Join the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (the Social Care Council) for the latest Lunchtime Seminar on Wednesday, 16 October, 2024.
This seminar is designed to help social workers better understand how to support LGBTQ+ children.
It draws on the research and experiences of presenters Professor Gary Mallon and Dr Danielle Mackle, putting their work into a Northern Ireland context.
For more than 47 years, Professor Gary Mallon has been a child welfare practitioner, advocate, educator, and researcher. He was the first child welfare professional in the US to research, write about, and develop programs for LGBTQ+ youth in child welfare settings. He has also written extensively about LGBTQ+ foster and adoptive parenting.
Dr Danielle Mackle is a lecturer in social work at Queen’s University Belfast and has been working with and conducting research on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community in Northern Ireland for over 10 years.
All of the Social Care Council Lunchtime Seminars are free and open for anyone to attend. To reserve your place just click the button below.
