Older People and Social Work: Adopting a Rights-Based Perspective?

Social Workers in Ageing (SIGA) Seminar Older People and Social Work: Adopting a Rights-Based Perspective? 25th November 2011 St Andrews Resource Centre, 114-116 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
10.00	Welcome	John Brennan, Chair of SIGA
10.05-10.25	Opening: 'Towards a Culture of Human Rights in Ireland'	Senator Ivana Bacik LLB LLM FTCD.
10.25-11.00	Keynote: Using A Rights Based Approach: a community example	Nicola Browne, Strategic Policy Officer
11.00-11.20	Coffee/Tea Break
11.20-12.00	Keynote: Older People and Social Work - Creating Social Change.	Bernadette Casey & Patrick Webb
12.00-13.00	Workshop: Integrating strategies for change.	Bernadette Casey & Patrick Webb
13.00-13.30	Plenary: Feedback The Way Forward? (Where to from here?)	John Brennan, Chair of SIGA
13.30	Light Lunch (provided in Fee).	Please confirm if you staying for lunch

Fee COST

€10 Students

€10 members

€20 non-members

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Profiles:

Senator Ivana Bacik, LLB, LLM (Lond), BL, FTCD, is the Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin (previously held by Mary Robinson and President Mary McAleese). She is a Senior Lecturer and also a Fellow of Trinity College (elected in 2005), and a practicing barrister. She has a track record of campaigning on education rights, on equality, social policy issues, women’s rights, criminal justice and anti-racism, and will continue to pursue these issues in the Seanad.

Bernadette Casey, BSSc, MA MSc NQSW, is a professionally qualified social worker and holds the post as senior social worker for the protection of older people since 2007. She also has a MSc in Equality Studies, School of Social Justice, UCD, in 2006. She is an occasional lecturer for various educational institutions including UCD and NUI on later life issues and promoting the rights of older people.

Pat Webb - Senior Social Worker, Peamount Hospital

Nicola Browne – Strategic Policy Officer, Participation and the Practice of Rights Project