Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Training: Continuing Studies - UBC
Brand
new courses specifically focusing on health care aim to strengthen your
professional practice. All courses can be applied to the UBC Certificate in
Collaborative Practice or taken individually.
Cristine
Urquhart, MSW, RSW
This two-day
knowledge and skills-based workshop provides a foundation in Motivational
Interviewing, an evidence-based communication style shown to enhance engagement,
increase readiness, reduce discord, and guide conversations to support health
and related change.
Jun
13-14, 9am-4pm, UBC Point Grey
Isabel
Budke, MRM
Discover the value
of constructive conflict and practice collaborative conflict management skills
tailored to the healthcare context.
Jun
13-14, 9am-4pm, UBC Robson Square, plus online learning and
practice
Mark
Lau, PhD, RPsych
Learn the key
aspects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) through didactic
instruction and experiential exercises. Gain an understanding of the link
between a model of cognitive vulnerability to depression and the development of
MBCT to prevent recurrent depression.
Jun
20, 9am-4pm, UBC Robson Square
This
evening session focuses on how neuroscience research is informing addiction
practice and policy and what supports are available for individuals and
families.
FREE
Jul 8, 6:30-9pm, UBC Robson Square
New
skills-based training focusing on gambling addiction, trauma informed practice
and links to motivational interviewing, addiction and pain, pharmaceutical
approaches to addiction treatment, and intercultural considerations for
diagnosis and care. Learn from other leaders in the field and colleagues in
these interactive three days. Single day rates available.
Jul
9-11, 9am-4pm, UBC Point Grey
A 15%
group discount is available.
Find out more and
register or call
604.827.4234
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Job Posting: Director, Advocacy for Children and Youth
Office of the Representative for Children and
Youth
Burnaby, B.C.
Director,
Advocacy for Children and Youth
Bring vision,
leadership and outstanding program management to a vital provincial
role
Salary is dependent upon qualifications and experience, but target salary range is $95,000.00, plus an employee benefits package equivalent to 20% of base salary
The
Representative for Children and Youth is an Independent Officer of the B.C.
Legislature and works to influence positive change to the province’s child and
youth serving system. The Representative’s office provides advice and advocacy
support to people dealing with the service system, monitors and reviews
government services to children and youth, and reviews deaths and critical
injuries of children and youth who are receiving services. For more information on the Office of the Representative
for Children and Youth, please visit our website at http://www.rcybc.ca/.
The
Director leads a team of Advocacy staff and is responsible for policy and
procedure development, human resources, budget and financial
management. This is a high-profile role that develops, recommends and implements
strategies to respond to systemic issues affecting service delivery for children
and youth in B.C. and provides support for best practices and inclusive
approaches to advocacy. You are a highly effective communicator and collaborator
who builds and maintains productive working relationships with government,
community and Aboriginal organizations.
The
successful candidate has a degree or graduate degree
in a relevant discipline such as advocacy, social work, community development,
dispute resolution or law, significant professional experience in the field of
child rights and working directly with children and youth, and demonstrated
public sector experience leading a complex program. Preference may be
given to applicants who are of Aboriginal descent. Relocation costs may be
considered.
For more
information, please go to https://search.employment.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=20313
TO APPLY
before 4:30 p.m., July 9th, 2014.
Your application package must be submitted by email to linda.shout@rcybc.ca.
To apply for
this position you must submit a resume and cover letter. Only
those applications submitted to the Office of the Representative for Children
and Youth directly by email will be considered.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Training: Strengths-based CBT Training - Vancouver
STRENGTHS-BASED CBT:
SHOW ME!
A New Two-Day Workshop Presented by Christine A.
Padesky, Ph.D.
I am very excited to let you know about a different kind of
workshop that we will be offering this fall across Canada. It is the first in a
new series of "Show Me!" workshops being presented by world renowned
cognitive therapist Dr. Christine A.
Padesky.
