Event Description
Learn how careers in social work are making a difference in society! You're invited to join the Mandel School for our 2024 Impact Talk series—four excellent opportunities to be inspired by our faculty and staff and their specializations.
The events will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m., with the presentations beginning at 12:30 p.m., in Noble Commons and via livestream (livestream will open at 12:20 p.m.). They will be recorded for later viewing on the Mandel School's YouTube channel.
Mandel School students can receive one PD hour for each Impact Talk they attend; one CEU will be offered for everyone else.
Lunch will be provided for in-person guests, and all attendees will have a chance to win three raffle prizes.
Join Marquetese "Nikki" Betts, adjunct professor, as she speaks about her professional journey and how attending the Intensive Weekend program at CWRU changed the trajectory of her career.
After working in the child welfare field for 10 years, she had become complacent and uninterested in learning new skills. Betts was performing well in her role as a caseworker in a specialized unit, receiving positive recognition from her employer and seeing positive outcomes with the families she was working with. She returned to work after a four-month maternity leave only to be assigned an emergency case that left her crying for the first time in her professional career. She left work that day vowing to make a significant career change. Conversations with her support systems and an invitation to attend the Mandel School caused her to stay in the social work field.
As a recipient of the Child Welfare Fellowship and a student in the Intensive Weekend program, Betts learned new skills that not only reignited her passion for child welfare, but were also instrumental in becoming the director of the training program.
Event Location
Mandel School | Noble Commons
11235 Bellflower Road
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Livestream
