Events Calendar

Join us for this popular lunchtime webinar with well-known presenter Alexis Stonebridge, social worker at Slater and Gordon, to discover the critical intersection between social work and the law.

The webinar will comprise a 45 minute presentation followed by a Q&A session.

We look forward to welcoming social workers from around the country to this compact CPD opportunity!

Legal Issues of Capacity in the Health Arena

Capacity is defined from legal and medical perspectives and how it relates to informed consent for adults and minors. An explanation of the different powers of attorney and how they apply is provided. The role of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) for Guardianship and Administration Orders is discussed. Advance care planning and end of life decisions are explored.

Saturday 26 September at 2.00pm- zoom session.

Hosted by Jacqui Russell

Presentation by John and Mavis Kamara

The WA AASW is pleased to host an online training on Family and Domestic Violence in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities.

Presenter: Dr Torna Pitman. Torna has a PhD in Coercive Control and is currently a practitioner for Engender Equality, a Tasmanian state-wide family violence service. Her specialty is teaching the links between inequality and conversational control, verbal, emotional and psychological abuse.

At this event Torna will provide a clear, conceptual framework, language and techniques to use with clients of all genders who may be perpetrating or affected by an unequal relationship.

The WA AASW is pleased to host an online training on Forced Marriage and Dowry Abuse.

The WA AASW is pleased to host an online training Concepts of hope and commitment to change among Muslims which will explore some concepts related to perceptions of recovery and healing that informed by Islamic concepts.

The WA AASW is pleased to host an online training on Female genital Cutting/Mutilation. The content is relevant to social workers working in a health setting, in particulars OBS and GYNAE, but is relevant to all social workers.