Search Results - "Australian social work"

Technology as a Weapon in Domestic Violence: Responding to Digital Coercive Control by Woodlock, Delanie, McKenzie, Mandy, Western, Deborah, Harris, Bridget

“…Technology-facilitated domestic violence is an emerging issue for social workers and other service providers. The concept of Digital Coercive Control (DCC) is…”
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Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care by Krakouer, Jacynta, Nakata, Sana, Beaufils, James, Hunter, Sue-Anne, Corrales, Tatiana, Morris, Heather, Skouteris, Helen

“…Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are integrated into child protection and out-of-home care (OOHC) systems via the connection element of the…”
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Problematising Disability: A Critical Policy Analysis of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme by Horsell, Chris

“…The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the most significant social and disability service reform in Australia since Medicare. It has received…”
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Online Education in Social Work, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Challenges: A Scoping Review by Afrouz, Rojan, Crisp, Beth R.

“…Online education has long been a controversial issue within the Australian social work community. Although technological advances have improved the quality of…”
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Violence Prevention Strategies for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review by Araten-Bergman, Tal, Bigby, Christine

“…Violence and abuse against people with intellectual disabilities are internationally recognised as a pervasive social problem. Recent years have seen the…”
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A Program for Valuing Mental Health Lived Experience in Social Work Education by Mahboub, Lyn, Martin, Robyn, Hodgson, David

“…Participation and involvement of service users, carers, and families into the design, delivery, evaluation, and development of mental health policy and…”
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Creating a Culturally Safe Space When Teaching Aboriginal Content in Social Work: A Scoping Review by Fernando, Terrina, Bennett, Bindi

“…Teaching Aboriginal content in social work education presents risks of retraumatisation for students. There are international calls for a trauma-informed…”
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Social Worker-Client Relationships: Social Worker Perspectives by Rollins, Wendy

“…Social worker-client relationship practice has always been and remains central to contemporary social work purpose and identity. The professional "helping…”
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Social Work Students Respond to Greening Social Work Curriculum: "It is Important to See a Change in the Narrative" by Daddow, Angela

“…The aim of this article was to present students' responses to learning about community development and groupwork within the context of the natural world and…”
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Social Media and Social Work: The Challenges of a New Ethical Space by Boddy, Jennifer, Dominelli, Lena

“…Social media and other online technologies have transformed communication between social workers and service users, with many practitioners engaging and…”
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Developing Social Work Professional Identity Resilience: Seven Protective Factors by Long, Natasha, Gardner, Fiona, Hodgkin, Suzanne, Lehmann, Jennifer

“…The human service context is a complex space for social workers and service users, bringing both challenges and opportunities. The ability to navigate…”
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Young Carers in Australia: Understanding Experiences of Caring and Support-Seeking Behaviour by Addo, Isaac Yeboah, Aguilar, Sienna, Judd-Lam, Sarah, Hofstaetter, Lukas, Poon, Abner Weng Cheong

“…Although young carers experience several challenges associated with their roles, little is known about the current effects of those challenges on their…”
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Building Resilience in Social Workers: An Exploratory Study on the Impacts of a Mindfulness-based Intervention by Crowder, Rachael, Sears, Alexandra

“…Burnout is a frequent and well-documented consequence of social work practice. The literature suggests that mindfulness-based interventions might help develop…”
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Advancing Transformative Eco-social Change: Shifting from Modernist to Holistic Foundations by Boetto, Heather

“…This paper proposes a reconciliatory, integrative, and transformative way forward for addressing philosophical incongruities between the emerging foundations…”
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Homeless Services in Australia: Perceptions of Homelessness Services Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic by McCosker, Laura K., Ware, Robert S., Maujean, Annick, Simpson, Stephen J., Downes, Martin J.

“…People who are homeless and at-risk have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Homelessness services are on the frontline of the pandemic…”
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Adding Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy to a Workforce Wellbeing Model by Morris, Heather, Grage-Moore, Sofia, Murphy, Clare, Dwyer, Jenny, Halfpenny, Nick, Miller, Robyn, Skouteris, Helen

“…Children and young people who live in out-of-home care (OoHC) can display aggressive behaviours when their emerging self-regulation and executive functioning…”
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Keeping Siblings in Care Connected: Improving Relationship Stability via the Mockingbird Family Model by McLaren, Helen, Patmisari, Emi, Jones, Michelle, Teekens, Kate, Brunes, Hanne

“…Children and young people in Australian foster or kinship care are separated from their siblings for a range of reasons. These may include issues that are…”
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Sharing the Care: One Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation's Approach to Out-of-Home Care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children by Brown, Chay, Corbo, Maree, Axten, Steve, Jeffree, Samantha, Swan, Samantha, Wason, Kay, Sharma, Siddharth, Austin, Sharon, Tiltsen, Shine

“…This article critically examines safety and innovation in out-of-home care, with a particular focus on addressing the entrenched overrepresentation of…”
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Child Protection Staff Perspectives of the SOFT Program: Touch, Textures, Weights, and Pressures by Kittow, Jarra, Blundell, Barbara, O'Connell, Margaret, Shortland-Jones, Robin, Roennfeldt, Verity, Woods, Aunty Elizabeth

“…Aboriginal children are overrepresented in Australia's child protection system, and limited tools are available to assist with connecting these children to…”
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Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations by Kertesz, Margaret

“…The importance of acknowledging the grief and loss integral to the experiences of foster carers, has long been understood. However, in a complex area of…”
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