posted Feb 14, 2011 10:38 PM by Clayton Mercieca
An MASW Annual General Meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday 23rd February 2011 at 17:45 at Dar Manwel Magri, adjecent to University’s Chaplaincy.
As announced in our last AGM, this forthcoming AGM is being organised in order for MASW to meet the requirements of the Voluntary Organisations Commission.
More details including CPD related to this activity will be given shortly. |
posted Jan 3, 2011 1:50 AM by Clayton Mercieca
Dear Members,
We would like to invite you for a reunion-quiz night that we are organising in order to celebrate with you the new year. We are planning this event at:
Baco Noir Lounge Terrace,
Kavalieri Hotel,
St.Julians
on the
11th of January at 7:30pm.
Parking space may be found in the vicinities.
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The fee will be 12 Euros per head and it shall include the participation for the quiz and some nibbles as well. You can form teams either before the activity or mingle together on the spot.
We hope to see all of you there :) Of course partners can join too :)
Kindly RSVP this mail by not later than Friday 7th at Noon.
Wishing you all the best for the New Year,
Best Regards,
MASW Executive Committee |
posted Oct 25, 2010 2:13 AM by Clayton Mercieca
Dear MASW Members,
First of all I would like to thank all those of you who attended today's AGM and contributed to a fruitful meeting and a very pleasant get together.
In due course you will be receiving the outcomes and actions to be carried forward from this meeting.
In accordance with the statute, the election process will remain open until Wednesday 27th October. Therefore those of you who were paid up members as at the time of the AGM may cast there vote until the 27th. The Voting Ballot is attached. Voting ballots are being held by Ms Pat Bonello and Ms Stefania Sacco at Appogg premises.
For your guidance there are 4 vacancies on the executive and the candidates are:
David Callaby Floridia
David Castillo
Colette Farrugia Bennett
Miriam Grech
Roberto Calleja
Robert Busuttil
Should you have any queries or difficulties do not hesitate to contact me.
In the meantime I thank you once again for your ongoing commitment to the profession,
Best regards,
Anthea Agius
MASW
Chairperson |
posted Oct 9, 2010 12:52 PM by Clayton Mercieca
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10 October 2010
Consent Participation Information Letter
Dear Participant,
I thank the Malta Association of Social Workers (MASW) for accepting to participate in my research by approving to forward this letter including an online questionnaire to you. I highly appreciate your participation in this research on ‘How Does Workplace Learning Contribute to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) - The perception of social workers in social care organisation in Malta’. I am undertaking this project as a part of an MSc degree which I am studying with University of Leicester.
The project I am working on is to explore if workplace can be a tool for learning and thus contribute to CPD. The focus of the research is to identify the perception of this notion by Social Workers employed within a social care organisation. While explore how such a concept can be quantified and qualified to lead to this mentioned concept. You have been selected because I trust you are a good candidate to provide reliable and useful information about how you perceive at your workplace experiences and practices. Also you are employed with a developing organisation involved in social care services on the island. Hence, sharing with me your personal feelings and thought on this concept can augur and might forth a beneficial stance in the future not just personally to you but to the organisation as well. It might also be a stance to enrich and uplift even further the Profession of Social Work in our country. Therefore as you are aware your participation is highly important as it is an interest to us all.
An e-survey is the method used. The filling of the questionnaire take approx 30-40 minutes. However it is not obligatory and you can withdraw from the study and any time.
All data gathered will be dealt with strict confidence and it is for the purpose of my MSc dissertation. Your own data will be completely anonymous and unidentifiable once you submit your questionnaire the information will enter directly into the automated data processing system.
On completion of the project a copy of the dissertation will be forwarded to the MASW for its’ members perusal.
If you are interested to participate please follow the questionnaire in this link: “https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGNSVHVfbVd1VnVzTXVRWUpNYXFaRUE6MQ”. It is highly appreciated if your response will be received within a week from date of receiving this email.
Once again thank you for your participation.
