Social Work Practice Educator Conference

About the Day

The Sheffield Hallam University Social Work Practice Educator conference offers you the chance to share practice developments and experiences and discuss new concepts in professional practice with colleagues from across the region, from South and West Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire.

It is for everyone interested in contributing to current debates on the latest developments and thinking in social work education: educators, practitioners, researchers and students.

The Sheffield Hallam University Social Work Practice Educator conference is your chance to find out about developments in the Social Work profession; novel approaches to tackling the challenges you face which you can share with colleagues in your workplace; and make new professional contacts.

Social work as a profession continues to meet numerous challenges - this conference offers you an essential opportunity to prepare to meet those challenges.

Expected outcomes of the day are to:

• encourage social work practitioners and educators to debate and reflect on social work and its future direction

• enable social work practitioners, educators and students to network with colleagues from across the statutory, private, voluntary and independent sectors

Keynote Speakers

• Dr Jonathan Parker - Professor of Society & Social Welfare and Director of the Centre for Social Work and Social Policy at Bournemouth University

• Mark Doel - Emeritus Professor of Social Work at Sheffield Hallam University and academic colleagues from Universidad de los Lagos, Chile

Workshops

Delegates will have the opportunity to attend two workshops during conference.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Charles Street Building, Charles Street Building, Sheffield City Centre, United Kingdom