Event cancelled - The Olive Stevenson Memorial Lecture

Unfortunately it has been necessary to cancel this event.

The Olive Stevenson Memorial Lecture, supported by the Centre for Social Work and the Centre for Applied Social Research

On Wednesday 31 January 2018, we are proud to present The Olive Stevenson Memorial Lecture. This year's lecture will be presented by Professor Gillian Ruch and will focus on Austerity, anxiety and avoidance: Activiating reflection and relatipships in contemporary practice.

The talk will invite professionals to consider the impact of the financial austerity agenda in the UK on contemporary social work practice and explore how reflective and relationship-based approaches can counter the risk of an expansion of relational austerity.

Gillian Ruch is Professor of Social Work in the Department of Social Work and Social Care at the University of Sussex. She teaches and researches in the areas of child care social work and relationship-based and reflective practice and is committed to enhancing the wellbeing of children, families and practitioners. Her particular interests are in promoting psycho-social research methods and reflective forums that facilitate relationship-based practice.

Gillian's research includes an ESRC funded four UK nations project exploring how social workers communicate with children and an ESRC Knowledge Exchange Project introducing a cognitive and affective supervisory approach to child and family social workers. Gillian has co-edited, with Danielle Turney and Adrian Ward, Relationship-based Social Work: Getting to the Heart of Practice. Gillian's most recent publication Relationship-Based Research in Social Work: Understanding Practice Research, is co-edited with Ilse Julkunen from the University of Helsinki.

Refreshments will be served from 4.30pm. The lecture will be held from 5-6.30pm

Supported by the Centre for Social Work and the Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Nottingham.