The Social Work Caf‪é‬ Bernadette Moorhead

Welcome back to the Social Work Café. Field placement is essential for students to develop their professional identities and social work practice framework. It is also an ideal setting to learn how to become a disruptive social worker! To explore this tantalising topic, I am joined by the
fabulous Dr Shirley Ledger who did her PhD in this area. We explore disruptive social work practice and the ways in which social work students and qualified practitioners can acquire the skills needed to achieve our professional objectives despite challenging practice contexts.

 

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Click here to connect with Shirley.

Click here for information on an interesting article co-written by Shirley.

 

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Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.

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It is not uncommon for some people to be deemed too “complex” or “difficult” to treat in the mental health system. In this episode of the Social Work Cafe, we meet a passionate social work therapist and advocate who is determined to address those outdated ideas. Alex Wilson is an experienced practitioner with her own private practice, Mindful Recovery. Alex shares her social work perspective on working in the mental health space, especially with young people who get thrown onto the merry-go-round of mental health services.  

 

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Click here to learn more about Alex and her private practice.

Click here to learn more about dialectical behavioural therapy.

 

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Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
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Episode summary

Dr Will Dobud is back in the café to explore the wild side of social work! He survived chatting with me about feedback-informed treatment in season 1. This time he is going to speak with us his number one passion of wilderness therapy. Will is going to clarify some terminology in this field, as well as explain the theory and practice methods that are common to this field. Be sure to stick around for this advice on how to work in this exciting field.

 

Learn More

Click here to find out more about Will’s research.

Click here to find out more about Will’s podcast – Adventure Therapy Collective Podcast.

Click here to learn more about the Hell camp documentary Netflix.

 

How you can get involved

Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.

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Welcome to the launch of season 2 of the Social Work Café
podcast. I’m your host, Bernadette Moorhead, aka Dr B. In this brief trailer, I reveal what’s in store for season 2, including the question that each guest will answer.  Whether you are a social work student or practitioner in any part of the world, this podcast is for you. So go brew your favourite drink and join me in the Social Work Café.
 

How you can get involved

Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.

You can connect with me via the details below. 

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Social Work Café Podcast is produced on Wiradjuri Country. I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and would also like to pay my respects to Wiradjuri Elders past and present, as well as any First Nations listeners.

 

Disclaimer

The views, opinions, and ideas expressed in this podcast
are solely those of the host and guests and do not reflect the views of their employers or any other institution.

For our last episode for 2023, I’m joined in the Social Work Café by Kasey Henshaw, a dedicated listener who is about to graduate! We’re going to talk about what she has gained from listening to season 1 of the podcast and how she would answer that all-important question: What is social work? Dr. B will chime in with her very own answer as well.



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Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
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Welcome back to the Social Work Café. As a profession largely consisting of women, it is no surprise that many social workers embrace a feminist worldview. We are passionate about liberation, class struggle, and addressing gendered injustices, which are exemplified in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With this in mind, does contemporary social work adequately centre feminist theory and practice? To examine this question, Jac McNamara, from our recent bonus episode, is back in the
café to talk about feminism in social work. We cannot promise that bras won’t be burned during this episode.



Learn more

You can contact Jac via her email: jmcnamara@csu.edu.au

Click here to read more about Jac.

Click here to read a recent blog post written by Jac on this topic.

Click here to learn about the Helem Yumba Healing Place.

Click here to learn about the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide Conference.

Click here to download the complete works of Andrea Dworkin for free (Right-wing Women and Woman Hating are
highly recommended by Jac).

Click here to learn more about Gail Dines.

Click here to access Feminism is for everybody: Passion politics, by bell hooks.

Click here for details about Patriarchy, by Pavla Miller.


How you can get involved

Become a friend of the podcast by tapping the subscribe
button on your podcast app, leaving a positive review, and sharing the podcast with other social workers.

You can connect with me via the details below.

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Click here to read the blog post for this episode.

Click here to connect with me on LinkedIn.