He whare takata and Oranga Tamariki: Wāhine Māori wisdom as the starting place for protecting our mokopuna

Date:

02 April 2025 - 02 April 2025

Time:

12.30pm - 1.30pm

Join this webinar to hear Kerri speak about her mahi from a mana wāhine positionality.

Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland Social Worker Networking Event, Albany

Date:

09 April 2025 - 09 April 2025

Time:

5.00pm - 7.00pm

Come connect with other social workers and ANZASW over drinks and nibbles.

Disability equity in healthcare

Date:

13 May 2025 - 13 May 2025

Time:

10:00am - 11:00am

Come along to this webinar to learn more about applying human rights approaches to disability in your practice. Whilst this session has a healthcare focus, the key concepts will be useful for all social workers.

Reconnecting to ourselves, others and the world

Date:

21 May 2025 - 21 May 2025

Time:

3pm - 4pm

Join us for an insightful session with Victor MacGill, RSW, MANZASW, and author of the newly published book 'Finding wholeness through the science of connecting: An introduction to the dynamics of life model'. Victor will delve into how he integrates systems sciences into his work in family violence and will share practical exercises and tools that can be used with clients in various settings.

Not another 100+ page report: State of the Nation on kai, kāinga, whānau

Date:

28 May 2025 - 28 May 2025

Time:

12:30pm - 1:30pm

So many reports, so many pages—but what real impact do they have in making society better? Come along to hear from Ana Ika, Senior Social Policy Analyst with the Salvation Army Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit and co-author of the State of the Nation report.

Effective Programme Designs to Overcome Substance Use Among Young People

The purpose of this research is to gain insights into the characteristics of programmes effectively supporting young people to overcome substance use. For this purpose, the research aims to investigate the experiences of up to 2 programme coordinators working with young people with current or recent experience of substance use.

World Social Work Day 2025 - Toitū te Kotahitanga, Toitū te Oranga

An exploration of the experiences of social workers working within traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation

To participate in this research, you will need to fulfil the following criteria:

• Hold a current social work registration and be working as a social work practitioner in Aotearoa New Zealand
• With a minimum of two years’ experience in rehabilitation providing support to adults with a TBI
• Willing to participate in a 45-to-60-minute individual interview. This interview may be face-to-face or conducted via Skype.

ANZASW responds to the Experiences of Care in Aotearoa 2023/2024 Report

ANZASW welcomes Aroturuki Tamariki the Independent Children’s Monitor’s Experiences of Care in Aotearoa Report for 2023-2024, however, we are profoundly concerned by the central finding that "social workers are not always able to work effectively" within the current Oranga Tamariki system.

Exploring and preventing impacts from cis- heteronormativity in social work professional supervision.

I am seeking social workers who identify as part of the Aotearoa New Zealand Rainbow community and are willing to take part in a one-hour online interview.