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Dr Claire Kelly talks about Youth Mental Health First Aid.
Dr Claire Kelly is the Manager of Research and Evaluation at MHFA Australia. Claire has been involved with MHFA since 2003, when she first became an instructor while completing her Doctorate at the Centre for Mental Health Research at the…
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How to build a close and trusting relationship with clients while maintaining professional boundaries.
What are professional boundaries? While thinking about this topic I went through some of my old textbooks and none of them had anything about boundaries. I found it interesting that something so fundamental to our work it not explicitly taught…
Becoming a social worker, the joys, challenges and struggles .
Vittorio and I share stories of why we got into social work, sharing some of our challenges, struggles and memorable moments. Vittorio has been a social worker for over 40 years, with experience in health care, teaching and private practice.…
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Counselling children affected by family breakdown. Working with families and children in mediation, dispute resolution and family conflict.
Interview with Verity Best and Josette Gardiner : Counselling for children affected by family breakdown. Working with families and children in mediation, dispute resolution and family conflict. In this interview with Verity and Josette, co-directors of focus counselling service, we…
Growing a social worker, talking student placements and the importance of supervision with Ronnie Egan.
With Associate Professor Ronnie Egan, we explore the need for quality student placements, what stops people from taking on a student and the unexpected learnings and rewards. We discuss some of the support and training options available to those interested…
Social Change Through an Employment Training Program, with Grant Holland.
Episode 2 Social Change Through an Employment Training Program, with Grant Holland. In this interview with CEO Grant Holland, we discuss his journey from working with cars to becoming a Social Worker and Family Therapist. We take a look at…
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Where Social Work and the Law Meet: Developing a Social Work Service in a Private Law Firm, with Olga Gountras.
Episode 1: is an interview with Olga Gountras, National Manager of Social Work Services at Slater and Gordon. Listen to how Olga developed the first social work service in a private law firm, now celebrating its 10th year. Hear about…
Episode 0
Welcome to episode 0: Introduction to Inside Social Work This podcast episode will look a little different to future episodes Its a chance for you to get to know the host Marie Vakakis and hear about her motivations for the…