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Protecting Children Post Ryan: Real or Virtual Change in an era of Social Crisis?
3rd Biennial Child Protection and Welfare Social Work Conference
University College Cork, Friday 28th October 2011.
Registration now open
Selection of confirmed speakers and sessions:
The Hon. Mr. Justice Seán Ryan
Professor Sue White, University of Birmingham
Gordon Jeyes, National Director of Children and Family Services, Health Service Executive
Roscommon Child Protection and Welfare team
Dr Brian Taylor, University of Ulster
Debate on privatisation in child protection and welfare with Dr Kenneth Burns, Miriam Uhlemann and Mags Creed
See website for full list of speakers, full conference brochure and booking details
http://swconf.ucc.ie
(no www in address)
The conference will be of interest to social workers, policy makers, researchers, legal professionals, social care workers, students and anyone with an interest in the field of child protection and welfare. This conference is a not-for-profit event. €50 conference fee, €35 IASW members, €25 students and €20 unwaged. Book early as first 2 conferences were sold out at least 6 weeks in advance.
This conference is a joint partnership between the Social Work Development Unit (UCC), the Health Service Executive South and the Irish Association of Social Workers Southern Branch. |
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Southern Branch
2010 / 11 Acting Chairperson: Terry Bradshaw
Secretary: Pearl Doyle
Representative to Council: Frank O’Driscoll
Committee Member: Aoife McGrath
The Southern Branch of the IASW continued to forge close links with Social Work Department, University College Cork during the past year. Committee members attended information sessions regarding IASW for social work students on campus and these enjoyed good attendances.
Questionnaires were circulated to Social Workers within Southern Region regarding their preferences for topics to be included in upcoming CPD sessions. These questionnaires are currently under consideration regarding the selection of topics and speakers for these sessions. |
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Southern Region
Frank O’Driscoll
This was a busy year for the Southern Region Branch, the highlight being the hosting of the biennial Social Work Conference in UCC on 23-10-09. This was held jointly with UCC and HSE. The title of the Conference was Keeping Children Safe: Critical Times, Critical Issues. This was the second such Conference and attracted a large attendance and also a fair amount of media coverage.
A number of Continual Professional Development (CPD) workshops were also held;
- 25/5/09 “Fit between Family Therapy and Social Unit”
- 8/2/10 “Children’s Rights in Post Separation Conflict Situations”
- 25/2/10 “Using Group work in Practice, in learning and teaching social work; an empowerment based approach”
- 1/3/10 “Irish Father’s Parenting Experiences with their Disabled Child”
- 23/3/10 to mark World Social Work Day a Seminar was held regarding the “Rights of the Child”
Other areas looked at the monthly branch meetings included Supervision and also the issue of proportionate responsibility for Social Workers i.e. Social Workers carrying responsibility proportionate to their authority. |
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Workshop Title: ‘Irish Father's Parenting Experiences with their Disabled Child, an Exploratory Study’.
When: Monday the 1st of March, 5.30pm- 6.30pm.
Where: Room 2.24, Brookfield, UCC
Presenter: Aidan Cooney.
Presentation: Aidan is a previous graduate of UCC and was student representative on the IASW national executive. Aidan is completing a postgraduate Msc in King's College Institute of Psychiatry, with his PHD study focusing on the above topic. This presentation will be an exploration on gender absence in empirical Social work studies which relate to families parenting experiences with disabled child. This presentation will also aim to address a gendered occupational view of men and caring among Social workers.
*(For further information on the above/ or further seminars/ or interested in presenting logon to the www.iasw.ie or contact Aoife McCormack, CPD Officer southern Region on 086-8215814/
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Southern Branch
Continuous Professional Development Seminar
Are delighted to present Phil Mortell
Working with Aggression
The Presentation will look at how, as Social Workers, we understand the violence that is increasingly part of our job, how we respond to it and what we might do to anticipate and prevent it. Their will be time allowed for questions and discussions. About Phil Mortell: Phil Mortell has recently retired after 19 years as a Principal Social Worker with the HSE in the Mid-West area. He is now working as a free-lance social worker, counsellor, trainer and facilitator. He lectures occasionally on social work courses in both UCC and UCD. In Annexe, UCC On 19/1/09 @ 5.30 pm All welcomeAdmission: 5 euro, IASW members free.
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Chairperson: Orla Jennings Ph. (021) 4920935 Email.
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Vice Chairperson: Carol Buckley-Lyons Email.
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Secretary: Pearl Doyle Ph. (021) 4927250 Email.
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Treasurer: Orla Jennings Ph. (021) 4920935 Email.
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National Representative: Frank O’Driscoll Ph. (021) 4927000 Email.
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CPD Organiser: Aoife McCormack
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Communications: Terry Bradshaw Ph. (021) 4923190
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Student Representative: Steven Peet
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UCC Social Work Development Unit Representative: Debby Lynch Ph. (021) 4902228 Email.
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Social Secretary: Ailís Ni Charthaigh Ph. (021) 4921728 Email.
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