Integrating Experiential Knowledge in Social Work Education and Research: A Necessary and Challenging Innovation

IASSW & Power Us welcome you to attend our fifth webinar tomorrow at 15.30 CET. Professor Jean-Pierre Wilkens from the Netherlands will be talking about Integrating Experiential Knowledge in Social Work Education and Research: A Necessary and Challenging Innovation The presentation will be followed by a discussion. You register by scanning the QR code. Click…

Webinar Series – Session 2- Gap-mending as a Critical and reflective Practice

Involving service users in social work education raises questions related to relations of power and inequality. It raises questions about which agents who possess the right to take part in the creation of knowledge within social work education and on which terms. From our perspective service user involvement in social work education requires, that the…

IASSW – Power Us – Webinar Series : Critical Perspectives on Service User Participation and experiential knowledge

Power Us is an international network of social work teachers and researchers and representatives from different service user organizations supporting the empowerment of marginalized and discriminated groups in society.IASSW and Power Us recognize the mutual benefits of service users’ involvement in the training of social work students and highlight the importance of the development of…

Make Mental Health for all a Global Priority

The theme for 2022’s World Mental Health day was “Make Mental Health for all a Global Priority”. IASSW hosted a fireside chat with mental health specialists. The chat was moderated by Ms. Janet Saldanha, Counselling Psychologist (India). The guests for the chat were David Rose, Associate Prof., The University of Melbourne, and Christos Panagiotopoulos, Prof-Child…

Remaking Social Work for the New Global Era – Its available now!

Future social work practice requires a holistic framework to deal effectively with the great social and economic disruptions of this unprecedented time. Innovation and creativity are indispensable to empowering social workers and social service organizations to make an impact on the lives of people and societies in today’s world. This book provides a range of…

Joint World Conference On Social Work Education and Social Development 2022 – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The SWESD 2022 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the JOINT WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: REDEFINING SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN A POST-PANDEMIC SOCIETY: SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS. Authors are warmly invited to submit abstracts for Oral,…

Solidarity and Support with Ukrainian Social Work Educators from the Schools of Social Work

The people of Ukraine, including social work educators and staff of schools of social work, have been suffering from the Russian invasion since February 24, 2022. Ordinary life has become one of destruction and devastation of homes, infrastructure, and the entire living environment. People live in fear of losing their loved ones and each and…