The Social Work Café

By Bernadette MoorheadEducation

The Social Work Café episodes

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
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36 min
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.
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Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
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42 min
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.
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38 min
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.
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48 min
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.
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Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
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58 min
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.
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Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
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1 hr 19 min
February 20, 2024 Season 2 Launch Trailer
Welcome to the launch of season 2 of the Social Work Café
podcast. I’m your host, Bernadette Moorhead, aka Dr B. In this brief trailer, I reveal what’s in store for season 2, including the question that each guest will answer. Whether you are a social work student or practitioner in any part of the world, this podcast is for you. So go brew your favourite drink and join me in the Social Work Café.

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.
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Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Social Work Café Podcast is produced on Wiradjuri Country. I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and would also like to pay my respects to Wiradjuri Elders past and present, as well as any First Nations listeners.

Disclaimer
The views, opinions, and ideas expressed in this podcast
are solely those of the host and guests and do not reflect the views of their employers or any other institution.
3 min
December 19, 2023 Season 1 Review - So, What is Social Work?
For our last episode for 2023, I’m joined in the Social Work Café by Kasey Henshaw, a dedicated listener who is about to graduate! We’re going to talk about what she has gained from listening to season 1 of the podcast and how she would answer that all-important question: What is social work? Dr. B will chime in with her very own answer as well.

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.
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Click here to read the blog post for this episode.
Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.
55 min
October 17, 2023 Is Social Work Feminist Enough?
Welcome back to the Social Work Café. As a profession largely consisting of women, it is no surprise that many social workers embrace a feminist worldview. We are passionate about liberation, class struggle, and addressing gendered injustices, which are exemplified in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With this in mind, does contemporary social work adequately centre feminist theory and practice? To examine this question, Jac McNamara, from our recent bonus episode, is back in the
café to talk about feminism in social work. We cannot promise that bras won’t be burned during this episode.

Learn more
You can contact Jac via her email: [email protected]
Click here to read more about Jac.
Click here to read a recent blog post written by Jac on this topic.
Click here to learn about the Helem Yumba Healing Place.
Click here to learn about the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide Conference.
Click here to download the complete works of Andrea Dworkin for free (Right-wing Women and Woman Hating are
highly recommended by Jac).
Click here to learn more about Gail Dines.
Click here to access Feminism is for everybody: Passion politics, by bell hooks.
Click here for details about Patriarchy, by Pavla Miller.
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.
59 min
October 03, 2023 What Makes Social Work a Global Profession?
Episode summary
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) plays a key role in promoting our profession at a global level, especially through the international definition of social work. But what is it that makes social work a global profession? In this episode, I speak with Dr. Sebastian Cordoba, an Australian social work educator at RMIT and member of the IFSW Asia-Pacific Regional Representatives of the United Nations Commission. He tells us about his fascinating macro work and what makes social work a global profession, particularly considering our diverse contexts.

Learn more
Click here to learn more about Dr. Cordoba.
Click here to learn more about The International Federation of Social Workers.
Click here to sign up for the free IFSW e-newsletter.
Click here for details on an interesting article about globalising social work.
Click here for another interesting article about the global definition.

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.
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