Podsocs - Social Work Podcasts

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Social workers are a relatively mobile profession. Many of us find ourselves working in other countries but how well prepared are we for the experience? Allen Bartley talks about New Zealand research on migrant social workers.

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Imagine seeking asylum in a foreign country. Got it. Pretty tough. Now imagine you had to prove your sexual orientation in a court of law. Lesbian asylum seekers in the UK have to do just that. Claire Bennett talks to us about her work with refugees and her research on lesbian asylum seekers in the UK

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Suicide affects individuals, families and communities throughout society. In this podcast, Samara McPhedran takes us on a journey of thinking about suicide in relation to young people, older people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and those people in specific jobs like farming.

Suicide affects individuals, families and communities throughout society. In this podcast, Samara McPhedran takes us on a journey of thinking about suicide in relation to young people, older people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and those people in specific jobs like farming.

Neoliberalism is a big topic but do we ever think about it, what it is and its relevance to all of us. Should we be paying more attention? Like many John has lived a number of professional lives and perhaps his early introduction to the problems and issues faced by poor people in western Queensland fuelled his move to social work and a consequent polyglot mix of social work activity across government and non-government organizations. For the past dozen years or so John has been a lecturer in social work with the Institute of Koorie Education at Deakin University. His social work and policy interests have centred on the perhaps contemporarily less popular areas of poverty and structural change. His interest in neoliberalism as a topic arrives by a rather circuitous route but it has certainly become a topic that has intrigued him the more he has explored its nuances.

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Are you a PhD student? Thinking of writing a blog? Or just like or want to improve your writing? This is the podcast for you! @#% Mild Course Language

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Identity for some Aboriginal young people is “like a shattered vase and you are always picking up the pieces”. In this podcast, Bindi Bennett talks to us about the experiences of light skinned Aboriginal young people and their search for identity.