Workshops for Social Work Professionals
Speaker Series for Social Work Professionals
The annual Speaker Series at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls joins youth care service providers on their path to transforming young lives of suffering into lives of hope and promise. Through professional development, these series of workshops are designed to enthuse and further prepare social service providers with the research-based learning and field-work experience of prominent leaders in the field. Speaker Series enhances the quality of care that youth receive, creates a sense of cohesion among youth care service providers and believes in:
- Inspiring new ideas and applying innovation to the complex urban challenges we encounter.
- Sparking creativity to discover solutions to currently relevant issues.
- Nourishing and rejuvenating social workers.
- Offering continuing education units at no cost.
CEUs
3 Continuing Education Units will be offered for each workshop for the following licenses: LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC. The cost of each workshop and its CEU's is covered by Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. CEU certificates will be mailed following the workshop.
Event Registration
Please visit our registration page at www.mercyhome.org/register to reserve your seat at Speaker Series workshops. Space is limited! For more information, email speakerseries@mercyhome.org.
Parking
A limited amount of parking will be available on the day of the workshop. Workshops are expected to be at maximun capacity causing parking limitations. Please make an effort to carpool or take the CTA's Blue line to the Racine stop. If you are driving, it is strongly advised that you plan to arrive early in order to secure a parking spot. Mercy Home has two parking lots where you may be able to find a spot.
Click here to see a Google map of our campus and its relation to public transportation options and area parking garages. Street parking is available on Jackson Blvd. or Racine Ave. Please note that street parking on Adams is only available until 4 p.m.
For events on our Girls Campus (11600 S. Longwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60643) please click here to see a Google map of the building and surrounding street parking options.