National Conference KSWC - 2019 Kerala Association of ...

Kerala Association of Professional Social Workers

IV Kerala Social Work Practitioners’ Congress KSWC - 2019National Conference

16 - 17 August 2019

The Kerala Social Work Practitioners Congress is an initiative of Kerala Association of Professional Social Workers (KAPS). KSWC offers a platform for Social Work practitioners, educators and research scholars across India for sharing of knowledge through presentations and discussions.

KAPS, formed in the year 2012, has notable achievements in the past seven years. KAPS has chapters in all the districts of the state and undertaken many initiatives for the development of the profession and professionals. The first KSWC was held at BCM College, Kottayam in the year 2016. The meeting was graced by the presence of eminent personalities like Vice President of IFSW, Secretary General, INPSWA-India (Network of Professional Social Work Associations) and President, INPSWA. The second and third meetings were at Palakkad in 2017 and at Loyola College, Trivandrum in 2018, respectively. The veterans in social work fields and government officials have participated in these meetings. The Fourth Kerala Social Work Practitioners Congress 2019 and annual national Conference will be held at Marian College Kuttikkanam, Idukki on 16 and 17 August 2019.

Social Work profession is undergoing major transformation in all levels from local to global. The deliberations in the Congress and National Conference intend to focus the competency of social work practice by learning from others through its formal and informal sessions.

The slogan of KAPS is ‘Together we grow’. KSWC is a wonderful opportunity for Social Workers to gather together under the banner of a professional association with this slogan.

The main objectives of KSWC :

1. Share and exchange experiences among social work practitioners, educators, researchers and development practitioners in different areas for strengthening the social work profession.

2. Provide a platform to social work professionals across the country and from other countries to gather, discuss and deliberate on the issues related to social justice, social work education, research, practice and the problems faced by social work professionals

3. Discuss various strategies for professional growth.4. Bring the fraternity of professional social work practitioners together to share, discuss

and deliberate upon the issues related to the social work education, practice and research.

5. Understand the strength of our profession, areas where problems are faced and share the practice knowledge so that it will be useful for other practitioners.

About KAPS and KSWC

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Theme of KSWC 2019

‘‘Connectedness, Inclusiveness and Belief Bonding: Revisiting Relationship in Professional Social Work’

Sub themes

1. Revisiting Boundaries in social work relationship2. Social work professional practice and its connectedness to micro mezzo

and macro systems3. Relationship in social work - accepting cultural diversity and individual

differences4. Power, structural marginalization and discrimination in social work

relationship 5. Belief bonding and building trust in social work practice - Going beyond

rapport6. Field practicum in social work education - learning the art and skill of

relationship

World Social work Day theme for 2018 - 2019 is ‘Importance of Human Relationship’. In line with this global theme, KAPS has taken the theme for KSWC 2019 - revisiting the term ‘relationship’ in professional social work practice. In social work, unlike most of the other human service professions, relationship is much beyond just a ‘professional relationship and it is more than a ‘means’ for practice. In social work, relationship is our major tool of practice and many a time, an end in itself. Connectedness, inclusiveness and belief bonding are concepts those denote the different manifestations or aspects of relationship that exist in professional social work practice.

Connectedness refers to the sense of belonging, meaningful contact and the sum of individual relationships.

Inclusiveness is the policy and practice of professional social work. Social work relationship should include people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized.

The helping relationship in social work practice is based on an emotional interaction between the social worker and the help seeker. Empathy, warmth, acceptance and genuineness are the facilitative conditions for this bond. Belief bonding takes social work relationship beyond rapport and makes the relationship more effective through a theory guided therapeutic alliance.

Importance of Human Relationship

Connectedness, Inclusiveness and Belief Bonding

KAPS - KSWC 2019

Important Activities in KSWC 2019(i) Input sessions on the main theme(ii) Conference and paper presentations(iii) Practice Experience sharing presentations(iv) Prepare action plan for next year(v) Common discussion and sharing by participants(vi) Cultural Evening(vii) Sharing by district chapters(viii) Annual General Body (ix) Site-seeing trip

Call for Papers on Social Work Practice:Papers are invited for the national conference. Papers can be based on conceptual, research or practice areas related to different fields of social work. We invite abstract to our email “[email protected]”. The abstract should not exceed 250 words and it should include the author’s name, designation, affiliating institution/organization, mailing address, contact no., e-mail ID, title of the abstract and text. The social workers, who are not practicing with any organization also can send abstracts. The abstract and full paper should be in English and typed in MS-Word (using Times New Roman font only). The abstracts will be accepted till 31 Jul 2019. Once the abstract is received, the acceptance will be communicated shortly after review by committee. The participants have to register for the programme using the registration form.

