Social Work Spotlight

In this episode I speak with Mark, a social worker from Canada who has worked in the mental health space for the last 10 years in a range of roles including case management, clinical NDIS work, leadership roles as a team leader and program manager, and now owner of a private practice Clarity Therapy. Mark's practice incorporates CBT, ACT, and DBT principles mixed with some eco therapy, and Mark works mainly with youth and young adults.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Clarity Therapy - www.claritytherapy.com.au
• Mark’s email and Instagram - [email protected] & @claritytherapy_au
• Russ Harris, The Happiness Trap - https://thehappinesstrap.com/
• Psychology tools, downloads - https://www.psychologytools.com/downloads/worksheets-exercises-guides-handouts/
• The Great Psychotherapy Debate, book by Wampold & Imel - https://www.routledge.com/The-Great-Psychotherapy-Debate-The-Evidence-for-What-Makes-Psychotherapy/Wampold-Imel/p/book/9780805857092
• Disability Support Pension, Services Australia - https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/disability-support-pension
• Waves of Wellness Foundation - https://www.foundationwow.org/
• Headspace Australia - https://headspace.org.au

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MBw9p9hERPZdO8i6p52Vm5WhJ1CBbT4KJ_5PrMqO2Gs/edit?usp=sharing

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In this episode I speak with Nercy, a clinical Social Worker with over 15 years’ experience in supportive mental health services. She has worked in a diverse range of clinical fields including providing community Mental Health services to marginalised families in inner-city Los Angeles, specialised support services for refugee communities in Sydney’s South West, and more recently providing solution-focused counselling in the EAP wellbeing space. She has experience in providing individual, group and family therapy, as well as facilitating professional development workshops.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Alexandria House, Los Angeles - https://www.alexandriahouse.org/
• Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, Margaret’s Place - https://joetorre.org/our-work/margarets-place/
• NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) - https://www.startts.org.au/
• Good Grief’s Seasons for Growth program - https://www.goodgrief.org.au/seasons-for-growth

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15u44iLDSX1cBcqIhMfZ4oG4Qv0S0nuTMM1t7jtk2m8M/edit?usp=sharing

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In this episode I speak with Richa, who came to Australia as an International Student in 2017 and completed a Masters of Social Work (Qualifying) from Western Sydney University in 2019. After completing her final social work placement, Richa began working at Settlement Services International as a Community Hub leader.  She moved into the NSW Department of Education as a Community Liaison Officer in Westmead Public School, working with newly arrived culturally and linguistically diverse families to adjust to a new country through a wide range of programs. She provides casual tutoring at Western Sydney University and supervises social work students during their placements as well. Currently Richa works at Feros Care as a Community Development Coordinator leading community capacity building projects in partnership with local stakeholders, NDIS, and people with disabilities.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Settlement Services International - https://www.ssi.org.au/
• Feros Care - https://www.feroscare.com.au/
• StandBy, Support After Suicide - https://standbysupport.com.au/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rNhTb55EslR5VveRp0BaziN6coojfVxTJ_JQII1KciM/edit?usp=sharing

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

In this episode I speak with Mat, a Social Worker who was born and raised on Darkinjung country in the Central Coast of NSW. Mat has a history of working in not-for-profit organisations that support children and families and was formerly the operations manager of Central Coast Family Support Services. Mat hopes that this conversation about his social work journey and experience helps others who are interested in this line of work.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Kids Outreach International - https://www.kidsoutreach.org/
• Teen Challenge - https://teenchallengeusa.org/
• Triple P parenting course - https://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/au-uken/find-help/triple-p-online/
• Bruce Perry and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics - https://www.bdperry.com/
• Bessel Van Der Kolk - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/
• ACE Study: Adverse Childhood Experiences - https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html
• Bruce Perry’s - The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook https://www.boffinsbooks.com.au/books/9780465094455/boy-who-was-raised-as-a-dog-3rd-edition
• ARACY, Better Systems, Better Chances - https://www.aracy.org.au/publications-resources/command/download_file/id/274/filename/Better-systems-better-chances.pdf
• 1-2-3 Magic - https://www.123magic.com/
• Circle of Security International - https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/
• Bringing Them Home report - https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/bringing-them-home-report-1997
• NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian - https://www.ocg.nsw.gov.au/
• Oprah Winfrey & Bruce Perry in conversation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUAL8RVvkyY&ab_channel=SXSWEDU
• Daniel Hughes (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy - http://www.danielhughes.org/
• Dr Dan Siegel (Psychiatry Professor) - https://drdansiegel.com/
• Richard Rose’s Life Story Therapy - https://tlswi.com/about-tlswi/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pgnZlMBj-_oOc8KoTu7q5l0qZBk1SBUyrxj24Pl2bCM/edit?usp=sharing

