Social Work Spotlight

In this episode I speak with Marie, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Family Therapist, presenter, podcaster, and trainer. Her focus is on supporting adults to have better relationships with the teens and young adults in their lives. She is committed to improving mental health awareness, reducing stigma, and promoting prevention and early intervention in the field of mental health.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Wintringham housing organisation - https://www.wintringham.org.au/
• No Bullshit Therapy (La Trobe University) - https://www.latrobe.edu.au/research/centres/health/bouverie/practitioners/specialist-areas/nbt
• Inside Social Work podcast - https://insidesocialwork.com/
• Youth Mental Health First Aid training course - https://mhfa.com.au/courses/public/types/youthedition4
• Tuning in to Teens program - https://thetherapyhub.com.au/tuning-into-teens/
• Notice That podcast - https://emdr-podcast.com/
• Caroline Burrows ( EMDR therapist and consultant) - https://www.carolineburrows.com.au/
• The Therapy Hub - https://thetherapyhub.com.au/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mkGcaHlVFC-310I0bJOL12l2D8wR8WC8meC2b1dSnw8/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Jerome, who has worked in Sydney’s mental health inpatient units and in community mental health. Jerome is currently Senior Social Worker at the Forensic Hospital, a high secure mental health facility on the Long Bay Correctional Centre campus.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• The Forensic Hospital - https://www.justicehealth.nsw.gov.au/about-us/health-care-locations/the-forensic-hospital
• Forensic Mental Health Social Work: Capabilities Framework (UK) - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/569389/Forensic_SW_Capabilities.pdf

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gqyLYYbH8wwU1Cezt-xU4M2oOUrURBERwVABZuBW7Pc/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Mitchell, a social worker passionate about child protection and helping to ensure vulnerable young people in the community have improved life experiences. Mitch has worked in various roles, ranging from disability, residential care and child protection. Mitchell currently works at the Child Protection Helpline taking information from various members of the professional community, to ensure we are keeping the children of NSW as safe as possible.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Aruma Disability Services (formerly House with No Steps) - https://www.aruma.com.au/
• Allambi Care Newcastle - https://www.allambicare.org.au/
• The Department (SBS documentary) - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/the-department/1949954115625
• See What You Made Me Do (SBS documentary) - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/see-what-you-made-me-do
• The Oasis and Life After The Oasis (documentaries) - https://theoasismovie.com.au/
• National sexual assault, domestic family violence counselling service (1800RESPECT) - https://www.1800respect.org.au/
• Lifeline - https://www.lifeline.org.au/
• Kids Helpline - https://kidshelpline.com.au/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h7cPE7vffk0QL-Rm74BpjOwkghtwZWR7bKzm_RqdJr4/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Mohammad, a Bangladeshi Australian who is passionate about and committed to working with people with disability and mental health concerns, aiming to ensure social justice and human rights in all aspect of a person's life. Currently Mohammad works as a Support Coordinator for the Department of Human Services, helping to provide information, support and advocacy for people to access the NDIS.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• AASW and the NDIS - https://www.aasw.asn.au/practitioner-resources/national-disability-insurance-scheme
• National Disability Insurance Scheme - https://www.ndis.gov.au/
• NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission - https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/
• Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission - https://www.agedcarequality.gov.au/about-us
• Disability Support Guide - https://www.disabilitysupportguide.com.au/
• Summer Foundation NDIS resources - https://www.summerfoundation.org.au/our-resources/our-library/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lzUHv-Y9V-NlQuhPBLAVpvxEAs_K7WNJCfk2KEjg9oM/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Deanne, who has dedicated her career of over 30 years as a social worker to responding to inter-personal violence through her work in a range of organisational contexts, including statutory and therapeutic responses to child abuse and neglect, sexual assault and domestic violence. In recent years in independent practice and working in University schools of social work, Deanne has been educating and supporting social workers and students to respond to inter-personal, workplace and institutional violence and developing models of practice that integrate critical, post-structural, feminist and trauma-informed theories with the foundational ethics of social justice.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

Response based practice:

https://www.responsebasedpractice.com/ (Allan Wade, Linda Coates, Cathy Richardson)

https://vikkireynolds.ca/  (Vikki Reynolds)

https://www.insightexchange.net/  (Domestic Violence Service management)

