Public lecture: Critical Edge of Practice - A survival guide for human service workers

Event Details

Date:

Friday, 19 October 2012

Time:

All Day

Location:

Riverside Reception, New Farm

URL:

http://www.uq.edu.au/swahs/practices-day-2010

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Practices Day provides a great opportunity for you to network with human service professionals, friends and colleagues while hearing the latest best-practice techniques to assist you in your day-to-day working life.
Attend this year's Practices Day to hear from leaders in their field as they discuss the daily challenges faced by human service workers, and provide the knowledge, skills and competencies to address these issues.

Throughout the day you will participate in these sessions:

Creating strengths cards for creative practice

Ethics

Vicarious Trauma

Moving from surviving to thriving - presented by Dr Wendell Rosevear OAM.

Keynote presenter, Professor Howard Karger will present Challenges for Social Work in the Age of Austerity: Queensland
and Beyond

Professor Howard Karger is the Head of School at UQ's Social Work and Human Services. He is an internationally recognised scholar in social welfare policy, and has authored or co-authored 11 books and almost 90 articles and book chapters.

You won't leave his session without being professionally and personally challenged and inspired, with positive impact on your practice.

This is a must attend conference for anyone practising in the social work and welfare field. We look forward to seeing you there.