In this episode, Lachlan Slade shares some of his experiences working in rural communities. We talk about some of the challenges of living and working close to your clients and how to have a conversation about appropriate boundaries. Lachlan shares…
Read More Working close to home, experiences of a social worker in rural Victoria.
In this week's episode Louise Hayes explains some of the basic principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT. Louise is a clinical psychologist, peer reviewed ACT trainer, an academic, author, speaker and active philanthropist. Louise uses ACT with young people…
This week's episode Lillian shares some ways we can manage anxiety during tough times. We talk about needing alone time, balancing work-life balance and how to support someone when they share with you when they’re in distress. Lillian Nejad, PhD,…
Episode 17 Finding your area of flow and passion, working in private practice with Cathy Love
In this episode I talk with Kylie King about male suicide. We discuss the language to use when talking about suicide , look at the statistics in Australia and in particular men's mental health. While unpacking ideas of masculinity we…
Read More Man up, talking men’s mental health with Kylie King
In this episode we talk about how to make the most of supervision, how to be a supervisor and some of the issues social workers encounter when running a business. Jane shares her experience working in a range of fields…
Read More Don’t worry if you make mistakes. Talking business and supervision with Jane Wexler.
Throughout Laura's work with people she heard a lot of people talking about being lonely. Some were well connected and well resourced individuals that they were not getting enough social connection. This sparked an idea. Laura Rouhan is the co…
Jo is doing her final year of a Masters of Social Work (Qualifying), and is currently supporting caseworkers working with vulnerable families and children. Alice is a social worker in a residential educational setting and recently graduated from a Masters…
Recently I was interviewed for the Social Work Talks quarterly newsletter. Check out the full newsletter and the piece about the inside social work podcast click below.
In this episode, Sarah and I talk about the challenges of working with schools and balancing wellbeing and student academic outcomes. Sarah shares some of the various programs some schools are implementing to support students with their wellbeing and mental…
