Jill Worrall

Professor

IFCO

Overview: Country
New Zealand

Company/Organisation
IFCO

Bio
I have been a Foster parent for 20+ years, a Foster Care Social Worker, agency CEO and a senior lecturer in Social Work at Massey University. I have PhD in Social Work and Cultural Studies. I am an honorary research associate at Massey. My thesis and on-going research and published work has been in the field of foster care, kinship care and child welfare. I am a trainer and consultant in Foster Care and kinship care. I have Governance experience on three boards and currently chair one of these. I have attended many IFCO conferences and am currently the Asia Pacific Co-ordinator. I have worked establishing de-institutionalisation programmes in Central Asia. In 2010 I was awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Social Work.
My Abstracts: 1. Who Am I? Understanding And Promoting Resilience And Social Identity In Foster Children
Sessions Attending: 1. Who Am I? Understanding And Promoting Resilience And Social Identity In Foster Children
Speaking Engagement: 1. Who Am I? Understanding And Promoting Resilience And Social Identity In Foster Children - 03 Nov, 2017
Children in need of protection are often placed into unrelated foster care and uprooted from all that is familiar and important to their sense of well...

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