Updates
Register now for the next Celebrating Excellence PhD Webinar
Are you currently, or thinking of becoming, a PhD student? Join us for the next Celebrating Excellence PhD Webinar on 18 June. This webinar is free for AASW members.
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Advocacy update – May
Through advocacy, the AASW is leading change, addressing the issues shaping people’s lives and highlighting the impact of social work across Australia. Click below for May’s updates.
Meet the new voice of our membership line recording
When you call us, you’ll hear from AASW’s own Ethics and Professional Standards Officer, Maria – the voice of our recorded messages. Read the article to learn more about her social work background and her role with the AASW.
Upcoming Events
21 May '26, 10:00 AM-13:30 PM GMT+10:00
Beyond Self-Care - What Neuroscience is Teaching Us About the ...
Clinical SW, Mental Health
Join us to explore empathy’s impact, build resilience, and develop strategies for sustainable, compassionate social work.
26 May '26, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10:00
Across Generations: Practical Tools for Mental Health Conversations in CaLD ...
Mental Health
A 3-hour online workshop giving social workers practical tools to open culturally safe mental-health conversations in CaLD families. Learn to ...
Webinar
15 Jun '26, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM GMT+10:00
Working With AI in Social Work Practice: Harm, Help, and ...
Disability, Mental Health
Live webinar for social workers on clients’ use of AI chatbots. Covers impacts, benefits, risks, and ethics, plus practical frameworks ...
15 Jun '26, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10:00
The Iron Cage of Bureaucracy - Asylum Seekers and Moral ...
Mental Health
Explore asylum seeker and refugee experiences, understanding moral injury, trauma, loss, and grief, while learning compassionate, trauma-informed frameworks for support.
Webinar
23 Jun '26, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM GMT+10:00
Clinical Strategies for Parts Work in EMDR Therapy (FPS-CPD) - ...
Clinical SW, Mental Health
This webinar teaches practitioners to work with clients’ “parts” using EMDR. It focuses on trauma, dissociation, and nervous system regulation, ...
25 Jun '26, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10:00
Data-Driven Social Work - Turning Insights into Impact - June 2026
Clinical SW
Join us to transform everyday data into powerful evidence that strengthens practice, advocacy, and impact.
29 Jun '26, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10:00
Integrating Nervous System Knowledge into Biopsychosocial Assessment and Treatment Planning ...
Clinical SW, Mental Health
Reframing behaviour through a nervous-system-informed lens to deepen assessment, formulation, and therapeutic change in social work practice.
07 Jul '26, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10:00
Supervision That Sees Me: Culturally Responsive Supervision for CaLD Social ...
Mental Health, Supervision
This interactive 3-hour online workshop helps social work supervisors explore how culture and identity shape supervision for CaLD workers, offering ...
14 Jul '26 - 21 Jul '26, 10:00 AM-13:30 PM GMT+10:00
Introduction to Best Practice for Supervision - July 2026
Supervision
This virtual workshop series will equip you with contemporary knowledge, tools and skills and set you on a clear path ...
21 Jul '26, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM GMT+10:00
The Use of EMDR in Assisting With Neurodiverse Clients (FPS-CPD)
Clinical SW, Family & Domestic Violence, Mental Health
A webinar for experienced EMDR therapists on adapting therapy for neurodivergent clients. Covers practical, lifespan-informed strategies, cultural understanding, and addressing “...
12 Aug '26, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10:00
Navigating Ethical Complexities in Mental Health Social Work - August 2026
Clinical SW, Mental Health
Join us in this workshop to strengthen ethical decision-making in practice.
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