Social Work Spotlight

This podcast features interviews with social workers in Sydney, Australia, showcasing diverse areas of practice, social work stories, successes, and challenges, and providing information on media and other resources that can be accessed to help inform and educate people who are curious about the profession or wanting a career change.

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Episode 89: Amy

Episode Date: August 4, 2023

In this episode I speak with Amy, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, EMDR accredited Consultant and Parts Work Practitioner who is an enthusia...

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Episode 88: Kathryn

Episode Date: July 21, 2023

In this episode I speak with Kathryn, who has extensive experience in psychosocial disability and mental health through NDIS. She also has a degree in...

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Episode 87: Troy

Episode Date: July 7, 2023

In this episode I speak with Troy, a Social Justice Advocate in Uniting’s advocacy team. He enjoys movies, asking people if he can pet their dog, Amer...

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Episode 86: Chantelle

Episode Date: June 23, 2023

In this episode I speak with Chantelle, owner of REACH Wellbeing, a private practice offering supervision to helping professionals. Chantelle has expe...

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Episode 85: Carolyn

Episode Date: June 9, 2023

In this episode I speak with Carolyn, who has worked in the trauma, child protection, domestic violence and mental health sectors in Australia and the...

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Episode 84: Peta

Episode Date: May 26, 2023

In this episode I speak with Peta, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker who has had extensive training and experience working in the areas of sex...

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Episode 83: Stephanie M

Episode Date: May 12, 2023

In this episode I speak with Stephanie, who has worked in Canada supporting people with addiction and comorbidities, and now works on accreditation, s...

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Episode 82: Patty

Episode Date: April 28, 2023

In this episode I speak with Patty who began her social work career as a domestic violence counsellor before moving into child protection for children...

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Episode 81: Alex

Episode Date: April 14, 2023

In this episode I speak with Alex, the owner of Mindful Recovery Services, a private practice providing psychological treatment and support for adoles...

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Episode 80: Erin

Episode Date: March 31, 2023

In this episode I speak with Erin, a senior social worker with over 20 years of experience working in mental health and rehabilitation services in Syd...

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Episode 79: Michelle L

Episode Date: March 17, 2023

In this episode I speak with Michelle, whose interest and practice focus on attachment, groupwork, narrative therapy, Response Based Practice, systems...

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Episode 78: Jacob & Aaron

Episode Date: March 3, 2023

In this episode I speak with Jacob and Aaron. Aaron is a social worker and therapist currently working with children in Out of Home Care across NSW to...

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Episode 77: Claire M

Episode Date: February 17, 2023

In this episode I speak with Claire, a community based social worker with experience initially in mental health before moving into the field of crimin...

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Episode 76: Cherie

Episode Date: February 3, 2023

In this episode I speak with Cherie, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker who has over 15 years’ experience working with children, adolescents an...

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Episode 75: Peggy

Episode Date: January 20, 2023

In this episode I speak with Peggy, who completed her social work degree at the University of South Australia in 1994.  She worked in NSW Health for o...

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Episode 74: Cathy O

Episode Date: January 6, 2023

In this episode I speak with Cathy who in over 25yrs as a social worker has worked in the community sector and multicultural aged care, in an acute te...

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Episode 73: Rebecca

Episode Date: December 23, 2022

In this episode I speak with Rebecca, who has 25 years of social work experience in child protection, legal aid and more recently in private practice....

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Episode 72: Lucinda

Episode Date: December 9, 2022

In this episode I speak with Lucinda, a Clinical Social Worker, Supervisor and Manager with 15+ years of varied experiences in the child, youth, famil...

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Episode 71: Cathy C

Episode Date: November 25, 2022

In this episode I speak with Cathy, who has worked with a wide variety of populations in Sydney and in Cairns, through hospital, legal, youth, mental...

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Episode 70: Gabbie

Episode Date: November 11, 2022

In this episode I speak with Gabbie, a final year Masters of Social Work student at Western Sydney University and works part time in community engagem...