We will have a chance to see inside a master clinician's
mind, virtually taking the top off of Dr. Padesky’s head and having a look at
how she is formulating her therapeutic interventions. The workshop is structured
around clinical role-play demonstrations which Dr. Padesky will then slowly
unpack, allowing us to follow her decision making as the interaction unfolds.
Following each demonstration and lengthy debriefing attendees will get a chance
to work on the same skills.
When I first started attending workshops given by Dr. Padesky
more than 20 years ago, I and my colleagues were convinced that she had a secret
stash of magic powders that made her clinical work so effective. However, I have
since realized that her skill developed over time through her continual analysis
of what works and what doesn’t. This workshop lets us listen in as she makes a
myriad of decisions concerning what paths to follow as she does
this.
Strengths-Based CBT: Show Me! will be held in
Vancouver on October 7 & 8, in Ottawa on October 28
& 29, and in Toronto on November 5 & 6. It gathers
together all of the various elements of strength- and resilience-focused therapy
developed by Dr. Padesky over the last few years, to show how and when to
integrate these skills into standard CBT.
It promises to be a really useful and refreshingly different
way to hone skills and improve learning. All the details (agenda, prices,
venues) are posted on our website, where
you can book a place and pay on line, request an invoice be sent to your
employer, or download a brochure. I do hope you will be able to join us for this
excellent training this fall.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact
me, Lorna Tener, tener@cognitiveworkshops.com
Sincerely,
Lorna Tener
Psychologist, Cognitive Workshops
Tel: 613-238-4971 or 888-379-4770,
Job Posting: Recruiting SW's for London UK
A bit far away, but thought I'd put this out there.
Come and work in London
Interviews being held in July in Toronto
Come and work in London
Interviews being held in July in Toronto
London
in the United Kingdom has it all – rich history, a vibrant night life, striking
architecture and wide-open green spaces. If you are interested in living and
working in a city that has it all, we can help.
The
London Borough of Newham has partnered with HCL Social Care to recruit several
qualified social workers for fulltime permanent positions. We will be
interviewing for these roles in the city centre of Toronto on 28 and 29 July.
To register your
interest now, click here or email projects@hclworkforce.com.
Newham
is a great place to be a social worker. It’s an incredibly diverse borough with
a young population and is experiencing considerable regeneration as part of the
Olympic legacy. The borough is changing and so are the services we provide
vulnerable children and young people. We have a permanent and stable management
team in Children’s Social Care and are now recruiting experienced social workers
to the remaining vacancies in our Assessment, Intervention and Looked After
Children’s Teams.
Newham
is looking for high performing practitioners who would like the opportunity to
develop their skills in complex casework, who are committed to working well with
partners across the borough and to delivering excellent outcomes for our most
vulnerable children and families.
HCL
Social Care and The London Borough of Newham understand that moving to the UK is
a daunting and exciting prospect and will support you every step of the way by
offering:
- A
clear competency and career progression path, including a workforce development
programme designed to build your capacity to assess effectively, manage risk,
plan in an outcome focused way and undertake effective direct work with children
and young people.
- Training
in systemic approaches; social workers have access to an 18 day accredited
Foundation Course.
- Help
sourcing accommodation for your arrival to the UK.
- Assistance
with travel arrangements.
- Help
collating the documentation required for your registration with the Health and
Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Advice
on how to do the little things, like obtaining your National Insurance number
and how to set up a bank account in the UK.
In
return we will require you to:
- Be
prepared to work in the UK for a minimum of two years.
- Hold
a suitable social work qualification.
- Possess
a minimum of three years applicable working experience.
- Be
prepared to register with the HCPC.
- Hold
a valid driving license.
If
you are looking for a new challenge and would relish the chance to work in a
dynamic environment, email your CV to projects@hclworkforce.com or alternatively you
can register your interest by clicking here and filling in the form. After
reviewing your CV, HCL Social Care will arrange and conduct an initial telephone
interview. If you are successful, you will then be invited for an interview in
central Toronto on July 28 or 29.
