DRAFT
June 13, 2012
Proposed Daily Itinerary
AdelphiUniversitySchool of Social Work
Educational Trip to Study Social Work in the Baltic
Adelphi in the Baltic
Comparative Social Work Practice
Day 1, June 25, 2012
After an overnight flight from NYC, arrival to Stockholm, Sweden 12.45 PM
Settle into lodging arrangements@ Wenner-Gren Centre
15.00 AM: Welcome / Orientation to Stockholm @ Department of SW.Tea/coffee will be served.
Venue: Department of SW is located Sveavägen 160, 6th floor,next to Wenner-Gren Centre
Lena Hübner, PhD in SW, Head of Department, Maud Edgren-Schori, Ph.Lic, Coordinator of Adelphi in the Baltic Sweden, Maria Svensson, under-graduate student in SW and Student’s Union representatives:Rania Braimok + NN
16.45 PM: Reception at Stockholm City Hall, MargaretaBjörk, President of the City Council (accompanied by Maud Edgren-Schori and Maria Svensson)
18.30 Dinner as a group hosted by Department of Social Work, StockholmUniversity. Venue: Welcome to Hermans Vegetarian Restaurant and Garden Café, Fjällgatan 23B; phonenumber: 643 94 80. Bus number 2 from Wenner-Gren Centre will take you directly to this venue!
“We want to invite you to a very special place, the view from our garden is quite spectacular and a must see on a visit to Stockholm. We serve a huge all you can eat vegetarian buffet which includes a large variety of salads, hot foods, homemade bread, ecological coffee and tea. Choose to drink ecological beer, ecological soft drinks, freshly made smoothies and much more. Make sure to leave some space for our homemade vegan desserts.” (
Participants from the Department of SW: Maud Edgren-Schori, Tommy Lundström, Renate Minas, Marie Sallnäs. Maria Svensson (student)
Day 2, June 26
Lectures on the theme Social Work and Social Welfare policy in Sweden and in the context of European Social Welfare Models - SU faculty
Venue: Department of SW, Sveavägen 160, Room 814
09.00-10.30 AMRenate Minas, PhD in SW: Swedish welfare state model: origins, features and challenges
Recommended readings:
Fritzell J, Bäckmann O and Ritakallio V-M (2011) Income inequality and poverty: do the Nordic countries still constitute a family on their own? In (eds) Kvist J, Fritzell J, Hvinden B, Kangas O: Changing social equality. The Nordic welfare model in the 21st century. Policy Press.
11.00-12.30 AM Lotti Ryberg Welander,PhD in Sociology of Law, Ph.lic. inLaw: Social Insurances and Supplementary Benefits
Recommended readings: Rebahn, R: Wage labour and social security. In Hepple and Veneziani: The transformation of labour law in Europe. A comparative study of 15 countries 1945 - 2004. Oxford: Hart publishing.
Afternoon – Sightseeing tour inStockholm
Evening – Dinner as a group
Day 3, June 27
09.00-11.45 AM – Lecture by Marta Szebehely:Eldercare services in Sweden: a social work perspective on policy and practice.
Venue: Department of SW, Sveavägen 160, Room 814
Recommended readings:
Are there Lessons to Learn from Sweden? (Szebehely 2009) in A Place to Call Home: Long-Term Care in Canada, edited by Pat Armstrong, Madeline Boscoe, Barbara Clow, Karen Grant, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Beth Jackson, Ann Pederson, Morgan Seeley, Jane Springer. Toronto: Fernwood Books.
Szebehely & Trydegård (2012) Home care in Sweden: a Universal Model in Transition DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01046.x
In the afternoon the group will be divided in two groups:
Group 1(accompanied by TBD): 1.15 PMVisit to community social work agency serving the elderly - Kampementet
Address: Kampementsgatan 2 (Coffee/tea will be served at some point during the afternoon)
Contact: Christina von Segebaden, Manager of Rio och Kampementet
Attendo. Sandhamnsgatan 4 -6 104 51 Stockholm
Tel. 08 508 42 251. Mobile:0709-72 76 34
Group 2 (accompanied by Maria Svensson): 2.00 – 4.00 PMRinkeby/Kista Family Care of Children. (meet in the reception area at Rinkeby-Kista, Town District Administration)
Address: Borgarfjordsgatan 14, in Kista.
Contacts: Sara Lagerholm and Gunilla Andersson, phone: 08-508 01 378,
email: Ingrid Persson, phone:08-50801360; 0761201360 (), Inger Zettergren, Susie Moonan, Idil Magan
Evening – Dinner as a group
Day 4, June 28
09.00-12.00 AMLecture by Lena Hübner, PhD,and Head of Department:Substance abuse and Social Work
Venue: Sveavägen 160, Room 814
1.30 PM–Stockholms Stadsmission (StockholmCityMission)
Stadsmissionens Center (accompanied by TBD)
Adress: Fleminggatan 115; 112 45 Stockholm
Contact: Erik Vårdstedt, Deputy Head of Unit; 070-606563;
Evening – Free
Day 5, June 29
09.00-11.00 AM Lecture by Tommy Lundström, PhD in SW, Deputy Head of Department and Marie Sallnäs, PhD in SW: Social Work with Children.
Venue: Sveavägen 160, Room 814
Recommended readings:
Karen Healy, Tommy Lundström & Marie Sallnäs (2011). A Comparison of Out-of-home Care for Children and Young People in Australia and Sweden: Worlds apart? Australian Social Work, DOI:10.1080/0312407X.2011.603092 (link to the article: doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2011.603092)
Tommy Lundström & Marie Sallnäs, Sibling contact among Swedish children in foster and residential care – Out of home care in a family service system,Children and Youth Services Review (2011), doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.11.008
12.00 AM Lunch, hosted by Department of Social Work in Stockholm, withcommunity social workers, labor movement leaders, social work students. (TBC)
Venue: Department of SW, Sveavägen 160
Participants from Department of SW: Maud Edgren-Schori, Tommy Lundström, Marie Sallnäs, Ewa Marklund (International Coordinator), Maria Svensson (student)
Participants from City of Stockholm:
Helena Petersson, Research and Development Coordinator at the Social Services Administration
Agnes Lundström, Regional Coordinatorof Children’s needs in the Centre
Gunilla Andersson, Rinkeby-Kista Family Care Entity
Sara lagerholm, Rinkeby-Kista Family Care Entity
Afternoon – Free
Evening –Departure by ferry to Turku, Finland
Day 6, July 9
Morning – Depart for NYC*
Evening – Arrive NYC
* For the inaugural Adelphi in the Baltic, it may be possible for participants who wish to stay on for the International Federation of Social Work’s world conference scheduled to take place in Stockholm from July 9-12, 2012.
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