Events Calendar

A 2 year nationally accredited post graduate training program in Family and Systemic Therapy. It is designed to equip participants with the core and specific competencies for systemic and family therapy practice.

*FPS Relevant Activity*

This meeting is for Social Workers working in the disability field and/or with NDIS in their agency or private practice.

Please note this workshop is now at capacity and no more registrations can be taken.

This online version of the ever-popular two-day workshop has designed offer a comprehensive and accessible exploration of the broad and eclectic strategies contained in the Medicare Protocol.

This program will being running on Wednesdays from April 21 through to May 26. We will have a parallel program running on Thursdays running from April 22 through to May 27. If the Thursday program suits you better, here is the registration link.

0.5 CPD hour

Challenges for social workers working with refugees in Australia in both offshore and onshore detention.

Presenter: Mark Isaacs

This AASW NSW Connect:ED webinar is part of a series helping Social Workers to connect with new ideas and reflect on their own practice. We focus on bringing everyday social workers to talk about their practice, ideas and experiences of social work.

Webinars are 30 minutes (including short Q&A) and where agreed with the presenter, will be recorded for those who cannot participate in real time.

Registrations are open to everyone nationally.

Date: Wednesday 21 April 2021

Time: 12noon (AEDT)

Location: Online. Zoom link provided on registration.

This webinar is designed to assist new and established professionals to develop and build on their skills to increase their confidence with engaging and supporting alongside, those in the trans and gender diverse community.

This webinar provides 1 hour CPD activity attributable to all credentials.

This workshop has reach capacity. The waiting list is also at capacity.
This online version of the ever-popular two-day workshop has designed offer a comprehensive and accessible exploration of the broad and eclectic strategies contained in the Medicare Protocol.

Beginning with a brief historical overview of mental health interventions, we then investigate the theoretical underpinnings, diagnostic categories and treatment strategies of the four main therapeutic modalities: psychological (cognitive behavioural therapy and neuroscience), psychotherapeutic (the unconscious mind and ‘therapeutic relationship’), systemic (family and narrative) and holistic (mindfulness and mind/body).

This series of online workshops has been designed to support social workers looking continue their professional development in an interactive, virtual small group environment.

CPD: 9 hours - Category 2: Skills and Knowledge

**FPS Relevant Activity**

**Can count towards AASW Mental Health Accreditation CPD requirements**

This program will being running on Thursdays from April 22 through to May 27. We will have a parallel program running on Wednesdays running from April 21 through to May 26. If the Wednesday program suits you better, here is the registration link.

Topic: What do you do for work? Um…

Presenter: Sandi Brown

Sandi Brown is an Early Childhood Educator and Social Worker with over 20 years of experience working with children and families. Sandi is passionate about children’s right personal and sexual safety. Sandi manages a children’s sexual abuse counselling service that works with children who have experienced sexual abuse or sexual assault and those who display problematic or harmful sexual behaviours.

Date: Friday 23 April 2021

Time: 12noon-12.30pm (Brisbane)

Venue: Online. Zoom link provided on registration.

The WA AASW is pleased to host Managing Role, Task and Process: The Social Work Supervisor presented by Dr Brenda Clare.

This face to face two-day workshop will focus more explicitly on the challenges for practitioners working in heightened and confronting situations and addressing the dynamics of supervision

The Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Management (MARAM) framework identifies key principles and elements that should be embedded into policies, procedures, service delivery and practice, and identifies the responsibilities of various organisations and staff across the system. Successful implementation requires collaboration and trust across all agencies.

Learn from our panel of experts as we discuss the challenges and successes of MARAM implementation across varied practice fields.

1 hour of CPD, attributable to the AASW Family Violence, Child Protection, Clinical, Disability and Mental Health credentials.

This webinar will address the topics and types of papers the journal publishes and the benefits of publication for all social workers.

This webinar provides 1 hour CPD activity attributable to all credentials.

• AASW WA Branch Private Practitioners & AMHSW Practice Group - A group for AASW Private Practitioners & AMHSW Social Workers.

Working in Non Government Services to Homeless People: Why we do it and what to expect.

Presenter: Sally Watson

Date: Friday 14 May 2021

Time: 12noon-12.30pm (Brisbane)

Venue: Online. Zoom link provided on registration.

At the beginning of Reconciliation Week 2021, the WA AASW is pleased to host Glenda Kickett presenting on Aboriginal Family Led Decision Making

The presentation will provide an overview of the Aboriginal Family Led Decision Making (AFLDM) as a process for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families to have a voice in the decision making of their children in the care system and/or involved with early intervention and prevention services in Child Protection and Family Support.

This event will also be available to view via Zoom. If you would like to register to attend via Zoom use this link.

At the beginning of Reconciliation Week 2021, the WA AASW is pleased to host Glenda Kickett presenting on Aboriginal Family Led Decision Making

The presentation will provide an overview of the Aboriginal Family Led Decision Making (AFLDM) as a process for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families to have a voice in the decision making of their children in the care system and/or involved with early intervention and prevention services in Child Protection and Family Support.

