The Social Work Café

By Bernadette Moorhead

The Social Work Café is a light-hearted educational series all about coffee and conversations with passionate social workers. Whether you are a social work student or practitioner in any part of the w... more

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How many episodes does The Social Work Café have?

The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.

The Social Work Café episodes:

December 03, 2024 How can Social Workers be Politically Active?
In this bonus episode I am joined by a very special guest, Denis Ginnivan, a social worker who has lots of experience working at the grassroots level to facilitate political engagement of citizens. Denis talks with me about his fascinating social work career and how he became involved with local politics as a founding member of Voices for Indi, which has led him to share his experiences and expertise with other communities and social workers through Voices for Australia.
Learn More
Learn more about Denis here.
Visit the Voices for Indi website to learn more and find their social media handles.
Check out their book Voices for Indi: The Indi Way (Denis co-wrote the book).
You can connect with Denis on Linkedin.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
1h 14min
November 05, 2024 What Does Social Work Practice Look Like in the Defence Forces?
Welcome back to the Social Work Café. This week I am
joined by another former study buddy, the fabulous Sim Rajkumar, who is an experienced social worker, especially in the area of Defence. This is a field of practice that employs a number of social workers and yet does not get much focus or coverage in our social work programs. It’s time to pull back the curtain and learn more about social work practice in the context of the Defence Forces.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, nd sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
42min
October 01, 2024 What Does Reflective Supervision Really Look Like?
Welcome to the latest episode of the Social Work Café. Supervision is a highly regarded professional development activity in social work. Yet, it is often reduced to an administrative or managerial task. I talk with an experienced social work supervisor, Jazmin Pursell, about how the supervision relationship can be set up so that critical reflection is central to the process and can be mutually beneficial for those involved.

Learn More
Click here to learn more about an article on quality supervision.
Click here to learn about an article on how supervision can involve dual learning.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
48min
September 03, 2024 How Does Social Work Identity Change Over Time?
Welcome back to the Social Work Café, where this week
we return to my favourite topic – professional identity in social work. In this episode, one of my dear colleagues, Garth Norris is joining me in the café for some reflection on his career and ever-changing social work
identity. Garth has enjoyed a whole range of jobs, and is now straddling his academic hat with his leadership hat as CEO of Endeavour Mental Health Recovery Clubhouse in Port Macquarie. Garth is keen to share his journey and the ways in which his social work identity continues to evolve.

Learn More
Click here to learn more about Garth.
Check out this interesting article on the role of dress in professional identity.
Check out this article on early career social work and professional identity.
Check out this article about political identity in social work.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
57min
July 30, 2024 How are Social Workers using Digital Technologies?
Welcome back to The Social Work Café, where this week we go digital. When it comes to using digital technologies, the global pandemic has shifted a lot of perceptions and sped up the transition to online practice. While going online comes with a lot of benefits, there are
also a range of ethical and practical challenges that social workers need to carefully navigate. To explore this exciting space, I am joined in the café by an amazing social worker, Melinda Green, who leads the student counselling and wellbeing service at Charles Sturt University.

Learn More
Click here for information about an article on human rights and digital technologies.
Click here for information on an article about ethical standards for digital practice.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
36min
June 25, 2024 How do social workers practice in rural health roles?
Welcome to the latest episode of the Social Work Café. In season 1, we covered social work in the health sector. This week we return to that topic by looking at social work practice in rural health settings. I speak with an
incredibly experienced social worker, Liz McRae, who has done just about any health role. Liz shares her wisdom about health social work and how she achieves our professional objectives in rural settings.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
42min
May 28, 2024 How do trauma-informed social workers support their communities?
Welcome back to the latest episode of the Social
Work Café. One of the most popular episodes of season 1 was about trauma-informed social work. So, let’s dive deeper into this topic by taking a closer look
at a new trauma-informed hub that was launched in early 2024 in Albury-Wodonga, Australia. The hub is directed by two experienced social workers, Emilia Barrow and Cassandra Cuttler. They both join me in the café to talk about how they have setup their hub to be trauma-informed and their plans for sharing their expertise with other individuals and organisations.

Learn more
Click here for information on an article about trauma-informed social work.
Click here for details about another interesting article on trauma-informed approaches.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
38min
April 23, 2024 How can field placement develop disruptive social workers?
Welcome back to the Social Work Café. Field placement is essential for students to develop their professional identities and social work practice framework. It is also an ideal setting to learn how to become a disruptive social worker! To explore this tantalising topic, I am joined by the
fabulous Dr Shirley Ledger who did her PhD in this area. We explore disruptive social work practice and the ways in which social work students and qualified practitioners can acquire the skills needed to achieve our professional objectives despite challenging practice contexts.

Learn more
Click here to connect with Shirley.
Click here for information on an interesting article co-written by Shirley.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
48min
March 26, 2024 How are Social Workers Changing Youth Mental Health Practice?
It is not uncommon for some people to be deemed too “complex” or “difficult” to treat in the mental health system. In this episode of the Social Work Cafe, we meet a passionate social work therapist and advocate who is determined to address those outdated ideas. Alex Wilson is an experienced practitioner with her own private practice, Mindful Recovery. Alex shares her social work perspective on working in the mental health space, especially with young people who get thrown onto the merry-go-round of mental health services.

Learn more
Click here to learn more about Alex and her private practice.
Click here to learn more about dialectical behavioural therapy.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
58min
February 27, 2024 Wilderness Therapy: Does Social Work have a Wild Side?
Episode summary
Dr Will Dobud is back in the café to explore the wild side of social work! He survived chatting with me about feedback-informed treatment in season 1. This time he is going to speak with us his number one passion of wilderness therapy. Will is going to clarify some terminology in this field, as well as explain the theory and practice methods that are common to this field. Be sure to stick around for this advice on how to work in this exciting field.

Learn More
Click here to find out more about Will’s research.
Click here to find out more about Will’s podcast – Adventure Therapy Collective Podcast.
Click here to learn more about the Hell camp documentary Netflix.

How you can get involved
Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.
You can connect with me via the details below.
Click here to connect with me on Instagram.
Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
...more
1h 19min

FAQs about The Social Work Café:

How many episodes does The Social Work Café have?

The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.

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