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Decision making, assessment and risk in social work

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Presenter: Professor Brian Taylor, Ulster ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß, Northern Ireland

Find out more about his new co-edited book:  (2023)

Using TikTok to Engage Young People in Child Protection in Finland: The Sossut Project

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Presenters: Camilla Jokela, Social and Emergency Services, Soite, Finland and Maija Haapala, Pesäpuu, Finland. Camilla and Maija are social workers in Finland who use Tik Tok to address child protection and children’s rights in a way that takes children and young people’s own media as a starting point. The TiKTok Sossut project seeks to ‘translate’ the practical language of child protection practice and policy for young people. The project also addresses misinformation in child protection as practitioners can’t talk about cases due to confidentiality. This project won a major Finnish government award in September 2023. these TikToks. 

Methods of Transformative Participation in International Child Protection Contexts

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Monday 27th November 1-2. Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. Click on the button a the top of the page or .

Presenters: Professor Kati Križ, Emmanuel College Boston and Mimi Petersen, Ph.D, ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß College Copenhagen

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Reforming the Norwegian Child Protection System

Tuesday 27th June. Click on the read more button to find out more about this free webinar. 

Presenter: Professor Marit Skivenes, Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism, ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß of Bergen, Norway

Joint webinar: @UCCsocialwork, School of Law, UCC and ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß of Bergen, Norway

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Family homelessness in Ireland: causes, impacts & issues for practice

Monday 12th June, 1-2pm (online). Click on read more button to find out more about this free webinar and to register. 

Presenter: Professor Cathal O'Connell, UCC

this webinar (a new window will open). Date: 27th April 2023.

Presenters: Dr Kenneth Burns, Olwen Halvey and Dr Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin, ¸£Àû1000ÔÚÏß College Cork