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National Reconciliation Week 2025 – live webinar
Join us on 4 June for our National Reconciliation Week 2025 live webinar, featuring Dr Christine Fejo-King, a senior Larrakia Elder, social worker and advocate for Indigenous self-determination.
Celebrating our AASW volunteers
This National Volunteer Week, we thank our 400 AASW member volunteers. Your dedication, expertise, and generosity strengthen our social work community.
Medibank now recognises AMHSWs as mental health service providers
Following successful advocacy by the AASW, Medibank members will now be able to claim benefits for services delivered by AMHSWs.
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Upcoming Events
28 May '25, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM GMT+10
Trauma-Informed Care - Effective Psychotherapeutic Interventions
Clinical SW, Mental Health
Join this webinar to explore trauma informed care using psychotherapeutic interventions
02 Jun '25, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10
A Neurobehavioral Bridge - Mapping the Spectrum Between ADHD and ...
Mental Health
Do you know the differences and similarities between borderline personality disorder and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and the impacts ...
04 Jun '25, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM GMT+10
Culturally Safe Supervision - Principles for Supporting First Nations Staff
Clinical SW, Mental Health, Supervision
Join us in this webinar to foster respect, understanding, and empowerment in supervision for First Nations staff
05 Jun '25, 10:30 AM-13:30 PM GMT+10
Psychoneuroimmunology - Mind Body Science for Social Workers (FPS-CPD) (June 2025)
Clinical SW, Mental Health
Join us in this workshop that unlocks how PNI studies how thoughts, emotions and health are intimately linked.
10 Jun '25, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10
Citizen Not Saviour - Community Development and Mental Health in ...
Mental Health
Together, we can create a framework for understanding and addressing loneliness through collaboration and community strength.
11 Jun '25, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM GMT+10
Neurodivergent Affirming Supervision - Practical Tools for Supervising Autistic and ...
Clinical SW, Mental Health, Supervision
Join us for a webinar on understanding challenges faced by Neurodivergent supervisees and applying Neurodivergent-Affirming supervision approaches.
12 Jun '25, 13:00 PM-15:00 PM GMT+10
Psychoneuroimmunology - Clinical Applications in Social Work (FPS-CPD) (June 2025)
Clinical SW, Mental Health
Join us in this workshop to explore the connection between thoughts, emotions, and health as part of holistic clinical practice.
12 Jun '25, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM GMT+10
Emotional Regulation, Communication Skills in Complex Trauma
Clinical SW, Family & Domestic Violence, Mental Health
Discovering the development of emotional regulation in the face of mental and physical illness, violence, disempowerment or miscommunication.
13 Jun '25, 07:00 AM-15:00 PM GMT+08
Introduction to Best Practice for Supervision – June 2025 (In Person – Perth)
Supervision
This introductory course will prepare you to provide best practice supervision, create a safe and reflective space, and support the ...
17 Jun '25, 10:00 AM-13:00 PM GMT+10
Psychology, Ontology and Cosmology - A Narrative, Mythopoetic Approach to ...
Mental Health
Is it possible for Social Workers to confidently work with spiritual distress presented by clients seeking psychological assessment and treatment ...
18 Jun '25, 10:30 AM-14:00 PM GMT+10
Practical Reflective Practices – A Critical Component of the Trauma-Informed Approach
Clinical SW, Mental Health
Join us to learn how to implement reflective practices effectively in trauma-informed work for improved outcomes.
19 Jun '25 - 26 Jun '25, 10:00 AM-13:30 PM GMT+10
Introduction to Best Practice for Supervision - June 2025
Supervision
This virtual workshop series will equip you with contemporary knowledge, tools and skills and set you on a clear path ...
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