Sincerely,
Myriam Rose Grech |
posted Jul 26, 2010 12:42 PM by Clayton Mercieca
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To: Professional and Student MASW Members, Hope you are all keeping well! The MASW would like to announce that the Annual General Meeting of the Association is going to be held on the 20th October 2010 at 5.30pm, at The Professional Centre of the Malta Professional Bodies, Sliema Road, Gzira (opposite Gzira primary school). Minutes of last year's AGM are being attached for approval during the AGM. The Draft Agenda of the AGM is as follows: 5.30pm Welcome and Refreshments 5.45pm Guest Speaker, Ms Christine Sullivan, "The caring professions – one of the most hazardous professions – a psychodynamic understanding".* Christiane Sullivan is a warranted Health Psychologist and an EAP registered Psychotherapist. She has been working in private practice for the last twelve years and supervises professionals coming from the counselling and psychology field, as well as students in training. She lecturers part-time both with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Malta. She has an interest in depth psychology and uses psychodynamic thinking to understand somatic expressions both in the client and in the therapist. * CPD certificates will be awarded for those who attend. 6.15pm Approval of AGM 2009 Minutes 6.30pm Presentation of Administrative and Financial Reports 2009/10 7.00pm Evaluation of Past Year and Work Priorities for the Coming Year 7.30pm Proposed amendments to the Statute 8.15pm Closure This year four vacancies for members to be elected on the MASW Executive Committee have arisen. The MASW would like to invite you to submit your nominations to the Association and will be accepted up to the date of the AGM (nomination form attached). So far the nominees are: - Colette Farrugia Bennet
- David Castillo
- David Callaby Florida
During Annual General Meetings, amendments to the MASW statute can be made, therefore anyone who would like submit proposals to the MASW statute is kindly requested to do so in advance as per the MASW statute (attached). MASW would like to encourage those members who have not yet paid up their membership to do so. Membership forms can be downloaded from www.masw.info. Membership applications will also be accepted on the day of the AGM. Should you need any further clarifications, do not hesitate to contact us. It would be appreciated if you could confirm your attendance for the AGM. Regards, Graziana Sciberras Secretary and Events Coordinator
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posted May 11, 2010 11:13 PM by Clayton Mercieca
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posted May 5, 2010 3:08 PM by Clayton Mercieca
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posted May 5, 2010 2:26 PM by Clayton Mercieca
posted Mar 17, 2010 12:57 PM by Clayton Mercieca
We are pleased to inform you that the IFSW-Europe Delegates' Meeting will be held in Malta on May 14th-16th. The first day of the meeting will feature a special activity that will be open to all MASW
members ... so please make sure your memberships are updated!
This will be a great opportunity for all social workers and social work students in Malta to meet foreign colleagues and share different practice experience.
More detailed information to follow.
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posted Mar 17, 2010 12:05 PM by Clayton Mercieca
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MASW is glad to announce that the Social Work Awards shall be held in conjunction with the presentation of the Social Work Warrants ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Education, Employment, and the Family. The date has been set to Monday 31st May 2010 at the mediterranean conference centre, Valletta at 19.30.
Background:
The General Theme for 2009, chosen by the IFSW, is "Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda". This theme was chosen to emphasise the fact that Social Work has made and continues to make a significant contribution to the response to economic and social changes and to the support of vulnerable people and communities. Social work promotes the social welfare of individuals, groups and communities, facilitates social cohesion in periods of change and supports and protects the vulnerable members of the community, working in partnership with service users, consumers, communities and other professions. In such times of crisis and major social upheaval in all communities, our contribution and role as Social Workers is all the more important.
In nominating Social Workers for these awards we are therefore inviting you to consider the person’s:Flexibility in the face of social change
Ability to engage partnerships with service users, consumers, communities and other professions.
Vision towards the broader service, policy, societal and economic contexts
Nominations for outstanding Social Workers and Social Work Students in the following areas closed on Friday 26th March 2010:
- Engaging Social Action
- Challenging and Developing Policies and Practices
- Recognizing Diversity
- Advocating for Service Users’ Right to Involvement
- Alleviating Social Poverty
- Challenging Discrimination
- Promoting Professional Values of Social Work
- Supporting Social Workers and other Colleagues
Rules:
Joanna Xuereb and Edwina Gouder assisted by Anthony Girard and Roslynn Vella have kindly accepted to receive and assess the nominations independently.
- All Social Workers and Social Work Students can nominate and be nominated
- Nominate up to one person for each area listed above
- Nominate a person only once
- Nominations are to be sent by email to: socialworkawards@gmail.com or by post: Social Work Awards, Maltese Association of Social Workers, The Professional Centre, Sliema Road, Gzira
- Deadline - Nominations are to be sent to MASW by not later than noon of Friday 26th March 2010
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