, Lecturer in Social Work, UCD. Title: ‘Demand, child trafficking and the role of the Social Worker’ - Why does trafficking occur? A focus on demand - Child Trafficking in Ireland: the current situation - Trafficking & Social Work; Roles, Responsibilities & Challenges. Registration @ 9.00am Seminar @ 09.30 – 13.00 Fees: €5.00 Members €10.00 Non Members Venue: St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 CPD: 3 CPD POINTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO THIS COURSE
Wednesday October 5th Joint Conference between Irish Association of Social Workers and Marte Meo Training Centre HSE Title: Maria Aarts - ‘Marte Meo Supportive Interaction; The Process from birth to old age’ This conference will identify early-life developmental support that is essential for developing & using life skills. The course programme will be available in the coming weeks. Registration @ 9.00am Conference @ 10.00 – 16.00 Venue: The Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 Members @ €30.00 / Non Members @ €50.00 / Non Working @ €20.00 / Students @ €15.00 CPD: 4.5 CPD POINTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO THIS COURSE.
Friday October 14th Title: ‘Play Skills for Direct Work with Children’ This course will provide staff with developmentally appropriate skills to do direct/therapeutic work with children. It will explore the Significance of play and the use of play as a therapeutic agent in the lives of children, the skills of non-directive play, therapeutic stories, and worksheets for different problems and focused techniques to assist communication between child & social worker. Speakers: Lisa O’Reilly, Social Worker & Play Therapist Registration @ 9.30am and 13.30 Seminar (1) 10.00 – 13.00 Seminar (2) 14.00 – 17.00 Please indicate which seminar you are booking for. Fees: €5.00 Members €10.00 Non Members Venue: St. Andrews Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 CPD: 2.5 CPD POINTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO THIS COURSE
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