E-mail: projects@hclworkforce.com
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Global Social Work Activism: The Orange Tide
The Orange Tide: “Best example of social work led social-action in the world right now”
Consejo General del Trabajo Social (2014).
Rory Truell (Newly, Northern Ireland, 1966)
is secretary-general of the International Federation of Social Workers.
On 16 May he joined the delegates meeting for IFSW
Europe that took place in Madrid. He discusses the current situation of
social services and social work all over the world and defends the
needing of the orange tide.
(Leer en castellano)
In a context of crisis, which are the challenges for social workers all over the world?
One of the challenges we have is to inform governments on the critical
function of social work. Social workers play a very important role in
supporting families and communities to be able to be productive and
contribute to society. If we took away social workers, communities and
families wouldn’t have the support systems that they need, this is very
negative for society and the economy. Many governments don’t understand
the relationship between social support and economic productivity. So,
we The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and all our members need to continue to inform governments on the critical work that social workers perform.
What is the direction of social work services in the world?
There is a strong trend internationally for social work to reclaim a
community development perspective. In recent years many governments have
tried to push social work to a small corner where we only work with a
child or an individual. But social work is much more than this. Social
work helps build functioning communities and assists families to find
sustainable solutions and change the dynamics that cause the problems.
Is there a way back? Would we be able to recover to previous levels of social cohesion and equality?
The trouble for Spain and the other countries affected for austerity is
the systems that make an economy work are being cut. What we notice is
that people who are qualified leave their countries to take up jobs in
other places. People are not able participate in education and this will
also negatively effect the rebuilding of society. Youth unemployment,
cuts in health and other in the systems that stabilize communities all
are counter productive to rebuilding your economy.
How long will it take the austerity-affected countries to recover?
I think it will take more than one generation for the systems to rebuild
back up. This is a huge failure of the European Union and others bodies
who have insisted on austerity. Even in the USA
the government responded to the economic crisis by buying the banks and
putting in place stimulus packages, which have helped their recovery.
But there seems to be one set of rules for the powerful countries and
another set of rules for the less powerful countries. And as social
workers we see the enormous human costs, the psychological pain, the
suicides, the poverty and loss of trust and hope. Tragically this will
not only scar the lives of this generation, but it will also damage the
lives of our children.
What would be a desirable outcome of the current meeting?
Social work internationally is very exciting at moment, because social
workers all over the world are saying the same messages. No cuts, invest
in people, and that social workers have answers and solutions for
today’s problems. We have so much experience working with social
policies that don’t work, and with policies that have worked. I see the
delegates meeting as an opportunity for us to continue to express the
solutions to the current crisis, especially here in Spain.
In August the International meeting in Melbourne, Australia, will take place. What do you expect from that meeting?
One of the exciting topics that will be decided at the world meeting in
Melbourne is the new international definition of social work. This has a
much more community development focus and it reflects the old and new
voices of social work, in all the regions of the world. When the last
international definition of social work was agreed 12 years ago IFSW
had about 64 member countries now we have 116 member countries. Most of
our new members are from Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa. In
these places very high quality social work is being practiced, just as
it is in Europe and North America, and it is very important that all of
these regions, and new members have been able to contribute fully to the
way we describe the profession.
In Spain, the professional organisation is protesting in the
streets with the orange tide movement. Should this movement expand to
other countries?
In my job, I visit many countries around the world and I speak with
social workers. One thing I always tell them is look at the Spanish
social workers. I highlight Spain and the Orange Tide as the best
example of social work led social-action in the world right now. I see
that the work you are doing with regular colorful, non-violent protests
is capturing the attention of the media and effectively sending strong
messages that the government can’t ignore. I believe that because of
your work, social services are not as badly cut, as they would otherwise
have been. And I also see the Orange Tide giving social workers, and
people you use social services hope, direction and a voice. I would
like to see the orange tide spread to Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy
and to the rest of the world.
