Social Work Education in Europe: towards 2025 Milan, Italy 29th June - 2nd July 2015 EASSW - European Association of Schools of Social Work
DIPARTIMENTO DI SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE
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AUTHOR INDEX
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KEY NOTE AND HONORARY
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LETTERS OF WELCOME
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Susan Lawrence President, EASSW
I look forward to meeting you in Milan, to engaging collectively with your ideas, experiences, wishes and plans for the future of social work education.
Our conference title is ‘Social work education in Europe: towards 2025’ and we sincerely hope that it will help to stimulate a lively and constructive debate among participants about the future of social work education in Europe. Social work and social work education have both undergone many fundamental changes in recent years. We believe it is time to come together to debate the direction we need to travel together to ensure that for the future, social work education will be fit for purpose and for the many challenges that will confront us all.
On behalf of the Association of Italian Social Work Teachers (AIDOSS), I am delighted to invite you to the EASSW biennial conference ‘Social work education: towards 2025’ that will be hosted at Bicocca University, in Milan, Italy from 29 June until 2 July 2015.
On behalf of the European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW), I am very pleased to invite social work academics, students, service users and carers, practitioners, policy makers and all those concerned and involved in social work education to our biennial conference. Bicocca University, in Milan, Italy have very generously offered to host our conference from 29 June until 2 July 2015.
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Annamaria Campanini President, AIDOSS
We hope that social work teachers, academics, students, as well as policy makers, practitioners, service users and carers can come together and debate how social work education can face the challenges of future years in Europe. We will share experiences and opinions on how to enhance human rights and to fulfil the social work mission to contribute to realise a just and sustainable society.
During 2015 Milan will also host the International Exposition ( EXPO) and the issue of this edition is “Food for the planet” , looking for and developing new global possibilities so that everyone on the planet can have access to food that is healthy, safe and sufficient. As AIDOSS we thought it would be an interesting challenge to have the EASSW conference in this same frame.
Dear EASSW and AIDOSS Members, Colleagues and Friends,
LETTERS OF WELCOME
Dear EASSW Members, Colleagues and Friends,
LETTERS OF WELCOME
Alessandro Sicora (coordinator) Teresa Bertotti Peter Hendriks
Programme Committee
Alessandro Sicora (coordinator) Annamaria Campanini Susan Lawrence Nino Zganec
Conference Steering Committee
Ruth Stark, President IFSW
Arnoud Simonis, President FESET
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on Faculties of Social Work Murcia, Spain, 2014, Dean of the faculty of Social Work at the University of Murcia
Enrique Pastor Seller, President of the First International Conference
Vimla Nadkarni, President IASSW
Silvana Mordeglia, President CNOAS Italy
Cristina Messa, Rector Milano Bicocca University
Cristina Martins, President IFSW European Region
of the Municipality of Milan, Italy
Pierfrancesco Majorino, Councillor for Social Policies and Social Health
Europe)
Miloslav Hetteš, President International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW
Thea Meinema, President ENSACT
Silvia Fargion, Elected Chair ESWRA
Milano Bicocca University
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ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
Aila-Leena Matthies (coordinator) Elena Allegri Andres Arias Astray Sanela Basic Robert Bergougnan Teresa Bertotti Anke Beuck Annamaria Campanini Marilena Dellavalle Roberta T. Di Rosa Silvia Fargion Gunter Friesenhahn Violata Gevorgianiené Luigi Gui Peter Hendriks Vasilios Ioakimidis Sue Lawrence Marju Medar Carla Moretti Anna Maria Rizzo Clara Santos Alessandro Sicora Ronny Heikki Tikkanen Cristina Tilli Nino Zganec
Peter Bersford, PowerUs
Carla Facchini, Director Dipartimento di sociologia e ricerca sociale,
Scientific Committee
COMMITTEES
Honorary Committee
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Teaching Social Work and Social work Education in time of Crisis
Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Social Work Curricula Reflecting on Social Work Teaching Methods
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Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Social Work Curricula Reflecting on Social Work Teaching Methods 375
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A Generic or Specialist Social Work Education International Dimension in Social Work Education Teaching Social Work and Social work Education in time of Crisis
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The Theory and Practice Relationship Social Work Research on Practice and Education
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A Generic or Specialist Social Work Education International Dimension in Social Work Education
POSTER PRESENTATIONS Knowledge, Skills and Values of Social Work
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The Theory and Practice Relationship Social Work Research on Practice and Education
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The presented research project deals with the issue of promoting health equity in South Tyrol (Italy). The project shows how community-based health promotion (CBHP) can give an important contribute to promote health equity (in rural areas). Community-work is an important action field for Social Work practice and seems to be especially effective for promoting health equity. The presentation focuses on explaining how community-based participatory research (CBPR) can mobilize local health assets and promotes health equity. CBPR can be described as a further development of action research, which has the goal to make research useful for emancipatory and democratic promotional purposes in order to find practical solutions. The research project was developed and supported during my PhD-study in Social Work and the participation in the certification course in participatory health research from the International Collaboration of Participatory Health Research (ICPHR). The presentation will give an overview about some theoretical basics, the connection between Social Work and Health Promotion for Health Equity, the participatory process of the research project, used methods and first outcomes.
Also in European welfare states there is a strong connection between health and the social determinants of health, the social resources and conditions, which have a significant impact on human’s health. Health is physical, mental and social well-being and health opportunities are seen as capabilities (capability approach). As Social Work aims to promote well-being and is building on principles of human rights and social justice it is a professional duty to work for health equity. Therefore Health Promotion should be an action and research field of Social Work. However, Health Promotion seems to have still very little importance in Social Work Education, in Social Work Practice and in Social Work Research.
