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The Friends of the Library
Annual Dinner
April 24, 2007 -
6:30 p.m.
Pine Crest Country Club
Cost of the Dinner is $30 plus Membership in
Friends of the Library.
Featuring:
Dirk Robertson
from Edinburgh
, Scotland
Professional
speaker and actor, Dirk Robertson's screen work includes some of the
top stage, film and television productions in the United Kingdom,
including:
Chair of The Alumni Mentoring
Committee &
Member of The Executive Committee of
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Born
in
Glasgow, Dirk began a social work career in 1997, specializing in the
field of children and families, juvenile offenders, disability and
family law. He has held several National (United Kingdom) posts in
social welfare developing social policy before embarking on a career
in acting and writing. He is a trained Shakespearian actor, lecturer
and consultant in Social Welfare/Media Studies. Among his credits, he
has served as a teacher in Creative Writing and Drama at the Young
Offenders Institution in Huntercombe, Nuffield, England; a coordinator
for the Family Centre in Camden Social Services; a senior social
worker for Enfield Social Services; a Parliamentary Officer � The
British Association of Social Workers; an instructor at the London
School of Economics and Political Science; and an Officer-in-Charge of
the Adolescent Nottinghamshire Social Services Department. He has also
served as a researcher for Comparative Study between Norway and the
United Kingdom - Oslo, Juvenile Crime and Alternatives to Custody,
funded by The Council of Europe.
Author of:
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Martial
Arts for People with Disabilities (Non-Fiction)
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Violence
in the Workplace (Non-Fiction)
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Highland
T�ing (Fiction)
-
Bad
Day for a Fat Boy (Fiction)
-
Deep
Powder (Fiction)
He
worked to restructure aspects of the Cleveland (UK) Social Work
Department�s child care policy after a major national child abuse
enquiry; chaired the Department of Health�s national enquiry into
residential provision in
England
; the London Borough�s review and analysis of provision for
vulnerable young adults and the Coalition of Young People and Social
Security.
For more information, visit
Dirk's website at www.dirkrobertson.com.
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