Social Work Study Abroad Opportunity in Germany

Germany: Human Rights and Social Work within European Framework   http://socialwork.siuc.edu/germany/index.html  (May 29- June 9,2012)

This course examines human rights within a social work framework from a European perspective. The European focus is on Germany although discussion about Europe generally is also an important part of the course. The course provides students with an introduction to economic and political human rights in Europe, with a United States perspective integrated into the instruction. Field visits and course instruction illustrate human rights principles as they apply to social work. The location of Munich adds essential context to the study of human rights, as contemporary human rights arose from the history in this part of the world. Participants have the opportunity to explore human rights that apply to their own experiences, as well as historical events. Typically, the program is offered in January and May/June.

For more information, contact:
Elisabeth Reichert, PhD, LCSW
Professor
Email: reichert@siu.edu
Mail Code: 4329
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Social Work
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Phone: 618-453-2243
Fax: 618-453-4291
Personal Webpage: http://socialwork.siuc.edu/ElisabethReichert.htm
Study Abroad Program: http://socialwork.siuc.edu/germany/index.html

Explore South Africa with the School of Social Work

The School is hosting a summer study abroad trip to Johannesburg, South Africa, May 21-June 1, 2011. Applications are due March 25.
This course will examine social issues, development strategies, and health programs in the new South Africa. Students will participate in an International Symposium at the University of Johannesburg May 24-25 on “Social Protection in Southern Africa: New Opportunities for Social Development.”
Additionally, the course will explore how policy is being designed to respond to the needs of all South Africans. Our stay in Johannesburg will include visits to townships, local and national governmental and non-governmental agencies, health and medical facilities, cultural and tourist landmarks and universities.
Lectures and discussions on social development, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, political transitions, and racial and cultural issues in South Africa will accompany this experience, allowing opportunity for analysis, reflection and collective learning. We will engage with people working in townships such as Soweto, visit a medical facility treating persons with HIV/AIDS, and explore cultural centers and museums. We will also meet with South African students and with alumni teaching and practicing social work in South Africa.
This course is open to all MSW graduate students, as well as practitioners, administrators, and educators in social work who want to learn more about social issues and culture in southern Africa. Friends and family members of participants are also welcome; however, priority will be given to students and social work educators and practitioners. There are no prerequisites for this course. Students taking the course for credit will earn three credit hours.
The program leaders for this trip are UNC School of Social Work faculty members Dr. Gina Chowa, Dan Hudgins and Sharon Thomas.
For more information, contact Dan Hudgins.
Costs and additional details (pdf)
Trip application (pdf)

Council on Social Work Education Study Abroad Opportunities

Looking for social work-related study abroad opportunities? Check out the link below:

http://www.cswe.org/CentersInitiatives/KAKI/KAKIResources/StudyAbroad.aspx

Latin American Options

CCIDD: Cuernavaca Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Development- 30 year old organization in Cuernavaca, Mexico that hosts groups from the US and Canada. Focus on social Justice

 Cuernavaca Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Development

Frontera de Cristo:  organization on US-Mexico border

Frontera de Cristo

Cemanauhac language school in Cuernavaca; invites SW students specifically

Cemanahuac

A 1-2 month language and cultural immersion program. 4 hours of language a day, 2 hours of cultural immersion. Migrant worker interviewing opportunities available for SW students.

 El Instituto Cultural de Oaxaca

Resources for International Employment

Employment and Career Planning

American Evaluation Association (Job Bank occasionally lists international jobs)

CARE (Offers world-wide career opportunities)

Caritas (Catholic Relief Service)

Catholic Relief Services Deadline: October-November

The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) International Development Fellows Program is intended to give people who are interested in a career in international relief and development an opportunity to increase their overseas experience and gain broad exposure to CRS programs. Each year, CRS has approximately 20 to 25 placements with our country programs (based overseas). Assignments are for one year. Specific job

responsibilities vary greatly from one country to another

depending on the country programs focus (Agriculture, Health, Peace building, Education, Microfinance, social assistance or a combination of these). The goal of the IDFP is to place Fellows in positions where they can draw on their previous education and work experience, while broadening their skills. Many of our fellowships lead to regular positions with Catholic Relief Services.

Charity Village (Canada's super site for nonprofit sector includes directories for nonprofit workers, donors, vendors, etc.)

Children's Hope International (International Adoption Agency)

Columbia University School of Social Work Career Development Center International Social Work

Cross Cultural Solutions (Organization and volunteer opportunities in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, India- Delhi, India- Himalayas, Peru, Russia and Thailand)

Democracy Net (Private nonprofit grant making organizations that seeks to strengthen democratic institutions globally.)