Free University of Bozen - Bolzano ~ Bolzano ~ Italy
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OC.03-6.2 PROMOTING HEATH EQUITY TROUGH MOBILIZING LOCAL HEALTH ASSETS: A COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY SOCIAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH PROJECT
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Aging involves a series of losses, being recognized the role of social networks as a buffer of the stress associated with these losses. The present study aims to analyze associations between the (un)existence of losses and the personal social network characteristics of the elderly in Portugal. The participants are 317 elderly, aged over 65 years (M = 77.1, SD = 7.57) and mostly female (n = 202, 63.7%); the lossy (n = 227; 72%) are more frequent than the lossless (n = 90; 28%). For data collection we used a questionnaire and the Personal Social Network Analysis Tool (Guadalupe, 2009). The The losses are mostly due to death (n = 223, 98%), mainly of the spouse (n = 59, 26%). We registered significant association between (un)existence of loss and gender (p = 0.007), age (p = 0.001) and marital status (p < 0.001). Those who present more losses in their networks are women (49%), married (31%) and widowed (30%), with basic education (36%). When we compare the network characteristics between lossy and lossless elderly, we realize that the number of members (between 7 and 8) is very similar and the other structural variables are also similar, but the network composition shows one significant difference: the lossy have more institutional relationships (p = 0,030). The functional characteristics do not present relevant differences as well. The research does not point to significant associations between the structural and functional characteristics of the social network and the (un)existence of loss. However, it should be noted that the losses in the life of an elderly may potentiate disruptive situations. Social support is very important for the wellbeing of the elderly, so its assessment is central for Social Work in later life stages to draw preventive or compensatory interventional strategies.
CEPESE - Centro de Estudos da População, Economia e Sociedade ~ Coimbra ~ Portugal, [2]ISMT - Instituto Superior Miguel Torga ~ Coimbra ~ Portugal
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Guadalupe S.[1], Silva L.[2], Vicente H.[1], Daniel F.[2]
OC.03-6.3 SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL PERSONAL NETWORKS BETWEEN LOSSY AND LOSSLESS PORTUGUESE ELDERLY
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Being the promotion of social well-being one of Social Work goals, and considering the relevance of personal social networks and social support in the well-being of the elderly, the present study analyzes the personal social network’s profiles of elderly people in Portugal, taking into account their structural and functional characteristics, in a Social Work systemic perspective. In the last stage of life we deal with several determinants with cumulative effects that favours the narrowing of social networks, being relevant factors the life contexts and the use of social services. Our quantitative research used a survey to characterize the participants, and the Personal Social Network Analysis Tool (Guadalupe, 2009) to characterize the social networks. We have 317 elderly participants, aged 65 years old or more. We compared three groups: 209 seniors who do not use social services (66%), with an average age of 75 years old, mostly female and married; 71 seniors users of social services (22%), mostly women, widowed and with 80 years old, in average; 37 institutionalized elderly (12%), mostly women, widowed, with an average age of 83 years old. The initial hypothesis of our study was the existence of three distinct profiles on social networks, according to the context of life and the use of social services, however we have concluded that there is a common pattern in social networks of these elderly, in their structural, functional variables. Although, we identified some significant differences (p < 0.041) between the profiles, in the composition of networks, support reciprocity, density, frequency of contacts and dispersion. The study is a contribution to Social Work in the social services for the elderly, providing guidelines for the evaluation of personal social networks and social support of the elderly in the social diagnosis.
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ISMT - Instituto Superior Miguel Torga ~ Coimbra ~ Portugal, CEPESE Centro de Estudos da População, Economia e Sociedade ~ Porto ~ Portugal
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Silva J. , Guadalupe S. , Vicente H. , Daniel F.
P.03.2 THE PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES IN PORTUGAL
P.03.1 THE PROFILES OF PERSONAL SOCIAL NETWORKS OF THE ELDERLY, SOCIAL SERVICES USERS AND NON-USERS, IN PORTUGAL: GUIDELINES FOR SOCIAL WORK DIAGNOSIS
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The current demographic and epidemiological context highlights the crucial relevance of quality palliative care. Considering the importance that social work assumes in the defense citizenship and human rights in the context of health care, this study aims to analyze the integration and working conditions of social workers in palliative care services in Portugal. We used a quantitative and qualitative research through a questionnaire addressed to the universe of the palliative care services in the national territory with social workers. Our sample has 17 social workers, working for 5.5 years on average in palliative care, mostly women (94%), aged between 25 and 57 years. The results of the study show that social workers are included in 86.4% of the services that exist at national level, which are mostly public (75%). Most respondents have professional graduate studies (64.7%), specific training in the area (82.4%) and institutional support for continued training. The current working conditions had a tendentiously unfavorable assessment by the participants. They considered access to palliative care as being inequitable, and pointed a lack of adequate human resources and structures in some country regions, not to mention the lack of regulation of the activity of professionals working in palliative care. It is required from social workers an intervention based on the achievement of goals that demands immediate results, which is perceived as a difficulty for an effective intervention process. This research aims to contribute for the reflection about social work in the demanding context of palliative care and about the right of citizens to a holistic and quality health care in Portugal.
ISMT - Instituto Superior Miguel Torga ~ Coimbra ~ Portugal, [2]CEPESE Centro de Estudos da População, Economia e Sociedade ~ Porto ~ Portugal [1]
Silva A.R.[1], Guadalupe S.[2]
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