This link is to register to attend via Zoom. If you would like to register to attend in person use this link.

Colouring outside the social work lines: An alternative look at private practice as a long-term career goal

Join Max Mackenzie and a panel of newer social workers as they reflect on the areas they work across, and how they may have followed a less traditional model of social work practice.

Date: Friday 28 May 2021

Time: 12noon-12.30pm (Brisbane)

Venue: Online. Zoom link provided on registration.

Sex, sexuality and relationships are areas of client identity that social workers often feel uncomfortable discussing. Drawing from the presenter’s own research and scholarship in this area, this workshop will equip practitioners to have conversations with clients about intimate relationships, sex and sexuality. Learning outcomes include:

• gaining knowledge about human sexual response, desire and sexual ‘problems’;
• learning how to have conversations with clients about sexuality, sex and their intimate relationships;
• learn about the key theoretical perspectives around human sexuality including sexual identity.

• AASW WA Branch Private Practitioners & AMHSW Practice Group - A group for AASW Private Practitioners & AMHSW Social Workers.

The AASW invites you to our two day workshop on Daring Greatly™ method based on the research of Dr Brené Brown. Sue Crock and Julie Loveny have trained with Brené
Brown and her team and are Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitators (CDTLF) and Certified Daring Way™ Facilitators (CDWF). is a highly experiential methodology designed for work with individuals, couples, families, work teams, and organisational leaders.

Daring Greatly™ explores the concepts of vulnerability, courage, shame and worthiness. It also highlights the importance of values, trust, empathy and self compassion. It is a highly experiential methodology designed for work with individuals, couples, families, work teams, and organisational leaders.

For those who are not familiar with Brené’s work, watch her 2 TED talks: The Power of Vulnerability & Listening to Shame. She also has a Netflix special, Call to Courage.

This meeting is for Social Workers working in the disability field and/or with NDIS in their agency or private practice.

The Our Place Project.

Learnings, challenges and rewards of working from an assets based community development framework in Cairns, Far North Queensland.

Presenter: Sally Husek

Date: Friday 25 June 2021

Time: 12noon-12.30pm (Brisbane)

Venue: Online. Zoom link provided on registration.

0.5 CPD hour

Cultural Responsiveness - Yarning and Dadirri as a skill set for Social Work

Presenter: Dr Bindi Bennett

This AASW NSW Connect:ED webinar is part of a series helping Social Workers to connect with new ideas and reflect on their own practice. We focus on bringing everyday social workers to talk about their practice, ideas and experiences of social work. Connect:ED Webinars are 30 minutes (including short Q&A) and where agreed with the presenter, will be recorded for those who cannot participate in real time.

Registrations are open to everyone nationally.

Date: Wednesday 14 July 2021
Time: 12noon (AEDT)
Location: Online. Zoom link provided on registration.

• AASW WA Branch Private Practitioners & AMHSW Practice Group - A group for AASW Private Practitioners & AMHSW Social Workers.

Rural and Remote Social Work and a Person-Centred Approach to Care

Presenter: Kate Rutherford

Date: Friday 16 July 2021

Time: 12noon-12.30pm (Brisbane)

Venue: Online. Zoom link provided on registration.

0.5 CPD hour

How to know when you are ready for Private Practice

Presenters will include members of the NSW Social Workers in Private Practice Executive.

This AASW NSW Connect:ED webinar is part of a series helping Social Workers to connect with new ideas and reflect on their own practice. We focus on bringing everyday social workers to talk about their practice, ideas and experiences of social work. Connect:ED Webinars are 30 minutes (including short Q&A) and where agreed with the presenter, will be recorded for those who cannot participate in real time.

Registrations are open to everyone nationally.

Date: Wednesday 11 August 2021

Time: 12noon (AEDT)

Location: Online

• AASW WA Branch Private Practitioners & AMHSW Practice Group - A group for AASW Private Practitioners & AMHSW Social Workers.

This meeting is for Social Workers working in the disability field and/or with NDIS in their agency or private practice.

• AASW WA Branch Private Practitioners & AMHSW Practice Group - A group for AASW Private Practitioners & AMHSW Social Workers.

• AASW WA Branch Private Practitioners & AMHSW Practice Group - A group for AASW Private Practitioners & AMHSW Social Workers.

This meeting is for Social Workers working in the disability field and/or with NDIS in their agency or private practice.

• AASW WA Branch Private Practitioners & AMHSW Practice Group - A group for AASW Private Practitioners & AMHSW Social Workers.

• AASW WA Branch Private Practitioners & AMHSW Practice Group - A group for AASW Private Practitioners & AMHSW Social Workers.

This meeting is for Social Workers working in the disability field and/or with NDIS in their agency or private practice.