European Social Welfare Information Network (ESWIN) (Source for social welfare information on Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, & UK)

Go Abroad (Comprehensive online source for study abroad, language schools, internships,

etc.)

Habitat for Humanity International (Jobs listed by area: Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean)

How To Get Work Abroad, Washington Post, November 23, 2003. (Features University of Michigan's Overseas Opportunities web site.)

Interaction (Source for paid and volunteer positions in the US and abroad)

International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) (A network of grassroots organizations which provide help for a wide range of people in need and organizationally has consultative status with the United Nations)

The International Federation of Social Workers (Promotes exchange of social work practice experience in developing and developed countries)

Medical+Recruitment Specialists (MRS) (Helps to place Social Workers, House Parents, Facilitators, Project Coordinators, Instructors, Tutors, Careers and Psychologists in Ireland.

Contact Pat Hayes 83 Merrion Square Dublin 2 Ireland Phone: 353 1 6146057 FAX: 353 1

6146041 email: pat.hayes@mrs.ie)

Mennonite Committee (Areas of service)

Peace Corps (Information and applications)

Student's guide to planning a career in international social work Structured approach for

preparing for career in international social work. Resources on programs, lists of international organizations that employ social workers. Richard J. Estes, 1992. In: Internationalizing Social Work Education: A guide to resources for a new century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work.

Union of International Associations (Identifies international organizations by category and alphabetically. See also Guide to international scholarships)

United Nations (UN Job Search site: From UN Home Page, click on"Welcome", "UN Employment", "Continue". At this point the response time gets very slow. There is an encryption procedure, then click on "Login" to view the UN Employment page. (Internet Explorer version 5 or above (download) or Netscape 6 or above (download) required)

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund employment opportunities)

UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women employment opportunities. Click on vacancies)

UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration)

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization employment opportunities)

US Government (Job Search site)

USAID (Employment Opportunities at USAID)

University of Michigan's Overseas Opportunities web site

Washington University (Job Search site)

Work Abroad: Overseas Opportunities in Social Work (University of Michigan)

World Bank PovertyNet (Selected job opportunities with the World Bank and other organizations devoted to understanding and alleviating poverty) Sample report: Two Years of Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An assessment. March 5,

2003.

World Vision International

Government Agencies

State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs:

Links to United States Embassies and Consulates Worldwide

Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheet (Information on safety,

health conditions, etc.)

Social Movements for Peace and Justice

American Friends Service Committee (Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service)

Amnesty International (Grassroots activist organization dedicated to freeing prisoners of conscience, gaining fair trials for political prisoners, ending torture, political killings and "disappearances," and abolishing the death penalty throughout the world)

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace* (A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States.)

Conscience and Peace Tax International (Aims to obtain recognition of the right to conscientious objection to paying for armaments and war preparation and war conduct through taxes. CPTI works through international movements and through international institutions such as the United Nations and the European Union).

International Peace Bureau (Promotes global campaign for peace through participatory process of education.)

National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund and Peace Tax Foundation (U.S. advocates for rights of conscience)

Stockholm Institute for Peace Research (SIPRI)* (Conducts research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions of international conflicts and for a stable peace. )

U.S. Institute of Peace* (Independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote research, education, and training on the peaceful management and resolution of international conflicts)

War Resisters' International (Works for a world without war)

War Resisters' League (Emphasizes action, war resistance and individual conscience against all forms of militarism)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (First international feminist peace organization in the world organized in Europe in 1915)

Note:  This is by no means a complete list of resources for international employment.   

Boise State University SSW Working with Mexicans Program
The workshop will be held at the Cemanahuac Educational Community in Cuernavaca (Morelos), and Buenavista a Cuellar (Guererro), and Mexico City (Distrito Federal), Mexico.
Using Mexican professionals as guest lecturers, the workshop will provide 60 hours of course content in the following areas:

• ethnically sensitive practice with Latino clients
• gender issues
• the political, religious, historical and socio-economic context of work with Latino clients
• Mexican/U.S. relations
• theories of behavior and diagnostic processes sensitive to the Latino experience

Participants will take 80 hours of immersion Spanish, live and take meals with Mexican host families, and visit archeological and cultural sites in and around Mexico City.

Contact Jim Knapp, jknapp@boisestate.edu

Duke Language Partners Program
The Duke Language Partners Program (DLP) is designed to partner two people up (one normally being an English-speaker and the other a foreigner who is not a native speaker of English) in order to facilitate language and cultural exchange. The partnership is very informal with an emphasis on developing conversational skills in both languages involved in it.

Contact Aaron Brooks for more information
aaron.brooks@duke.edu