Narrative Therapy

https://dulwichcentre.com.au/

https://www.johnellabird.nz/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rk4uJuGniR8jOjt3V2P269026hLMF919T2v5PYeY2jQ/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Alyssa, a social worker turned program development & grant writing consultant.  She has over 7 years’ experience supporting the delivery of community-based programs and is incredibly passionate about achieving measurable outcomes. Currently Alyssa is in the process of establishing her own business, supporting NGOs and community-minded organisations to develop, fund and deliver impactful projects.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Alyssa’s website - https://www.alyssamedway.com/
• National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) Active Implementation Hub (provides a series of free online learning modules) - https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/ai-hub
• Murdoch Children's Research Institute Evidence-Informed Decision-making framework (Tim Moore) - https://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/ccchdev/CCCH-Towards-a-model-of-evidence-informed-decisio-making-and-service-delivery-Tim-Moore-May2016.pdf
• Australian Institute of Family Studies publications - https://aifs.gov.au/publications/search?f%5B0%5D=bm_field_retired_publication%3Aorbm_field_retired_publication%3Afalse

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Clksjs5Ggd8PwFvs1jWnutnYAiXx6Ssr_UsEPRa-fms/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Dani, a social worker who thrives on diversity and challenge and has as such worked in a variety of roles; including counsellor, mentor, trainer, clinical supervisor, manager, and leader. Dani has a particular interest in supporting women with ADHD and reducing the incidence of missed diagnosis, and misdiagnosis. She advocates moving away from disordered and disabling labels (insisting that ADHD needs a rebrand), and incorporates a strengths-based approach as a guiding perspective to understanding neurodivergence.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

The Divergent Edge contacts:

• Website - www.thedivergentedge.com.au
• Facebook - adhdtherapeuticcoach
• Instagram - adhdtherapy_the.divergent.edge/
• LinkedIn - Company page
• YouTube - #AllthethingsADHD

• A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD (Sari Solden & Michelle Frank) - https://www.newharbinger.com/9781684032617/a-radical-guide-for-women-with-adhd/
• Complex PTSD - https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/complex-ptsd

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JnrxoKrU0hsxBIgr06RoOrjedz3iRfVvMaCbjND1LzI/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Uni, a case manager working in youth crisis accommodation. Originally from Mongolia, Uni has developed her passion for supporting children and young people from traumatic and disadvantaged backgrounds to improve their circumstances and build their quality of life through love and understanding.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Dr Bruce Perry - https://www.bdperry.com/
• Connections by Karl Deisseroth - https://www.penguin.com.au/books/connections-9780241381878

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BMGdee3j-R85N5nuymlyrrtBWcJokvbarWs4B-DR1C4/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Taylah, an early career social worker in Mental Health for the South Western Sydney Community.  She studied a double degree of Social Work and Social Research and Policy majoring in Politics and International Relations while engaging in differing voluntary roles including the Youth Advisory Committee at headspace, engaged in advocacy work with Supporting Asylum Seekers Sydney, and was employed as an NDIS Support Worker in the Inner West.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Let’s Talk About Children training - https://emergingminds.com.au/online-course/lets-talk-children/
• Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) - https://www.copmi.net.au/
• Family Recovery - https://www.copmi.net.au/images/pdf/Research/gems-edition23.pdf
• Top Blokes Foundation - https://www.topblokes.org.au/
• Overview and objectives of the Mental Health Act - https://mhrm.mhcc.org.au/chapters/4-nsw-mental-health-law-and-processes/4a-overview-and-objectives-of-the-mental-health-act-2007/
• headspace (National Youth Mental Health Foundation) - https://headspace.org.au/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12b8K65K8_cSdQrIK3r0qOqHaaB0TfR4BhDrEMnhs-qA/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.

In this episode I speak with Anna, a social worker who is passionate about women and children's rights, reducing inequality and empowering our most vulnerable populations. She is a recent graduate and holds a Masters in Social Work (Qualifying) and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Sociology. Upon graduating from social work last year, Anna began working as a graduate management consultant at KPMG Australia in their Health, Ageing and Human Services sector.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Family is Culture Review Report (Independent Review of Aboriginal Children and Young People in OOHC in NSW) - https://www.familyisculture.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/726329/Family-Is-Culture-Review-Report.pdf
• KPMG Health Ageing and Human Services sector - https://home.kpmg/au/en/home/services/subscriptions/health-ageing-human-services-subscription.html

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rD1qjPN11HfYicTTv4x6m61GGemjZtc-2t6d17U64I8/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.