Podsocs - Social Work Podcasts

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Grahame Simpson talks to us today about social work in the field of brain injuries. His miniature schnauzers, Abbey and Hayley, feel compelled to join the conversation.

Many transnational adoptees are politically active and influence the practice of intercountry adoption. In today’s podcast, Tobias Hübinette discusses some contemporary issues in intercountry adoption.

Robert Bland talks with us today about contemporary issues in mental health, in particular, the Recovery Model and its relationship to practice

In this episode, Tom Shakespeare brings the issues that affect people living with disabilities to the fore. Sexual health, personalization of care and the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities are high on the agenda.

In this podcast, Sharlene Nipperess discusses human rights, a core value of social work. Her research explores how much we really know about the relationship of social work values to practice and how well social work education prepares students for a human rights perspective.

This week I am in conversation with Pat Dorsett from Griffith University. Prior to joining the university, Pat worked for many years with people with spinal cord injuries. Her research has focused on how people cope with the considerable impact of acquired physical disability.

Kathy Ellem talks to us today about the life stories of people with intellectual disabilities who have found themselves in the prison system. Their experiences highlight the vulnerability of these people and the personal and structural barriers they face.

Anton talks with Lesley Chenoweth about his social work journey from South Africa to a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia and his role as a community capacity builder.

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In today’s podcast, Richard Ingram is sharing his research about emotions and emotional intelligence and its relationship to social work.

Pamela Trevithick is an academic and practitioner. She is Visiting Professor in Social Work at Buckinghamshire New University in the UK and Chair of GAPS, a membership organization promoting relationship-based approaches, and psychodynamic and systemic thinking in social work.

It has been estimated that almost one million children have been adopted internationally since the 1950s, predominantly to countries in North America, Europe and Australia. Most media interest centres on celebrity adoption and popular notions of child rescue but there is little attention on adoption research. It is a contested area.

On the 23rd June 2012, the federal Australian government announced a forthcoming apology to Australian birth mothers who experienced forced adoption.

I have the pleasure today to be in conversation with Teoh Ai Hua, President of the Malaysian Association of Social Workers and Raymund Jagan, also from the Malaysian Association of Social Workers and counsellor in the Social Welfare Department, Kuala Lumpar office. There are exciting changes afoot in Malaysian Social Work.

Julie Clark interviews Jennifer Porter, a four-time tissue recipient, who is also an attorney working for an organ procurement organization in the U.S.

Approximately 35,000 people go missing in Australia every year. There is a terrible legacy for families, friends and communities.

Maggie Walter presents some challenging ideas in this podcast, particularly how white privilege dominates within Australian society to the point of invisibility. Her research examines whiteness in Australian social work through the lens of Bourdieu and whiteness theory.

Judith Gibbons and Karen Smith Rotabi, talk about their new edited book on intercountry adoption. Talking to us from Guatemala, they discuss contemporary debates in intercountry adoption, tensions, ethics, challenges and the implications for social workers, psychologists and other human services practitioners engaged in this phenomenon.

In this podcast, Elizabeth Beddoe discusses the role of resilience in social work particularly in relation to practitioner and student well-being.