2019

Some 22 groups representing health and medical professionals in Australia have issued a joint call to act on a “public health emergency” caused by smoke from the catastrophic bushfire season in New South Wales.

Victoria Police and social workers confront spike in family violence incidents

The AEU is the first Tasmanian union to declare a climate emergency but joins Launceston, Hobart and Kingborourgh Councils, the Australian Medical Association and the Australian Association of Social Workers in doing so.

The AASW welcomes the interim report on mental health by the Productivity Commission, and its emphasis on schools as places where young people’s mental health concerns can be addressed early and effectively.

National president of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Christine Craik, told NITV News that the official line for initiating the program was misguided. 

Career In Focus – Social Work

Anti-Poverty Week kicks off in Canberra – Show solidarity and learn something new

Christine Craik from the Australian Association of Social Workers told the inquiry the robo-debt program felt like a war on the poor.

“We pursue the most vulnerable people with more energy than we pursue corporations,” Ms Craik said.

Christine Craik from the Australian Association of Social Workers told the inquiry the robo-debt program felt like a war on the poor.

'I don't have any trust': Centrelink robo-debt recipients say it feels like bullying

In one submission, the Australian Association of Social Workers said that its members working in oncology wards had reported instances of people “going without medication and refusing treatment because they cannot afford transport to the clinic”.

Linda Ford, AASW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander director discusses Indigenous Languages on Friday, 9 August 2019 with Greg Reid.

AASW National President Christine Craik is quoted on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on SBS.

The newsreader read out her quote due to its being translated into several languages across SBS radio.

One woman is killed, and countless others injured, every week, from family violence. Beloved companion animals, too, are also at risk of cruelty, or worse, at the hands of domestic violence perpetrators.

The Australian Association of Social Workers has called on the next federal government to ban harmful LGBT “conversion therapy” in a message on IDAHOBIT.

Australian Association of Social Workers South Australian Branch President Patricia Muncey commended the winners.

"The South Australian Social Worker of the Year Awards reflect the collaborative efforts of nominees and their commitment to the values of social work," she said.

"This year's winners highlight the breadth and depth of social work practice across South Australia. We are proud to recognise social workers who are at different stages of their careers from student to advanced practitioner."

The letter (22/4) exposing ways in which the federal government is undermining successful implementation of the NDIS is commendable. NDIS consumers, family members, planners, co-ordinators, support workers and the social workers who advocate for them, are in an ongoing struggle to accommodate an underfunded system.

The Department of Human Services (DHS) marked World Social Work Day on Tuesday (19 March) by highlighting the contribution Departmental social worker, Lisa Valli made to the Townsville community following its devastating floods last month.

Social work is one of five core professions in the mental health field and is the second largest allied health sector providing mental health services. The profession involves working closely with people diagnosed with serious mental health conditions and associated problems, but there are many specialisations.

UNDERGOING treatment of any kind can be a stressful ordeal for people, but issues at home can also add to their worries.

For 88-year-old Bob Kent, he had the worry of leaving his wife, who has dementia, at home.

As the Victorian Branch of the Australian Association of Social Workers took to the streets on Sunday to support LGBTIQ Victorians at the Midsumma Pride March, the Association welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement that it plans to outlaw ‘conversion therapy’.

The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) has welcomed the Victorian government’s recent pledge to outlaw gay “conversion therapy” and called on other states to look at similar bans.

SOUTH Australia should pass laws requiring social workers to be registered to better protect the vulnerable people they work with, advocates have told a parliamentary committee.

In what could become a national first, South Australia is looking at regulating social workers.

Christine Craik is the national president of the Australian Association of Social Workers, a RMIT lecturer and worked in ICU as a social worker for 10 years. This is her advice for managing the logistical side of having a loved one in ICU: