The @UCCsocialwork webinar series supports front-line practitioners and managers in social work practice, and community & voluntary services. This free webinar series is run by Dr Kenneth Burns, School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland. All are welcome to attend.
Decision making, assessment and risk in social work
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Presenter: Professor Brian Taylor, Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Find out more about his new co-edited book: The Sage Handbook of Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work (2023)
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Using TikTok to Engage Young People in Child Protection in Finland: The Sossut Project
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Presenters: Camilla Jokela, Social and Emergency Services, Soite, Finland and Maija Haapala, Pesäpuu, Finland. Camilla and Maija are social workers in Finland who use Tik Tok to address child protection and children’s rights in a way that takes children and young people’s own media as a starting point. The TiKTok Sossut project seeks to ‘translate’ the practical language of child protection practice and policy for young people. The project also addresses misinformation in child protection as practitioners can’t talk about cases due to confidentiality. This project won a major Finnish government award in September 2023. Click here to view these TikToks.
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Methods of Transformative Participation in International Child Protection Contexts
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Monday 27th November 1-2. Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Click on the button a the top of the page or here to register.
Presenters: Professor Kati Križ, Emmanuel College Boston and Mimi Petersen, Ph.D, University College Copenhagen
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Reforming the Norwegian Child Protection System
Tuesday 27th June. Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar.
Presenter: Professor Marit Skivenes, Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, University of Bergen, Norway
Joint webinar: @UCCsocialwork, School of Law, UCC and University of Bergen, Norway
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Family homelessness in Ireland: causes, impacts & issues for practice
Monday 12th June, 1-2pm (online). Click on read more button to find out more about this free webinar and to register.
Presenter: Professor Cathal O'Connell, UCC
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Click to watch this webinar (a new window will open). Date: 27th April 2023.
Presenters: Dr Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey and Dr Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, University College Cork
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