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In this episode I speak with Haylee, an early career social worker who graduated from UNSW with a double degree in social work and criminology. Haylee has spent most of her career working with survivors of sexual assault for both NSW Health and a non-government organisation. In 2021 Haylee made the move to ward-based social work in a metropolitan hospital which has seen her working in the COVID ICU.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• The No More Project - https://nomore.org/
• National Redress Scheme for people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse - https://www.nationalredress.gov.au/
• NSW Victims Services - https://www.victimsservices.justice.nsw.gov.au/
• Grace Tame - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Tame
• Author Jess Hill - https://www.jesshill.net/
• Mates, Dates and Everything in Between podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4AZSWYF8EirBWfwoAXB07c?si=d13760a0477b4171
• The Dulwich Centre (Narrative Therapy resources) - https://dulwichcentre.com.au/
• Education Centre Against Violence - https://www.ecav.health.nsw.gov.au/
• Survivors & Mates Support Network - https://www.samsn.org.au/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XZ8vObubfPtbSD6AqXa1hiaV143L5OLKL2fTsW9J5Ng/edit?usp=sharing

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In this episode I speak with Madison, a proud Wiradjuri woman from Central Western NSW and a newly graduated social worker whose University placements included an NGO in Canberra, Canberra Hospital and at Orange Health Service. Madison currently works in Acute Mental Health and within the general hospital in Orange providing support to patients within the Rehabilitation Unit and ED. She is passionate about general health for individuals in rural areas, domestic violence and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ wellbeing.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Social Workers Toolbox - http://www.socialworkerstoolbox.com/
• AASW Scope of Social Work Practice (Hospitals) - https://www.aasw.asn.au/document/item/8644
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_and_commitment_therapy
• The ABCs of ACT (Social Work Today article) - https://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/090208p36.shtml
• The Recovery Model for mental illness or substance dependence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_model
• Trauma-Informed Care - http://socialwork.buffalo.edu/social-research/institutes-centers/institute-on-trauma-and-trauma-informed-care/what-is-trauma-informed-care.html
• Positive Behaviour Support - http://socialwork.buffalo.edu/social-research/institutes-centers/institute-on-trauma-and-trauma-informed-care/what-is-trauma-informed-care.html

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o7DtCTbnXw45a3iRfJ3uHZWLJIVzJmMwpV2fICDEv_0/edit?usp=sharing

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

In this episode I speak with Candice and Arlyn, who run the Sexuality Service at Royal Rehab, providing personalised support including one-on-one and couples counselling, and educational courses to empower people with illness, injury or disability, their family and carers as well as professionals assisting them to create a meaningful, pleasurable, and rewarding sex life. This is episode two in a two-part series. The first episode focused on Candice and Arlyn’s professional backgrounds in social work and nursing and their further training to become psychosexual therapists, with this second episode going more into the practicalities of running such a service.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Training dates for 2022 NDIS Sexuality Training & Education For Clinicians In Sydney - https://royalrehab.com.au/sexuality-training-and-education-for-clinicians
• Joan Price books on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Joan-Price/e/B001JRXBHW%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
• Comprehensive list of sex-positive social media resources created by Royal Rehab - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ifuOi7jZ99i0vLh9KJtPYtIlLssNS3CF/view?usp=sharing
• Shane Clifton’s memoir ‘Husbands Should Not Break’ - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/26763199-husbands-should-not-break
• Leigh Sales’ ‘Any Ordinary Day’ - https://www.penguin.com.au/books/any-ordinary-day-9781760893637
• Sam Bloom’s ‘Heartache & Birdsong’ - http://www.penguinbloom.com
• Alex McKinnon’s ‘Unbroken’ - https://www.betterreading.com.au/book/unbroken/
• Mount Sinai Enhancement of Social Work Leadership Program - https://www.aasw.asn.au/document/item/11806
• Royal Rehab, Sydney - https://royalrehab.com.au
• Strength2Strength program, Royal Rehab - https://royalrehab.com.au/event/strength2strength-program-for-brain-injury-2
• Candice’s ResearchGate page - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Candice_Care-Unger
• World Association for Sexual Health - https://worldsexualhealth.net/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sPq-2Sq2cAEVUuDDQ3zlIvTLgPsDNu3kUAR0n8u1Kl4/edit?usp=sharing

