The Social Work Café

There has been a green explosion of social work literature on environmental social work. To help us make sense of what this all means for social work practice, the wonderful Associate Professor Heather Boetto and social worker, Laura Fletcher are joining us in the café. Heather and Laura have been researching, teaching, and doing community projects in this exciting area for a number of years. Together, they offer a lot of inspiration about the necessity of environmental social work and how you can incorporate it into your practice.

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Click here to read an article Laura wrote for the AASW Social Work Focus bulletin (starts on p.28).

Click here to learn more about Heather’s research.

Click here for details of an article that Heather recommends.

Click here for another fabulous article that Heather recommends.

Click here for details of a symposium presentation involving practitioner perspectives

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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Social workers are being increasingly employed by public libraries. I am incredibly excited to learn more about this burgeoning field of practice. Joining me in

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Patrick is more than happy for you to contact him via email: [email protected]

Click here to read a blog post written by Patrick.

Click here to listen to a conference presentation delivered by Patrick.

Click here for details on a peer reviewed article written by Patrick.

Click here for details about Whole Person Librarianship.

Click here for details and recordings from the CSU Social Work in Libraries Symposium in late 2022, courtesy of my dear colleague A/Prof Karen

Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast

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What does a social work practice framework look like? In this episode, we have the perfect guest to explore this question. Sue Wilkins is an experienced practitioner, academic, and early-career researcher. Like me, she has an enduring passion for social work developing and promoting our collective identity. In our conversation, Sue inspires us to think about the components of a social work practice framework that could help us to better articulate who we are as a

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Click here for details about Chenoweth and McAuliffe’s introductory book that I mention

Click here for details about an interesting article on this topic.

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Episode summary

Let’s talk about sex. No, put the 80s crimping iron down! Sexual and reproductive health issues are rarely addressed in social work education and practice. It’s time to examine these taboo subjects and the role social workers can play in this field. Our guest is the wonderful Katie Murrell-Orgill, another very dear friend and former study buddy. Katie is now an incredibly experienced psychosexual therapist and has lots of great insights to offer about a social work perspective on sex therapy.

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Click here to check out Katie’s website.

Click here to read the WHO overview statement on sexual health.

Click here for details about the PLISSIT model Katie highly recommends and says is transferable for social work practice.

Click here for details about the media interview I mention at the end of the episode.

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Episode Summary

Today our guest is my dear friend and colleague, Cat Crutchett, who is a senior social worker in health. We studied together, and across her career, Cat has been employed in a number of exciting hospital and community health roles. In this episode, I talk with Cat about social work practise across the health sector, as well as how perceptions of social work are finally shifting in a positive direction with colleagues and members of the public.

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Click here for details on an interesting article about social work in health

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Episode summary

There are some really intriguing changes going on at the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW). To find out more, we are joined by the fabulous Cindy Smith, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the AASW. Cindy reflects on her journey as CEO and how she has made it her mission to promote professional identity through the AASW. Her passion for this topic is infectious, so tune in to learn more about how you can get involved.

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Click here to learn more about Cindy.

Click here to listen to Cindy talk about leadership on the AASW’s podcast.

Click here to learn more about the AASW.

Click here to follow the AASW on Facebook.

Click here to learn more about credential opportunities at the AASW.

Click here for some broader literature on the impacts of de-professionalisation.

Click here for one of my articles on sustaining professional identity.

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Social Work Café. We start this exciting journey with the main question of season 01: what is social work? Joining me in the café is a very dear colleague, Katrina Gersbach. I ask Katrina about how she discovered social work and determined it was the right profession for her. She shares some great insights that can help students and practitioners explain social work clearly to others.

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Click here to check out Katrina’s academic profile.

Click here to learn more about studying social work.

Click here for a CSU social work taster course.

How you can get involved

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Welcome to the launch of the Social Work Café podcast. I’m your host, Bernadette Moorhead, aka Dr B. In this brief trailer, I tell you more about season 01 of this exciting educational series, and how you can become a friend of the podcast. 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.

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Click here to read the blog post for this launcher trailer (there will be memes!)

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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.

Feel free to reach out to me with questions and topic ideas for the podcast.

Email: [email protected]

Social work shout out

A big thank you to my CSU colleagues who shared their expertise with me about podcasting, especially Dr. Will Dobud, Tim Crutchett, and Damian Moloney. And, of course, Dr. Belinda Cash for her unwavering support and wicked humour.

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.