“Global Challenges of Social work integration in Healthcare”
Tbilisi State University
| Wednesday, 14 June |
| 10:00 – 10:30 Registration |
| 10:30 – 10:45 Opening speech | Nino Shatberashvili Chairperson of Board, Georgian Association of Social Workers |
| 10:45 – 11:00 Welcome Speeches | Iago Kachkachishvili, Head of Social Work Division at Tbilisi State University |
| 11:00 – 11:30 Keynote speech | Nadiya Kabachenko (Ukraine) Social Work and Health Care: Ukrainian experiences |
| 11:30-11:50 | Anne Hollows (Great Britain) Social Work In the UK Health System |
| 11:50 -12:10 | Justin Grotelueschen (Armenia) Security in Social Work Practice in the Context of Healthcare |
| 12:10 -12:30 | Jerzy Krzyskowski (Poland) Social Work integration into health care deinstitutionalization of care for elderly |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Svetlana Haraz (Moldova) Education program reform as an imperative for advancement of the social work profession in the post-soviet realm |
| 12:50 – 13:20 Coffee Break |
| 13:20 – 13:40 | Elena Sajina (Moldova) The Systemic Wellness Improvement (SWI) Model in action: A social work approach to community health in Moldova |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Pascal Rudin (Switzerland) Challenging medicalized understandings of mental health in children: A Social Work perspective |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Assel Terlikbayeva (Kazakhstan) Integration of social work services into the primary health care in Kazakhstan |
| 14:20 – 15:20 Lunch |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Natalia Platonova (Moldova) Social entrepreneurship as a social work approach to community adjustment of the clinically mental ill |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Natalia Gusak (Ukraine) Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Resilience vs Trauma |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Shorena Sadzaglishvili (Georgia) Psycho-emotional responses to the 2008 Russian-Georgian War and The Paradigm of Empowerment |
| 16:20 – 16:50 Coffee Break |
| 16:50 – 17:10 |
Vadim Moldovan (Moldova)
Orienting social work toward macro practice through the community health practice model |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Smaranda Witec (Romania) Social Work In Romania: The reborn of profession |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Discussion/ Wrap up |
| Thursday, 15 June |
| 10:00 – 10:15 Opening of the day/Registration |
| 10:15 – 10:35 | Tamar Kurtanidze (Georgia)“Improving Health and Social Care Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities” (Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia Project results/Brief overview) |
| 10:35 – 10:55 | Ia Shekriladze (Georgia) Recommendations on Role of Social Work in primary health care and accessibility to services for Persons with Disabilities in Georgia (Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia project result) |
| 10:55 – 11:15 | Zurab Tatanashvili (Georgia) Presentation of a book prepared in the frame of the project - Role of Social Work in the Health System and Disability Issue (Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia project result) |
| 11:15 – 11:35 |
Tamar Makharadze (Georgia) Study on the Accessibility to health and social services for PWDs (Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia project result) |
| 11:35 – 11:55 | Guram Kiknadze (Georgia) Presentation of a book prepared in the frame of project - Primary healthcare and Disability (Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia project result) |
| 11:55 – 12:15 | Givi Javashvili (Georgia) Presentation of Recommendations prepared in the frame of project (Caritas Czech Republic in Georgia project result) |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Discussions |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Award of Certificates, Closing of the conference |
| 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch |
| 14:00 – 19:00 Tour in Tbilisi and Dinner |