In addition to the theme and sub themes of the conference, the papers may include the following areas highlighting the importance of relationship in practice: Child Rights, Correctional Social Work, Health Social Work, NGO Administration, Disaster Management, Women Empowerment, Geriatric Social Work, Social Justice and Social Action, Community Development, Social Work practice in Protection of environment, Enhancing competency in School Social Work, Indigenous People, Ecological Social Work, CSR, Social Entrepreneurship and School Social WorkWe propose to have two kinds of presentation: oral as well as poster presentations. Only selected papers will be accepted for presentation and should be accompanied by power point presentation and full paper in detail.The selected full papers will be published in KAPS online journal- ‘Kerala Journal of Social Work’. The length of full paper including tables, diagrams, illustrations, references etc. should not be more than 3000 to 4000 words. Bibliographical references should be given at the end of the text in the APA format Abstracts/ full paper may be submitted through email at ‘[email protected]’.

Best Dissertation PresentationThe Social Work institutions can send their alumni for presenting ‘best dissertation from each batch’. The rules for the presentation remain same as for other paper presentations. In the best dissertation presentation the presenter can use the name of the institution as affiliated institution. Professional Social Workers from any field can participate in the program. KAPS is giving opportunity for maximum two students from all the social work training institutes to participate in the program.

Registration

The event is of two days 16 &17 Aug 2019. The Registration for the event is Rs.600 for two days ie. 16&17 Aug. Registration fee include food, Conference kit, nominal accommodation (dormitory) and certificate of participation only. Better accommodation can be arranged on request. Registration fee for professional social workers from Kerala attending only for the second day is Rs.250 (for attending KAPS AGM and general programs on second day).

Interested Social Workers can register for the event by filling the attached registration form (take Demand Draft in favour of ‘Kerala Association of Professional Social Workers’ payable at Kottayam). Personal cheque won’t be accepted. Filled in registration forms with DD may be sent to KAPS Secretariat, Department Social Work, BCM College, Kottayam-686001, Kerala, India. Registration fee can be transferred online also to A/c No. 33607666456, State Bank of India, K.KRoad, Kottayam (IFSC Code: SBIN0001891). The details of bank transfer should be mentioned in the registration form.

Venue of the Event

Venue of the program is Marian College Kuttikkanam (Autonomous) which is well connected by road. The venue is located at Kuttikkanam on Kottayam – Kumali stretch of NH 183 (Kollam - Theni). Nearest railway station is Kottayam (70 Km). Buses (State and Private) are available from Kottayam at 10 minutes frequency. It takes around 2 hrs for travel from Kottayam to Kuttikkanam by bus. Nearest airport is Kochi International Airport at a distance of 170 Kms.

Kerala Association of Professional Social Workers (KAPS)

Kerala Association of Professional Social Workers (KAPS) a non - profit, non- political organization of professionally trained Social Workers dedicated to the promotion of standards and enhancement of the status of the social work profession. KAPS was formed in 2012 following the concerns of professional social workers having an organisation. KAPS functions in the state of Kerala having chapters in all the districts. It is a founder member of India Network of Professional Social Work Associations (INPSWA). KAPS is affiliated to IFSW through INPSWA(India Network of Professional Social Work Associations).

Marian College Kuttikkanam (Autonomous) was founded in 1995 and is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University. Marian college offers 20 programmes, including doctoral programs in Social Work and Commerce. Marian is re-accredited with A grade and CGPA 3.52/4 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2014. The college won the prestigious status of the College with Potential for Excellence (CPE) from University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2009 and 2014.

ASSK: It is the association of Schools of Social Work in Kerala, a network of social work educators for the development social work training.

INPSWA: India Network of Professional Social Work Associations is the network of all professional Social Work Associations in India through which the associations are affiliated to IFSW.

Contacts:

Registration: Ms. Aneena Anna Sebastian - +919447791244

Program: Mr. Ajesh P. Joseph - +919447327734

Accommodation: Mr. Amal Jo Kurian - +91 9745990489

OrganizersThe Fourth Kerala Social Work Practitioners Congress is organized by KAPS,

Marian College Kuttikkanam, ASSK and INPSWA

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Conveners

Br. Joseph Charuplakkal OFM Cap. Dr.Ipe Varughese Head, Dept. of Social Work Gen. Sec., KAPSMarian College, KuttikkanamMob: +91-9037467898 +91-9446448215

Fr.Dr.Johnson Palakkappillil (President, KAPS & Principal SH College, Thevara)Fr.Dr.Hubby Mathew (Director, School of Social Work, Marian College)

Dr.Anish K.R, Treasurer, KAPSMr.Binoy Kattayil, Vice President, KAPS

Dr. Siby Joseph, President, KAPS, Idikki Chapter (+91-9447388598)Dr.Jose Antony, President, ASSK

Mr.Abdul Rahman ( Jt.Secretary, KAPS)