Events Calendar

1.5 CPD hours

Training: Working with Grief & Loss.

Presenter: Kylie Duncan is a Community Palliative Care Social Worker with NSW Health. With AASW Accredited Mental Health status and a wealth of experience working with grief and loss, this training is a must for social workers wishing to develop their skill set within this area.

7.5 CPD hours

Do you work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a role that is not specifically therapy or counselling, but you still want to apply culturally appropriate trauma-informed principles to your work?

This training, subsidised by the AASW as part of our Reconciliation Action Plan, aims to enable social workers in non-therapeutic roles to enhance their understanding of the complex, collective and intergenerational trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and to work in ways which enhance safety, minimise re-traumatisation and support healing.

This training is suitable for social workers who work in health, housing, employment, disability, aged care, child protection and similar services. It is also suitable for counselling or mental health social workers who wish to explore the particular types, dynamics and impacts of trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples, but doesn’t address therapeutic work directly.

*Subsidised by the AASW as part of our Reconciliation Action Plan*

*Can count towards AASW Mental Health Accreditation CPD requirements*

2.5 CPD hours

The AASW NSW Aged Care Practice Group meets bimonthly at locations across Sydney. Social workers across the public and private sector working in the field of aged care are welcome to attend.

The purpose of the group is to discuss relevant issues affecting social work practice in aged care, provide a networking platform for workers across NSW and provide ongoing professional development.

This meeting will include an interactive presentation from Regis and Alzheimer’s Australia.

The Student Series: Social Workers in Practice provides opportunity for students to hear from professional social workers about their work and build connections within the profession. There are 8 events planned for 2019, between March and November.

Our July speaker will be Linda Ford.

Linda is an Aboriginal woman from North West Queensland with 25 years experience as a social worker in rural, remote and urban areas.

Please note the change of date from 4 to 16 July. Linda will now present in person, as well as by webinar.

1.5 CPD hours

Any interested social worker or student is invited to attend the next meeting of the Environmental Social Work Practice Group.

Video conferencing available.

4 CPD hours

The next Palliative Care Social Workers Practice Group meeting will be held on Tuesday 30 July at the AASW NSW Branch office (rescheduled from 26 June).

The Palliative Care Social Worker Practice Group is open to qualified social workers and social work students who work with palliative care patients in hospice, community settings and hospital settings.

Video/teleconferencing available

The Student Series: Social Workers in Practice provides opportunity for students to hear from professional social workers about their work and build connections within the profession. There are 8 events planned for 2019, between March and November.

Our August speaker will be Liam McGovern.

Liam works as a policy officer for the NSW Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People (ACYP), an independent statutory office focusing on the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. He undertakes research and drafts submissions that contribute to the policy process and inform decision makers. Prior to this, Liam worked with the NSW Services for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) in their School Liaison Team. Since 2017, Liam has served on the executive of the Social Work in Disability Practice Group (SWID), initially as the Student Representative and now Deputy Convener.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Video conferencing available

2 CPD hours

SWID is an AASW practice group for social workers working in the field of disability services, both in government and non-government organisations. Its main purpose is to facilitate support, networking, lobbying and professional development. Any social worker in the field of disability, from any organisation is welcome to join.

Video conferencing available.

A gold coin donation is requested, to go towards morning tea for the next meeting

1.5 CPD hours

Agenda includes acknowledgement of Overdose Awareness Day, which is on 31 August.

Training: Self-care in mental health recovery

Presenter: Sue Aenishaenslin has a wealth of experience using recovery models of practice within the field of mental health.

The Student Series: Social Workers in Practice provides opportunity for students to hear from professional social workers about their work and build connections within the profession. There are 8 events planned for 2019, between March and November.

Our September speaker will be Anita Willey, who will present by webinar.

Anita is a social worker who lives and works in the Central West region of NSW and represents a regional voice on the AASW NSW Branch Management Committee. Anita has worked with people from vulnerable backgrounds including homeless youth and adults in Canberra, children at significant risk of harm in Tasmania, and asylum seekers on Nauru. Anita worked as a refugee assessor in Sydney and was employed by Population Health to assist the Tasmanian Government in responding to the health needs of settled refugees. After completing maternity leave and choosing Bathurst as her home 11 years ago, Anita has worked in various mental health settings and is now the team leader of specialist mental health services in the regional town of Bathurst. She presents at conferences on topics including trauma, suicide and self-harm, and voice hearing and has been invited to speak to many local services about mental health and wellbeing. Anita is committed to continued professional development and is dedicated to the social work profession.

15 CPD hours

This training is designed for practitioners who work in a counselling and/or therapeutic relationship with complex trauma clients, and utilise clinical assessment, case formulation and treatment/care planning in their daily practice. This two-day interactive professional development training presents the three-phased approach for working ‘bottom up and top down’ with clients who have complex trauma histories. Informed by current research, it assumes foundational knowledge around complex trauma, trauma-informed practice, attachment theory and affective neuroscience, and builds on it.

*Can count towards AASW Mental Health Accreditation CPD requirements*

3.5 CPD hours

The AASW NSW Aged Care Practice Group meets bimonthly at locations across Sydney. Social workers across the public and private sector working in the field of aged care are welcome to attend.

The purpose of the group is to discuss relevant issues affecting social work practice in aged care, provide a networking platform for workers across NSW and provide ongoing professional development.

The Student Series: Social Workers in Practice provides opportunity for students to hear from professional social workers about their work and build connections within the profession. There are 8 events planned for 2019, between March and November.

Our October session will give tips on securing your first job - and navigating the transition from student to working social worker.

Light refreshments will be provided.

1.5 CPD hours

Agenda includes acknowledgement of Blue Knot Day.

Training: Working with adult survives of childhood trauma.

Presenter: Sue Partridge, AMHSW and Certified Neuropsychotherapy Practitioner

2.5 CPD hours

The AASW NSW Aged Care Practice Group meets bimonthly at locations across Sydney. Social workers across the public and private sector working in the field of aged care are welcome to attend.

The purpose of the group is to discuss relevant issues affecting social work practice in aged care, provide a networking platform for workers across NSW and provide ongoing professional development.