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Choosing the calling of social work


Alliances and recognition: Pamela Cohen AM on being influential
3 May 2022
For Pamela Cohen, it wasn’t enough that the cardiac patients in the hospital where she worked received the best care. Pamela wanted that level of...
Holding onto the core throughout a lifetime of change
31 Aug 2021
For Margarita Frederico, AM the core of social work is its drive for social justice and its respect for human rights; and its richness comes from the...
One good brick in the edifice of life
3 Aug 2021
When Norma Tracey AM started working in Sydney’s Children’s Hospital, the children were tied to their beds and their parents were allowed to visit...
Leaving Matilda: From Elite Sport to Social Work
6 Jul 2021
When Ellen Beaumont was in the Young Matildas, she trained every minute that she wasn’t working, eating or sleeping. She put her education and career...
The Storehouse of Wisdom
4 May 2021
From the day she graduated from Queens University Belfast, Mary Jo McVeigh OAM has maintained her absolute faith in her social work profession. She...

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