109 episodes

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.

Social Work Spotlight Yasmine Loupis

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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.

    Episode 108: Jamie

    Episode 108: Jamie

    In this episode I speak with Jamie, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and a Senior Social Worker who works both in private practice and within a community mental health service. Jamie has experience working in the UK and Australia and has a special interest in providing psychological therapy to older adults.



    Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:


    Brené Brown’s conversations with Drs John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman on The Love Prescription - https://brenebrown.com/podcast/the-love-prescription-part-1-of-3/


    The Gottman Institute professional training - https://www.gottman.com/professionals/training/


    Esther Perel’s podcast ‘Where Should We Begin?’ - https://www.estherperel.com/podcast


    Social Worker in Private Practice podcast (Tammy Roche) - https://open.spotify.com/show/4vaR5Bgkh2oMeopl5U9ETD?si=fe544c2d2a3b46d4


    Dr Russ Harris’ workshop ACT Made Simple - https://www.actmindfully.com.au/product/act-made-simple/


    The Happiness Trap resources (Dr Russ Harris) - https://thehappinesstrap.com/free-resources/


    Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - Basics and Beyond (Judith Beck) - https://www.cbtaustralia.com.au/shop/p/cognitive-therapy-basics-and-beyond-89ew4


    Mental Health Academy - https://www.mentalhealthacademy.com.au/


    SW Spotlight episode with Kristin (UK-based social worker) - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/socialworkspotlight/episodes/Episode-98-Kristin-e2c3iug





    This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cz0SlUcw01BGPKVqciaHdMR0NCudIvYjCMUb97iX4O8/edit?usp=sharing


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    • 54 min
    Episode 107: Cass

    Episode 107: Cass

    Hi and welcome to Social Work Spotlight, where I showcase different areas of the profession each episode. I’m your host, Yasmine Loupis, and today's guest is Cass, a respectful child protection social worker and supervisor with a therapeutic mindset, committed to addressing social issues through innovative approaches and challenging injustices with kindness and empathy. Cass is dedicated to promoting inclusivity and advocacy for marginalised communities through systemic change.



    Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:


    Winangay resources for Aboriginal kids and families - https://www.winangay.com/resources


    Kevin Campbell’s Family Finding and Family Seeing - https://www.familyfinding.org/our-team & https://www.familyseeing.org/about


    The Last Daughter film - https://www.thelastdaughter.com.au/


    After the Apology film - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/after-the-apology/1333274179947





    This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yenw8UAoUc_iGd7KbqyMXOO9mAYgPCoSK02sakvUxlg/edit?usp=sharing


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    • 54 min
    Episode 106: Dean

    Episode 106: Dean

    Hi and welcome to Social Work Spotlight, where I showcase different areas of the profession each episode. I’m your host, Yasmine Loupis, and today's guest is Dean, a dedicated and compassionate counsellor who specialises in client-centred therapies for both individuals and couples. Dean is a social worker with additional training in nursing, mental health and addiction, as well as being an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker. Dean specialises in anxiety, depression and addiction, with a talent for helping clients quit smoking, drinking and other substances.



    Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:


    Open Arms veterans and families counselling service - https://www.openarms.gov.au/


    Lives Lived Well - https://www.liveslivedwell.org.au/


    Dean’s website - https://www.apollocounsellingservices.com.au/about


    Dean’s LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-bell-443531191





    This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QzarWfFdhWZCk3wagV_5r7dfCO1E2vKfXWjWOoQL-Gs/edit?usp=sharing


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    • 53 min
    Episode 105: Monique

    Episode 105: Monique

    Hi and welcome to Social Work Spotlight, where I showcase different areas of the profession each episode. I’m your host, Yasmine Loupis, and today's guest is Monique, a dynamic and innovative Social Worker specialising in disability social work under the NDIS funding system. Monique provides therapeutic and capacity building services to the neurodivergent community and professional supervision and training through her private practice "Our Future Focus" in Brisbane. Monique is a passionate clinical supervisor, trainer and avid encourager of social workers who want to learn more about effective and evidence based disability social work.



    Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:


    Monique’s business ‘Our Future Focus’ - https://ourfuturefocus.com.au/


    NDIS Social Workers Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1570529893102681


    Reframing Autism - https://reframingautism.org.au/


    Training with Monique Mitchelson - https://moniquemitchelson.com.au/373-2/


    Divergent Futures - https://www.divergentfutures.com/


    The Neurodivergent Woman podcast - https://moniquemitchelson.com.au/podcast/





    This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kCgVaRE_D7PUOp97VcNjfI_dSimtXIDtbHNsG7SIZT0/edit?usp=sharing


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    • 53 min
    Episode 104: Victoria

    Episode 104: Victoria

    Hi and welcome to Social Work Spotlight, where I showcase different areas of the profession each episode. I’m your host, Yasmine Loupis, and today's guest is Victoria, a Social Worker and Peer Worker living and working on Stolen Kaurna Land in Adelaide, South Australia). As a recent Master’s of Social Work graduate she has been active in the Youth Mental Health sector, with a passion for working collaboratively with Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ people, and those with intersectional identities.



    Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:


    Youth Peer Work training - https://www.orygen.org.au/Training/Resources/General-resources/Toolkits/Youth-peer-work


    LELAN (SA Lived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network) - https://www.lelan.org.au/ledge-intro-leadership-modules-home/


    So you want to talk about race? (book by Ijeoma Oluo)


    Pease, B. (2010). Undoing Privilege: Unearned Advantage in a Divided World. Zed Books.


    Bennett, B., & Green, S. (2019). Our voices: Aboriginal social work (Second edition)


    Building service capacity to work with LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced people - https://fdpn.org.au/lgbtiq-settlement-training/


    LGBTIQA+ Multilingual Terminology, co-designed by multilingual LGBTQ+ people and linguists and translators - https://www.rainbowterminology.org/


    Stories untold podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/790pdThflCpxh2aF9TQl9O?si=FPGhmyttQtuRaHMklTHMeQ


    You Can’t Ask That (ABC TV documentary) - https://iview.abc.net.au/collection/979


    Race Matters - values and complexities of race, culture and identity - https://fbiradio.com/podcast/racematters/


    Elliot Page’s Gaycation TV documentary series - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/gaycation/season-1



    This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1suElT4_FFinSGkGCflyoRSVxuF2indQ_2kaKCtLlN24/edit?usp=sharing


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    • 46 min
    Episode 103: Sharon

    Episode 103: Sharon

    Hi and welcome to Social Work Spotlight, where I showcase different areas of the profession each episode. I’m your host, Yasmine Loupis, and today's guest is Sharon, who has worked as a caseworker, groupwork coordinator, child and family counsellor and primary school counsellor and is now an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker in private practice. She provides supervision to other social workers and students, is trained as a Systemic Couple and Family Therapist and facilitates both standard and youth Mental Health First Aid training.



    Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:


    Kate and Emma novel (Monica Dickens) - https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/kate-and-emma-9781448203109/


    Mindsight (Dr Dan Siegel) - https://drdansiegel.com/mindsight/





    This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z5IlEDVdoDAxhIZDwZ3GUzT9-S8m_AxybrSiqvtgki8/edit?usp=sharing


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    • 52 min

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