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

In this episode I speak with Candice and Arlyn, who run the Sexuality Service at Royal Rehab, providing personalised support including one-on-one and couples counselling, and educational courses to empower people with illness, injury or disability, their family and carers as well as professionals assisting them to create a meaningful, pleasurable, and rewarding sex life. This is episode one in a two-part series. The first episode will focus on Candice and Arlyn’s professional backgrounds in social work and nursing and their further training to become psychosexual therapists, with the second episode going more into the practicalities of running such a service.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Training dates for 2022 NDIS Sexuality Training & Education For Clinicians In Sydney - https://royalrehab.com.au/sexuality-training-and-education-for-clinicians
• Joan Price books on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Joan-Price/e/B001JRXBHW%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
• Comprehensive list of sex-positive social media resources created by Royal Rehab - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ifuOi7jZ99i0vLh9KJtPYtIlLssNS3CF/view?usp=sharing
• Shane Clifton’s memoir ‘Husbands Should Not Break’ - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/26763199-husbands-should-not-break
• Leigh Sales’ ‘Any Ordinary Day’ - https://www.penguin.com.au/books/any-ordinary-day-9781760893637
• Sam Bloom’s ‘Heartache & Birdsong’ - http://www.penguinbloom.com
• Alex McKinnon’s ‘Unbroken’ - https://www.betterreading.com.au/book/unbroken/
• Mount Sinai Enhancement of Social Work Leadership Program - https://www.aasw.asn.au/document/item/11806
• Royal Rehab, Sydney - https://royalrehab.com.au
• Strength2Strength program, Royal Rehab - https://royalrehab.com.au/event/strength2strength-program-for-brain-injury-2
• Candice’s ResearchGate page - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Candice_Care-Unger

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qSrR68yrEB5r7prxn2gFUKoOlBi7q9Vbj7qqQcGqho4/edit?usp=sharing

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

In this episode I speak with Jules, who has experience working with children, adolescents and adult mental health in both the public and private sectors. Jules is now working in private practice as a mindset coach and is a certified practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Timeline Therapy.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Jules’s Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/JulesVelevski
• Jules's free ebook - https://jvcoaching-20948462.hubspotpagebuilder.com/e-book
• Jules's Facebook group called 'Become Limitless' - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2925318177710487
• Richmond Dinh's Facebook page 'The 6 Figure Coach' - https://www.facebook.com/groups/110593399593362
• Tony Kaye Coaching - https://www.facebook.com/TonyKayeCoaching/
• Tony Kaye's 'The Practitioner Certification' - https://www.facebook.com/groups/261048948060602
• WHOS program (We Help Ourselves) - https://whos.com.au/
• Kaiyu Konnect - https://www.samaritans.org.au/services/ndis-and-disability-support/kaiyu-konnect
• Kestrel Unit Morisset Hospital - https://directory.wayahead.org.au/service/4077/
• Dean Graziosi - https://www.deangraziosi.com/
• Tony Robbins - https://www.tonyrobbins.com/
• Brené Brown - https://brenebrown.com/
• Brené Brown’s TED talk on vulnerability - https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en
• Mental Health Academy - https://www.mentalhealthacademy.com.au/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1354Mn-roGnapXLR9hJQlfqRMeFXKDKiod2NX8YZkWEw/edit?usp=sharing

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

In this episode I speak with Jonathan, who currently works in research, and uses his experiences with people from diverse gender and sexual identities and those seeking asylum to develop and implement anti-oppressive research methods. He advocates for critically reflective practice, and for greater collaboration within personal and professional networks.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice, by Donna Baines - https://www.psa.org.nz/assets/Uploads/Donna-book.pdf
• Using a trauma-informed, socially just research framework with marginalized populations: Practices and barriers to implementation by Laura Voith and colleagues. Doi: 10.1093/swr/svaa013
• Centre for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality’s Guide to using trauma-informed interviewing skills https://www.pacarepartnership.org/uploads/Trauma-informed_Interviewing_Skills_Guide.pdf

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UX7AXIUZPUWrdVF33MsnXtHyrKTwSN_1z4JOwVcYvKM/edit?usp=sharing

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