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Conference Program & Speakers
Full Program Now available CLICK HERE
Program Highlights:
150 individual papers, 2 interactive forums and 3 workshops
Keynotes & Workshops |
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Child Protection - Professor Dorothy Scott
Senior Australian Academic, presents the most recent research into child care and protection followed by an interactive workshop.
Professor Dorothy Scott is the Foundation Chair of Child Protection and the Director of the Australian Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia. Graduating in social work from the University of Melbourne in 1974, she practised in the fields of child welfare and mental health, developing specialist services in the areas of sexual assault and post-partum mental illness, before embarking on an academic career path where her research has been mostly concentrated on child and family welfare practice and policy. Professor Scott has served on numerous advisory bodies and conducted several child protection-related inquiries for governments. She has been an advisor to philanthropic trusts and served as the CEO of The Ian Potter Foundation. For her service to the community she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australian and the Centenary Medal. |
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Current Social Issues - Richard Eckersley
Well known academic and social commentator offers a workshop on emerging issues and future directions.
Richard Eckersley is a founding director of Australia 21, a non-profit, public-interest, research company, and a visiting fellow at the ANU in Canberra. His research explores progress and wellbeing, and includes: measures of national progress; the relationships between economic growth, quality of life and sustainability; the social and cultural determinants of health and happiness; visions of the future; and young people and their world. His work has been published in leading international scientific journals, books and major Australian newspapers, and brought together in a book, 'Well & Good'. He has held senior positions with CSIRO, the Commission for the Future and the Australian Government. |
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Disability - Dr Romel Mackelprang
Leading US expert on disability presents a keynote paper on current developments in the field.
Dr. Romel Mackelprang is a professor and the director of the Center for Disability Studies and Universal Access at Eastern Washington University where he has worked for 21 years. Previously, he was a social worker at the University of Utah Hospital and was a lecturer for the College of Medicine and the School of Social Work. Active in the disability rights movement for nearly 30 years, Dr. Mackelprang has published numerous articles and two books on disability, health practice and policy, HIV/ AIDS, and diversity. He serves on the editorial boards of several medical and social science journals. In recent years, he has worked to engender universal access in higher education through the collaboration of multiple diverse groups. He has presented his work and engaged in collaborative relationships in Africa and Europe. |
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Workforce Planning - Lynne Berry
UK academic and leading figure in workforce planning, heads a panel of experts in a discussion of issues of importance to the welfare sector
Since September 2007 Lynne Berry has been Chief Executive of WRVS - a major British charity with a mission to enable older people to get more out of life by providing practical services through the power of volunteers. Previous posts have included being Chief Executive of the General Social Care Council and of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Executive Director of the Charity Commission and Chief Executive of FWA (Family Welfare Association). Earlier posts included being an Inspector at the Department of Health, head of social policy and management studies at the National Institute for Social Work and a lecturer and practitioner in social work and community work. She has been a member of many Government bodies and currently serves as one of the Prime Minister's advisors on Risk and Regulation and as a member of the Advisory Body for the Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office. She has been trustee of a number of charities including the National Centre for Social Research and the Institute of Education and was Chair of CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group). She was Vice Chair of the Deakin Commission on the Future of the Voluntary Sector and Chair of the Joseph Rowntree Commission on Standards in the Voluntary Sector.
Lynne Berry was made OBE for her contribution to social care and she received the Social Care Association's Award of Merit for an outstanding contribution to social care. |
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Professional Practice - Dr Karen Healy
Associate Professor in the School of
Social Work and Human Services at The University of Queensland.
Dr Karen Healy is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at the University of Queensland and she is President of the Australian Association of Social Work and Welfare Educators. Professor Healy has 22 years experience in the social work and community services field initially as a practitioner and more recently as a researcher and educator. Karen has published widely in the fields of social work and social policy with three books including the well known book "Social Work Theories in Context" and numerous articles in leading social work journals. Her books have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, and Danish and Karen is regularly invited to speak internationally on social work theory and practice issues. Karen has a passion for enhancing the workplace experience of social welfare professionals and, in particular, in ensuring that newly qualified workers receive the professional support and development opportunities they need to establish a solid foundation for excellence in professional practice. Karen has current research projects on a range of topics including: a trial of a model of professional support and development for newly qualified workers in child protection; mapping the educational curriculum in social work and human services; child and parent participation in child welfare practice and policy making; and the internal migration of young families to non-metropolitan areas of Australia. |
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Indigenous Issues - Christine King
Head of the Indigenous social work group of AASW, keynote presentation.
Christine King is an Aboriginal woman from the Northern Territory. Her mother is a Warumungu woman from the Tennant Creek area. Her father was a Larrakia man from the Darwin area.
Christine is a social worker with experience in the areas of Juvenile Justice, Child Protection, Youth Work, Project Management, Community Violence, Community Development, Counselling, Substance Misuse, Aged Care, Policy Development, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
She is the Chairperson of the National Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Workers Association, and Indigenous Co-Chairperson of the Stolen Generations Alliance, and was heavily involved in the background work with regard to the recent Apology to the Stolen Generations.
Christine is currently in the process of completing a PhD through the Australian Catholic University. Her topic is, 'The Aboriginal Kinship System: Informing Social work theory and practice in Australia'. |
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Rose Henderson
For the past 5 years, Rose has been the National President of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW). During this period the professional landscape for social work in Aotearoa New Zealand has changed markedly with the introduction of the Registration of Social Workers. Rose will share the organisational changes she has overseen during the past 5 years and some insights into the impact of registration from the perspective of the professional body.
Rose’s paid work is within the Specialist Mental Health Services of the Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand where she is employed as the Allied Health Professional Leader and Project Manager. Prior to this Rose’s professional career has included work in Statutory Child Welfare, Non Governmental Organisations, Women’s health and Mental health. |
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Bob Lonne
Bob Lonne, Phd is Professor of Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology, and is National President of the AASW. Bob has written extensively on rural practice and child protection, and his current research interests surround the workforce issues and trends affecting social work and the human services, and associated impacts on the curriculum for educating and training practitioners.
Dr Karen Healy is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at The University of Queensland. She is author of three books and numerous articles on social work theory and practice. Karen is involved in a range of research projects on social work practice, education, and workplace issues. |
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Claire Martin
Clare Martin is the former Member for Fannie Bay and the former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. Clare held this position for 6 ½ years, holding the portfolios over that time of Police Fire and Emergency Services, Asian Relations and Trade, AustralAsia Railway, Indigenous Policy, Tourism and Arts & Museums, and Major Projects.
On 18 August 2001 Clare led the Australian Labor Party into Government for the first time in Northern Territory history. Four years later on 18 June 2005, she led Labor to a second term with an increased majority.
One of ten children, Clare Martin grew up in Sydney, commenced her education at Dominican Convent, Wahroonga and then Loreto Convent, Normanhurst. She went on to achieve a Bachelor of Arts, graduating from Sydney University in 1975. Prior to her political career, Clare worked for the ABC in both radio and TV as a journalist/interviewer in Sydney, Canberra and Darwin.
Clare and her partner David Alderman have two children, Jake and Chloe. Clare has lived in Darwin since 1985. |
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Standard Registration Due
5pm Wednesday 5 November 2008
Late Registration fee implemented
Thursday 6 November 2008
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