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Critical conversations: Social workers’ perceptions of the use of a closed Facebook group as a participatory professional space.
Deb Stanfield The use of social media in our world today continues to excite and confound us; despite its significant presence in our everyday lives, we are still grappling with its true nature and coming to terms with its … Continue reading
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Supervision in social work in Aotearoa New Zealand: Challenges in changing contexts
Liz Beddoe The major supervision journal The Clinical Supervisor has just started a new series, which will run over several years: Global developments in clinical supervision, see here for the Call for Papers. The series, “Global Developments in Clinical Supervision,” will … Continue reading
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Social workers in schools: Relationship, location and process
Liz Beddoe and Irene de Haan At the recent conference of social workers in schools in Auckland, New Zealand we shared some insights from the early stages of a research project that commenced this year. This is a great project to be … Continue reading
Where to social work in a brave new neoliberal Aotearoa?
Ian Hyslop Ian is a lecturer in Social Work in the School of Counselling , Human Services and Social Work at the University of Auckland. Ian’s professional and research interests are tied to a concern with the relationship between social work and … Continue reading
Comparing public perceptions of social work and social workers’ expectations of the public view
Barbara Staniforth, Kesley Deane and Liz Beddoe Barbara, Liz and Kesley are researchers in the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, University of Auckland In a previous article from this research project ‘Public perceptions of social work in New … Continue reading
ANZASW and SWRB, what’s the difference?: A guide for social workers
Liz Beddoe I often get asked questions about our two national professional bodies in Aotearoa New Zealand. And I often see social workers and social work students struggling to understand the contribution each body makes. So this blog post is … Continue reading
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Reflections on 2015- the year of free speech, lazy speech and hate speech
Liz Beddoe 2015 has been quite a year. It probably started off for most of us in Aotearoa New Zealand in much the same way as the year before: enjoyment of some down time, gratitude for family and friends and some … Continue reading
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A hidden jewel: Social work in primary health care practice in Aotearoa New Zealand
Stefanie Döbl Mosaic at the Giant’s House Akaroa While social work is well established in health care in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is under-developed in the primary setting. The potential for social workers to make a significant contribution to primary … Continue reading
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Enhancing the readiness to practise of newly qualified social workers (enhanceR2P)
Liz Beddoe I am delighted to be part of the team that has launched enhanceR2P. The project has been selected for National Project Funding by Ako Aotearoa. enhanceR2P is a social work education research project designed to enhance the readiness to practise … Continue reading
A surfeit of inexpert opinion and the legacy of failure to invest in social work?
Liz Beddoe On April 1 the Minister of Social Development Anne Tolley announced that an independent review, led by Paula Rebstock, would develop a business case for a “new operating model to modernise CYF, enhance its governance and assurance, and … Continue reading
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