Consejo General del Trabajo Social (2014).
Rory Truell (Newly, Northern Ireland, 1966) is secretary-general of the International Federation of Social Workers. On 16 May he joined the delegates meeting for IFSW Europe that took place in Madrid. He discusses the current situation of social services and social work all over the world and defends the needing of the orange tide.
(Leer en castellano)
Rory Truell (Newly, Northern Ireland, 1966) is secretary-general of the International Federation of Social Workers. On 16 May he joined the delegates meeting for IFSW Europe that took place in Madrid. He discusses the current situation of social services and social work all over the world and defends the needing of the orange tide.
(Leer en castellano)
In a context of crisis, which are the challenges for social workers all over the world?
One of the challenges we have is to inform governments on the critical function of social work. Social workers play a very important role in supporting families and communities to be able to be productive and contribute to society. If we took away social workers, communities and families wouldn’t have the support systems that they need, this is very negative for society and the economy. Many governments don’t understand the relationship between social support and economic productivity. So, we The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and all our members need to continue to inform governments on the critical work that social workers perform.
What is the direction of social work services in the world?
There is a strong trend internationally for social work to reclaim a community development perspective. In recent years many governments have tried to push social work to a small corner where we only work with a child or an individual. But social work is much more than this. Social work helps build functioning communities and assists families to find sustainable solutions and change the dynamics that cause the problems.
Is there a way back? Would we be able to recover to previous levels of social cohesion and equality?
The trouble for Spain and the other countries affected for austerity is the systems that make an economy work are being cut. What we notice is that people who are qualified leave their countries to take up jobs in other places. People are not able participate in education and this will also negatively effect the rebuilding of society. Youth unemployment, cuts in health and other in the systems that stabilize communities all are counter productive to rebuilding your economy.
How long will it take the austerity-affected countries to recover?
I think it will take more than one generation for the systems to rebuild back up. This is a huge failure of the European Union and others bodies who have insisted on austerity. Even in the USA the government responded to the economic crisis by buying the banks and putting in place stimulus packages, which have helped their recovery. But there seems to be one set of rules for the powerful countries and another set of rules for the less powerful countries. And as social workers we see the enormous human costs, the psychological pain, the suicides, the poverty and loss of trust and hope. Tragically this will not only scar the lives of this generation, but it will also damage the lives of our children.
What would be a desirable outcome of the current meeting?
Social work internationally is very exciting at moment, because social workers all over the world are saying the same messages. No cuts, invest in people, and that social workers have answers and solutions for today’s problems. We have so much experience working with social policies that don’t work, and with policies that have worked. I see the delegates meeting as an opportunity for us to continue to express the solutions to the current crisis, especially here in Spain.
In August the International meeting in Melbourne, Australia, will take place. What do you expect from that meeting?
One of the exciting topics that will be decided at the world meeting in Melbourne is the new international definition of social work. This has a much more community development focus and it reflects the old and new voices of social work, in all the regions of the world. When the last international definition of social work was agreed 12 years ago IFSW had about 64 member countries now we have 116 member countries. Most of our new members are from Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa. In these places very high quality social work is being practiced, just as it is in Europe and North America, and it is very important that all of these regions, and new members have been able to contribute fully to the way we describe the profession.
In Spain, the professional organisation is protesting in the streets with the orange tide movement. Should this movement expand to other countries?
In my job, I visit many countries around the world and I speak with social workers. One thing I always tell them is look at the Spanish social workers. I highlight Spain and the Orange Tide as the best example of social work led social-action in the world right now. I see that the work you are doing with regular colorful, non-violent protests is capturing the attention of the media and effectively sending strong messages that the government can’t ignore. I believe that because of your work, social services are not as badly cut, as they would otherwise have been. And I also see the Orange Tide giving social workers, and people you use social services hope, direction and a voice. I would like to see the orange tide spread to Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and to the rest of the world.
One of the challenges we have is to inform governments on the critical function of social work. Social workers play a very important role in supporting families and communities to be able to be productive and contribute to society. If we took away social workers, communities and families wouldn’t have the support systems that they need, this is very negative for society and the economy. Many governments don’t understand the relationship between social support and economic productivity. So, we The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and all our members need to continue to inform governments on the critical work that social workers perform.
What is the direction of social work services in the world?
There is a strong trend internationally for social work to reclaim a community development perspective. In recent years many governments have tried to push social work to a small corner where we only work with a child or an individual. But social work is much more than this. Social work helps build functioning communities and assists families to find sustainable solutions and change the dynamics that cause the problems.
Is there a way back? Would we be able to recover to previous levels of social cohesion and equality?
The trouble for Spain and the other countries affected for austerity is the systems that make an economy work are being cut. What we notice is that people who are qualified leave their countries to take up jobs in other places. People are not able participate in education and this will also negatively effect the rebuilding of society. Youth unemployment, cuts in health and other in the systems that stabilize communities all are counter productive to rebuilding your economy.
How long will it take the austerity-affected countries to recover?
I think it will take more than one generation for the systems to rebuild back up. This is a huge failure of the European Union and others bodies who have insisted on austerity. Even in the USA the government responded to the economic crisis by buying the banks and putting in place stimulus packages, which have helped their recovery. But there seems to be one set of rules for the powerful countries and another set of rules for the less powerful countries. And as social workers we see the enormous human costs, the psychological pain, the suicides, the poverty and loss of trust and hope. Tragically this will not only scar the lives of this generation, but it will also damage the lives of our children.
What would be a desirable outcome of the current meeting?
Social work internationally is very exciting at moment, because social workers all over the world are saying the same messages. No cuts, invest in people, and that social workers have answers and solutions for today’s problems. We have so much experience working with social policies that don’t work, and with policies that have worked. I see the delegates meeting as an opportunity for us to continue to express the solutions to the current crisis, especially here in Spain.
In August the International meeting in Melbourne, Australia, will take place. What do you expect from that meeting?
One of the exciting topics that will be decided at the world meeting in Melbourne is the new international definition of social work. This has a much more community development focus and it reflects the old and new voices of social work, in all the regions of the world. When the last international definition of social work was agreed 12 years ago IFSW had about 64 member countries now we have 116 member countries. Most of our new members are from Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa. In these places very high quality social work is being practiced, just as it is in Europe and North America, and it is very important that all of these regions, and new members have been able to contribute fully to the way we describe the profession.
In Spain, the professional organisation is protesting in the streets with the orange tide movement. Should this movement expand to other countries?
In my job, I visit many countries around the world and I speak with social workers. One thing I always tell them is look at the Spanish social workers. I highlight Spain and the Orange Tide as the best example of social work led social-action in the world right now. I see that the work you are doing with regular colorful, non-violent protests is capturing the attention of the media and effectively sending strong messages that the government can’t ignore. I believe that because of your work, social services are not as badly cut, as they would otherwise have been. And I also see the Orange Tide giving social workers, and people you use social services hope, direction and a voice. I would like to see the orange tide spread to Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and to the rest of the world.
Job Posting: Guardianship/Child Protection Social Worker - Bella Bella, BC
The Heiltsuk Kaxla Society
(HKS) has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Guardianship/Child Protection Social
Worker who has a strong background in First Nation
practice.
Working in Bella Bella, BC, you will work collaboratively with all our Heiltsuk partners and the Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD). Your main responsibility will be to oversee Child Protection and Guardianship Service to the community of Bella Bella.
Click the link for the FULL job description: www.applyfirst.ca/job57055
Working in Bella Bella, BC, you will work collaboratively with all our Heiltsuk partners and the Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD). Your main responsibility will be to oversee Child Protection and Guardianship Service to the community of Bella Bella.
Click the link for the FULL job description: www.applyfirst.ca/job57055
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