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Listen to episode 89 where Lis and Mim delve into a rich practice story from a social worker in the disabilities space, supporting a mother and her children experiencing domestic violence, while working to meet the high support needs of one of the ch
If you listen to this episode you'll never think of 'discharge planning' as simply admin again... it'll become an act of social justice each and every time! . ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐—˜๐—ฝ. ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด - ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฐ?
Today is ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿ™Œ #WSWD2024 This year’s theme is ‘๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ง: ๐™Ž๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š’ emphasising the need for social workers to adopt i
Lis called episode 87, "๐˜ˆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค!" and Mim said, "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต"๐Ÿ˜ฑ So, you know it's going to be worth the listen! . ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐—˜๐—ฝ. ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ
๐ŸŽ‰๐™ฒ๐™พ๐™ฝ๐™ถ๐š๐™ฐ๐šƒ๐š„๐™ป๐™ฐ๐šƒ๐™ธ๐™พ๐™ฝ๐š‚ to our very own Lis Murphy who was today awarded a ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—ฅ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ!๐ŸŽ‰ SAVR stands for Staff and Volunteer Recognition and is a NSW Health award in the Illawarra Shoalh
๐Ÿ“ฃEp 86 is LIVE! Join Lis & Mim in hearing from an anonymous social worker using a practice innovation in an Emergency Department setting. This is a riveting story & discussion, not to be missed! . ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐—˜๐—ฝ. ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ - “๐——๐—ผ๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚?
Starting the week off with a double episode throwback to when Lis and Mim sat down with two social workers from ๐™‰๐™Ž๐™’ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฎ’๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š, for an in-depth exploration of all thing
It's 2024 and we are back! ๐Ÿ’ฅ Missed us?๐Ÿ˜Ž Here is some of what we have been getting up to over the summer break ๐ŸŒž Lis enjoying retired life ๐Ÿ™Œ Ben travelling in Jaisalmer, India โœˆ๏ธ Justin perfecting the perfect pizza ๐Ÿ• Maddy learning to drive a b
The social worker's story in ep85 emphasised the importance of compassion, autonomy, and family involvement in end-of-life decisions. Lis and Mim reflected on the ethical considerations and social work principles involved, stressing the need for pre
Have you caught up on the new ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด laws in NSW? New laws came into effect this week on 28th November 2023 that will allow eligible people and patients in NSW a choice to access voluntary assisted dying. NSW
๐Ÿ’ฅWe are BACK with a new emotionally charged and timely episode of Social Work Stories Podcast. Ep 85 provides a compelling exploration of the social work principles underpinning voluntary assisted dying, showcasing the skills and compassion social w
Did anyone else notice the milk crate moment in ๐—˜๐—ฝ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฐ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ? ๐ŸคฏThis story shows how disconnected the policy is with the reali

Maddy Stratten

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR