Research & Special Projects
International Social Work
Global Work with Immigrant Kids
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Project Director:
Gail Werrbach, Ph.D. LCSW
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Funded by:
The US Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of
Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE)alth Bureau
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Project
Timeframe: 4 years -$210,000
The Global Work with
Immigrant Kids (GWIK) Project builds on the success of our consortium
that addressed training needs in Europe and the
United States for a new social service practitioner in direct care
settings with children. GWIK will continue our
educational innovation by creating a Certificate curriculum with a focus
on work with immigrant children. The consortium consists of three EU
institutions: Plantijn (Belgium), Peter Sabroe (Denmark), Ramom Llull
(Spain), and four U.S. institutions: U.Maine, Providence, UNC-Greensboro,
and NC A & T. The consortium will meet twice a year for the annual
grantee meeting and for EU/U.S. partner meetings. 24EU and 24U.S.
students will complete the curriculum that will consist of semester-long
exchanges, intensive language instruction, 15-week field internships,
and five courses (four classroom and one-web-based). Agency field
internships will utilize new web-based materials including a supervision
manual and multi-lingual glossary of key knowledge related to immigrant
children. Twenty-five faculty exchanges will occur: 13EU and 12U.S. to
provide classroom, seminar, and agency-based teaching.
