ARTFUL ENGAGEMENT: How arts can help transform assessment and reflective practice in Social Work

Date:

19 February 2026 - 19 February 2026

Time:

12.00pm - 1:00pm

This engaging webinar, presented by a trained arts therapist, discusses creative and arts-based approaches that enrich assessment, encourage authentic expression, and support your own reflective self-care. An offering of fresh, accessible ideas to energize your work.

Ōtepoti Dunedin networking event

Date:

09 March 2026 - 09 March 2026

Time:

10.00am

Come connect with other social workers and ANZASW over morning tea.

“Listen – the world is alive.”: An exploration of women and spirituality in their contribution to a social work context in Aotearoa

Date:

10 March 2026 - 10 March 2026

Time:

12.30pm - 1:30pm

Social work is shaped by a myriad of relational contexts that define knowledge, truth and meaning. Our social work Code of Ethics invites social workers to attend to wairuatanga - the spiritual, emotional, psychological, and physical wellbeing of self and others - while recognising whakapapa, self-awareness, and self-care. This exploration invites us to consider spirituality as authenticity that is personal, cultural, and ecological, and to ask whether we can sustain it through the paradox of courage and vulnerability in our practice across Aotearoa and the Pacific Rim.

World Social Worker Day Rotorua networking event

Date:

17 March 2026 - 17 March 2026

Time:

4.00pm - 5.30pm

Calling all social workers in Rotorua! Come along for coffee and cake in celebration of World Social Worker Day, taking time to kōrero together and strengthen connection amongst our social work community.

Teaching about Social Justice and Human Rights in Social Work

Participation Criteria: Social work educators (In Aotearoa, Australia and Canada - research team members in all 3 countries), who are teaching or have taught social work in the past five years and have experience of teaching in “contentious” spaces.

Building social capital for the child in care - families, foster carers, and the state

Fakamālō lahi atu, Professor Tracie Mafileʻo: MNZM

We are incredibly proud of our member Professor Tracie Mafileʻo on her appointment as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to Pacific and tertiary education.

Our hearts are with the Jewish community following the targeted shooting of Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah on Gadigal Country in Bondi, Sydney.