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IFSW European Conference
and Social Services Expo
6-9 September 2015
Edinburgh
www.ifsweurope2015.org
Europe’s largest social work event in 2015
celebrating the achievements of
Social
work
Partnerships
in europe
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We’re putting social work in Europe on the map – 2,000 delegates will exchange innovative practice skills, knowledge and expertise over the three day international conference and expo. This will be the largest social
services event in Europe, held in Edinburgh, Scotland. We will be celebrating the achievements of social work partnerships across 40 countries and don’t want you to miss out. Find out more below and join us by
booking your conference place now. Places are limited so to book go online to www.ifsweurope2015.org/register.
Keynote address
Prof Walter Lorenz
Professor Walter Lorenz Walter Lorenz is Professor for
Applied Social Science at the Free University of Bozen/
Bolzano in Northern Italy. Since 2001, he has coordinated
a professional social work programme and has been
Principal of the same university since 2008. A native of
Germany, he qualified as a social worker at the London
School of Economics and practised as a social work
professional in East London before taking up a teaching
position at University College, Cork in Ireland in 1978
where he became Jean Monnet Professor in 1995. His
research interests include intercultural pedagogy, social
pedagogy, comparative aspects of social work and social
policy in Europe and quality standards in social services.
He has published widely in these topics.
Workshops
The workshops will allow for in-depth study and all
sessions will explore the themes of social work,
partnerships and finding solutions, but will do so in the
context of some of the social work specialisms.
• Iain Brown, England; Restorative justice in action
• Raquel Castro, France; Ian Johnston, Scotland;
Lisen Julie Mohr, Norway; Dorica Dan, Romania;
Putting clients with rare complex diseases “in the
driving seat”: user focused training for social workers
• Dr Tillie Curran, England;
Leadership by experts in experience
• Yehudit Gelbard & Shuvit Melamed, Israel;
The effect of family interventions on the well-being of
the patient and his family in mental health
• Sophie Kershaw, England; New directions in care
proceedings in England: what is the Family Drug and
Alcohol Court model and how might this model be
more widely embedded in the family justice system?
• Ma'ayan Simon, Israel; Social work with the poor: from
from a lack of ability to significant activity: clinical and
other skills & techniques for working with poor people
• Britt-Marie Johansson, Sweden; What's the use of
having a medical social worker in the primary health
care central?
• Anne Cullen, England; Compassion in action: an
experiential introduction to Schwartz rounds
• Anne Beattie and Shaun Thomas, Scotland; Signs of
Safety, a framework for assessment and planning in
child protection
• Pernilla Vera Jr, Mantha Kasagianni, Sofia Ågren,
Sweden; Prevention against violence with MVP
as method
• Marianne Vinther Petersen, Denmark;
Beating, thoughts and drawings
• Tatjana Katkić Stanic, Štefica Karačić & Marijana
Majdak, Croatia; Professional position and ethical
dilemmas for the social worker in the judicial system
• John Brennan, Ireland & Paul De Raeve; Realising the
potential of information communication technology
(ICT) to support people challenged by illness or
disability to maintain independence
• Miriam Sánchez Reyes, Spain; Traumatologia Social
• Gunnlaug Thorlacius, Iceland;
Perinatal services with families at risk
• Kerry Cuskelly, Ireland; Rage against the disorder:
being a critical and radical social worker in the Irish
mental health system
• Deirdre Mahon, Northern Ireland; The Safety in
Partnership Approach – Nothing About Families
Without Families
• Ruth Kusec Fredriksson, Sweden;
Neuropsychiatry in partnership with the municipalities
and other authorities
• Prof Yona Rosenfeld, Dorit Biran Deckelbaum, Tzafra
Dweck, Brian Auslander, Israel; Social workers and
social change: The Forum Against Poverty
• Maria Adamovic, Sweden; The importance of
capacitating staff to work with unaccompanied refugee
youth at group homes
• Maria Moritz, Austria; Minimum income in Austria:
the Human Rights Dimension
• Dr. Javier Simonovich & Ms. Esti Doron,Israel;
Community social work in the 21st century: learning
from three Israel experiences
• Raymond Taylor, Scotland & Sebastian Kiedaisch,
Germany; The impact of EU-governance on social work
in different European countries
• Natia Partskhaladze, Georgia; Georgia Child Care
System Reform in Georgia and the role of social
workers in achieving better outcomes for children
and families
• Margrethe Bennike, Denmark; Working with people
who are refugees and suffering from PTSD
• Scott Dunbar, Scotland; Keeping in touch. Contact
guidance for looked after children
• Gary Clapton, Viv Cree, Mark Smith, Scotland;
Children in need of care and protection
• Sharon Razon & Dr Lia Levin, Israel; ‘Power Centers’
and a practical suggestion for promoting actual
partnerships: lessons from Israel
• Felix Haggerty, Renfrewshire Council, Scotland;
Change Fund (Reshaping Care for Older People)
• Ana Radulescu, Romania; Social inclusion of ethnic
minorities (Roma): access to labour market through
Social Economy Projects
• Joe Duffy, Northern Ireland; Working in partnership
to develop international messages from service users
and carers
• Emma Cashmore, Gordon Dodds, Jacquie Robertson,
Scotland; The benefits of Carer Support Payments
• Hervör Alma Árnadóttir, Iceland; Experiential learning
as a method working with young people
• Dalija Snieškienė, Lithuania & Robin Moulster, Wales;
Reflection on the deinstitutionalization of models of
child care across Europe – what have we learnt?
• Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Iceland;
Victimization or empowerment, we have a choice!
• Joy Gauci & others, Russia/Scotland; The contribution
of transcultural social work in supporting partnerships
with families and vulnerable individuals living in conflict
• Ragna Björg Guðbrandsdóttir, Iceland; Children
exposed to domestic violence
• Luke Geoghegan & others, England; Asylum seekers
and unaccompanied asylum seeking children
• Vilborg Oddsdóttir & Sædís Arnardóttir, Iceland;
From charity to empowerment and participation
• Ia Shekriladze & Eka Chkonia, MD, PhD, Georgia;
Social Work in Mental Health: international experience
and Georgian reality
• Bridey Rudd, Scotland;
Personal outcomes in mental health
• Valur Bjarnson, Iceland; The best way to implement
Individual Placement Support
• Herbert Paulischin, Austria/Romania;
Social work and privatization
• Coro Amunarriz Aranguren, Spain;
Austerity and social work, the human dimension
• Lesley Anderson, Cyrenians, Scotland; Curiously
questioning: a co-creation approach to service delivery
in a residential setting
• Jeffrey Coleman, England; Principles of relationshipbased practice and child friendly justice
• Nino Shatberashvili, Salome Vadachkora & Nika
Kharebava, Georgia; Developing social work in criminal
justice: Georgian and European experiences
• Coro Amunarriz Aranguren, Spain;
Austerity and social work, the human dimension
• Valur Bjarnson, Iceland; The best way to implement
Individual Placement Support
• Jane Shears & Fran Fuller, England; Social work and
safeguarding: implications for practice
• Alesander Cala Cereijido, Spain;
Leisure education in people with severe mental illness
• Claudia Megele, England; Social work and social
media: new opportunities and challenges for the future
of social work practice and education
• Brian Auslander, Israel; Collecting data from practice
files: implementing the electronic record
• Birgitte Rasmussen & Ninna Koefoed, Denmark;
“Vi-Ka-Sku” (“Yes We Can”) Working with young people
18+ into adulthood
• Olivia O’Connell, Ireland; Exploring the policy to
practice gap: social workers’ experience of embedding
child protection policy into their practice
• Catherine Poulter, Wales; Social work with older
people: good outcomes despite the bureaucracy
• Ian Thomas, Wales; The relevance of minority
languages in effective social work
• Lisa Pattoni, Dee Fraser, Scotland;
When it doesn’t work – working with failure in teams
Explore new ideas and gain a wider vision of
how social work can make a difference.
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Plenary Sessions
Languages
People will be working across many different
languages. Simultaneous translation will be
provided in French, German, Spanish & English
for the main sessions and films may come with
subtitles.
The plenary sessions will explore the conference
themes and include:
Ethical Dilemmas in Care and Protection
This session will look at human rights and social
justice, in particular ‘whose social justice?’
Who Cares? Scotland and HUG
Migration, Asylum Seeking & Trafficking
Experiences of working in the refugee social services
field in Turkey and about the services provided to
refugees and asylum seekers by other organizations.
This will include information on why asylum seekers opt
to go to a third country, especially Europe, from Turkey
and how human trafficking works and is growing.
Huseyin Govercin,
Social Worker Danish Red Cross, Turkey
Social Work in and after Conflict
Research and practice knowledge of social work in
armed conflict and the transition to peace. Experiences
from around the world including Northern Ireland and
Bosnia.
Professor Jim Campbell, Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic
Social Work in Austerity
This session will explore differences in social work
provision to austerity across Europe
Ana I. Lima Fernandez, Spain; Lára Björnsdóttir,
Iceland; Dr Rory Truell, Secretary General IFSW
Advances in health and social care
Comparisons in social policy and practice across
Europe.
Mark Drakeford, Minister for Health and Social
Services, Wales
What will I be doing in 2025?
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social
Services (IRISS) is a charitable company with a
mission to: “…promote positive outcomes for the
people who use Scotland’s social services by
enhancing the capacity and capability of the social
services workforce to access and make use of
knowledge and research for service innovation and
improvement.”
IRISS
Networking Sessions: Day 3
Day 3 of the Conference will be specialist seminars
hosted by local organisations. They will form or build
on existing networks for you to keep involved with
after the conference.
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Criminal Justice
Children in public care
Social work education
Developing Services as we grow older
Realising Human rights in social work
Working with Roma families
Substance misuse
Migration and asylum seekers
Learning disability
Book before 30 April and get the Early Bird booking
rate saving you £60 on the conference price. Go to
www.ifsweurope2015.org/register for an instant
place at this event.
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Take time to look around this large exhibition and
network with over 70 organisations. Explore
resources, meet new suppliers and review new
products and projects that will enhance service
delivery.
60% of exhibition space has now been sold.
To reserve your space call 01892 784804 or email
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