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Allied health attitudes to 'Social Prescribing'
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The AASW is working with Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) and the Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) to understand the use of ‘social prescribing’ by our membership. Social prescribing is increasingly being talked about as an important aspect of care. More people are experiencing chronic conditions, mental ill-health, disability, and age-related frailty and ill-health, and it is clear that appropriate care involves a range of approaches, including consideration of social determinants such as access to safe and affordable housing, education, employment and community connectedness.
We would like to understand if and when you link consumers with programs and services outside of the health system in addition to the clinical care that you provide. The short survey will help us understand how these types of connections might currently be occurring, how well people understand the broader system of supports that are available, and how ‘social prescribing’ could be facilitated. While you may not use the term 'social prescribing', you may well already be helping connect their clients to their community as part of their current work.
Please complete the 5-10 minute survey by 3 November 2019.
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The current edition is on Social Work Research and Its Impacts.
Articles on research by leading social work researchers and academics, guest edited by Clare Tilbury, Christine Bigby, Mark Hughes and Mike Fisher.
Featuring AASW Conference 2019 speakers, Debbie Kilroy (pictured left, on the cover) and Natasha Stott Despoja.
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Next edition: We are seeking practice articles from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Workers for the next edition. Please send them to editor@aasw.asn.au.
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All AASW branch and online events can be found in the events calendar or on SWOT.
ACT
Family Violence Seminar with Christine Craik (3.00pm)
ACT Branch Annual Members Meeting (6.00pm)
Thursday, 14 November
New South Wales
Social Workers in Private Practice (NSW) meeting
Monday, 21 October; by video conference
Aged Care Practice Group meeting
Wednesday, 13 November; teleconferencing available
Environmental Social Work Practice Group
Thursday, 14 November; video conferencing available
Northern Territory
Mindfulness for Helping Professionals (Darwin)
Tuesday, 29 October
NT Branch Annual Members Meeting
Wednesday, 30 October
Queensland
The Forgotten Known - Attachment Theory in Practice - In person/webinar
Thursday, 31 October
The Effects of Caring in Social Work Practice: The Importance of Addressing the Strains that Inevitably Accompany this Work for Social Worker's Health and in Maintaining High Level Practice
Thursday, 7 November
CBT Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy for Working With Trauma Memories
Thursday-Friday, 28-29 November
South Australia
SA Branch Annual Members Meeting (6.00pm)
SA Branch Annual Members Dinner (7.00pm)
Thursday, 17 October
SA Supervision: A Reflective and Developmental Approach with Margaret Morrell
Tuesday-Thursday, 3-5 December
Tasmania
Insiders, Outsiders or In-Betweens? A conversation about international students and skilled migrants in social work
Thursday, 31 October
Victoria
Victorian Branch Annual Members' Meeting
Tuesday, 22 October
Victorian Social Workers in Private Practice: Geelong Network Meeting
Sunday, 27 October
Exploring Mindfulness for Clinical Use: an advanced program exploring evidence-based mindfulness programs **FPS Relevant Activity**
Thursday, 14 November
Limited registrations
Western Australia
Developing digital intelligence, responsibility and resilience in young people for Social Workers
Thursday, 17 October
AASW (WA) Annual Members Meeting 2019 with guest speaker Glenda Kickett
Thursday, 24 October
Webinar - AASW (WA) Annual Members Meeting 2019 with guest speaker Glenda Kickett
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Workshop for field educators/supervisors
Monday, 4 November
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