“Best Practices In Child Welfare: Learning from the UK”  (17-23 May, 2020)

Participants will travel to London, England to learn about best practices in UK child welfare, along with the history and development of UK child welfare services. They will earn 20 hours of Continuing Professional Education.  Participants will hear from UK child welfare leaders and experienced practitioners about child protection, foster care, and adoption policies and systems.

With support from UMSSW faculty Caroline Long Burry, PhD, LCSW-C, participants will have opportunities to compare and contrast US and UK policies and systems in order to bring lessons learned back to the US. The experience includes site visits to social care and child welfare agencies, along with visits to two sites of historical importance in the development of child welfare services: the Foundling Museum and the Dickens Museum. 

Applications are due 14 November, 2019; contact cpe@ssw.umaryland.edu or 410-706-1839 for more information.