This Complex Life

Managing Burnout in Private Practice.

Karen shares with listeners her Social Work journey. We talk about working with women and children, managing burnout and the importance of supervision.

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Contact Karen

http://karenbarrett.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/karenbarrettclincalsocialworker/

In this episode, Jack shares his passion for policy. He highlights some of the roles social workers can play that are not in direct practice, and how valuable and important those roles are

Katilin is a recent graduate currently working in Katherine NT in an aboriginal controlled health service as a dual diagnosis worker. 

The work she does is complex for so many reasons , and she was considering working up to the Northern Territory; she struggled to find any information about what social work would look like in that area.

Kaitlin shares with listeners how she has made a network and formed a community, managing boundaries in a small town and being a graduate social worker working away from home. 

Resources mentioned by Kaitlin

https://ntgpe.org/workingwell/pdf/kartiya_are_like%20_toyotas.pdf 

How are you showing up in the job hunting space? With Kate Taylor

Founder and managing director of TaylorCare group Kate Taylor,  runs a recruitment agency in community services for 8 years and is a RUOK Ambassador and entrepreneur.

 In this episode Kate Taylor shares some of her tips to improve your resume and cover letter. She talks about how all communication you have is part of the first impression.

Listen to the episode to find some ways to improve your resume ,cover letter and some tips to make you more employable and a more successful candidate in the jobhunting space

In todays interview she answers the following questions

1. How can we make sure our application stands out when applying for jobs? 
2. Why now is ideal time to move jobs post pandemic and restrictions lifting 
3. What are recruiters & employers looking for when shortlisting people’s applications 
4. What support is available with cover letters & cvs 
5. What’s your secret top tip for interviews in community services.

Check out our previous interview → Episode 24 you don't get a second chance to make a first impression 

attend a Youth Mental Health First Aid training https://thetherapyhub.com.au/youth-mental-health-first-aid/

Future proof your career

https://www.taylorcare.com.au/future-proof-your-career

Supporting father with Don Alford

This episode's guest is Dom. Dom Alford works as A Project Coordinator - Support for Fathers at Relationships Australia Victoria. 

Resources from todays episode

https://www.relationshipsvictoria.com.au/

https://supportforfathers.com.au/

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Amberly shares her experience working in disability services as a support worker. She has worked through recent bushfires the Covid 19 pandemic and lockdown and currently dealing with flooding.

We talk about self-care ,advocacy, intersectionality and working with high support needs . Amberly shares her ideas on how to get through so many difficult environmental and community based crises and stresses. 

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Exploring mindfulness with Associate Professor Craig Hassed.

Associate Professor Craig Hassed, shares with listeners some of basics of mindfulness, what it is, how we can do it and what the benefits are. He also shares how we can use it to reduce our own mental clutter while also sharing tips on how to  introduce it in our work.

About Associate Professor Craig Hassed.

Associate Professor Craig Hassed OAM has been working within the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University since 1989. He now also teaches into a number of other faculties and is coordinator of mindfulness programs across Monash. His teaching, research and clinical interests include mindfulness, mind-body medicine, lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine and medical ethics. Craig developed and integrated into the Monash medical curriculum the world-first mindfulness-based healthy lifestyle course called the Health Enhancement Program. He has authored over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is regularly invited to speak and run courses in Australia and overseas in health, educational, government and corporate contexts. Craig has collaborated with a number of Australian and international universities helping them to integrate similar content. Craig was the founding president of Meditation Australia, is a regular media commentator, and has published 13 books and 14 book chapters. Craig featured in the documentaries, The Connection, and My Year of Living Mindfully. He co-authored with Richard Chambers the two free online Mindfulness courses in collaboration with Monash University and FutureLearn, both of which are rated by Class Central among the leading online courses in the world. In 2019 Craig was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to Medicine.

Links to resources mentioned  

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy course 

https://www.monash.edu/medicine/scs/southern-synergy/mindfulness/mbct-prof-training 

Future learn, mindfulness for peak performance 

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/mindfulness-wellbeing-performance 

Craigs book - new edition coming out June 2021

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 Working with young people in forensic services  

In this episode, Susan Hancox shares her experience working in forensics services. She shares with the listeners her journey into social work and further studies in psychology. We discuss the raise the age campaign and some of the reasons that social workers, other allied health, and medical professionals were advocating to increase the age of criminal responsibility.

Some resources and readings recommended by Sussie

http://www.worthasecondchance.com.au/take-action/raise-the-age/

https://www.racp.edu.au/news-and-events/media-releases/doctors-lawyers-experts-unite-in-call-to-raise-age-of-criminal-responsibility

age of criminal responsibility - RACP

Following Universal Children’s Day, doctors, lawyers, health and human rights experts from across Australia are calling for the age when children can be held criminally liable to be raised to at least 14 years so that primary school-aged children are not entangled in the criminal justice system.

www.racp.edu.au

https://jss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Raising-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-There-is-a-better-way.pdf

Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility

Internationally, strong systems support children in trouble in meaningful and holistic ways. These examples show us that raising the age of criminal responsibility is possible.

jss.org.au

https://www.raisetheage.org.au/

Raise The Age

Our petition. To my State Premier or Chief Minister and State/Territory Attorney-General, right now in our state children between 10 and 13 years olds are locked up in prison. Medical experts say that children’s brains are still developing, especially the parts that regulate judgment, decision-making and impulse control.

www.raisetheage.org.au

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-27/raise-the-age-of-child-criminal-responsibility-in-australia/12483178

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Jude is an accredited mental health social worker, counsellor and therapist. In this week's episode, she shares with listeners her journey leading to working in perinatal and infant mental health. She talks about some of the challenges working in that space and what it can bring up for you about your own childhood and relationships within your family. Jude discusses some of the main theoretical frameworks that she uses in her work and talks about how she integrates them when working with parents and babies. Jude has a passion for learning and is a lifelong learner , she encourages listeners to read as many resources as they can attend professional development opportunities and find a really good supervisor and peer group to support you in your journey in your selected field.

Resources Jude Mentions 

https://marcesociety.com/ 

https://www.aaimh.org.au/

https://waimh.org/

https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/

Books 

Becoming Attached by Robert Karen

The Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert

Attachment in Psychotherapy by David Wallin

Another Chance to be Real by  Donald and Deandra Roberts

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In this week's episode, I interview Justine Grimmer about her experiences working in ED mental health services. Justine has come into social work after a number of years working in welfare and community development roles and several attempts at trying to work at the teacher. She found her heart was in social work, went back to university in her 30’s to study social work. She has worked in a range of different settings and in a range of services. Justine shares with listeners her journey to social work her experience working in hospital social work and some of the challenges that can come working in multidisciplinary teams within a medical model.

Justine's tips for social work students and new graduates is to get to know yourself, to understand what drives you, what challenges you and what's important to you.

Justine recognises the importance of supervision and connecting with other social workers and recommend a few different options for connecting with other social workers and professional networks. 

https://www.aasw.asn.au/practitioner-resources/practice-groups

https://www.aasw.asn.au/professional-development/continuing-professional-development-cpd 

https://www.mhpod.gov.au/

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