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Exploring social worker beliefs on abortion, transgender rights, and assisted dying

Date:
27 February 2025 - 27 February 2025
Time:
12:30pm - 1:30pm

Join this University of Auckland team as they share their research on how social workers understand recent law changes in abortion, the rights of transgender and non-binary people, and assisted dying and how they might respond and adapt to work with clients affected by these topics.

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World Social Work Day 2025

Date:
18 March 2025 - 18 March 2025
Time:
All day

World Social Work Day takes place on 18 March 2025. This year’s theme is ‘Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity for Enduring Wellbeing’, which emphasises the importance of caring and respecting across generations to build strong societies, sustain the environment, and share wisdom for a better future.

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Social work community event

Date:
18 March 2025 - 18 March 2025
Time:
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Join us for our next kanohi ki te kanohi event to celebrate World Social Worker’s Day

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Ngā mema Māori o Te Tai Rāwhiti Hui-ā-Tinana

Date:
21 March 2025 - 21 March 2025
Time:
10.30am - 11.45am

Nau mai ngā mema Māori o Te Tai Rawhiti ki tēnei hui whakawhanaungatanga, hei honohono, hei kōrero tahi ngai tatou. As Kaihautū, I invite our Māori members to a hui-ā-tinana ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa to strengthen connections and share kōrero about how we can work together. This event will not be recorded.

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Tairāwhiti Gisborne Social work community forum, Kia kaha, kia maīa, kia manawanui

Date:
21 March 2025 - 21 March 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 1.30pm

Join us for this ANZASW Social Work Community Forum in Tairāwhiti Gisborne to discuss and reflect on 'Kia kaha, kia māia, kia manawanui'. This is an ā-tinana event with catering provided. The event will not be recorded.

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

17 February 2025

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.

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New research quantifies the costs of unpaid training for social workers, nurses, teachers and midwives

17 February 2025

Researchers Leighton Watson of the University of Canterbury and Bex Howells of Victoria University of Wellington have quantified the impact of unpaid training on social work, alongside teachers, nurses and midwives in their research released today.

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Pathways of Purpose: Employment Pathways Research Project

12 February 2025

Participation Criteria: Eligible participants are: a front-line social service worker, employed within the past 2 years, within a member organisation of the New Zealand Christian Council of Social Services.

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Supporting mothers recovering from alcohol or other drug dependence to regain custody of their children in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

11 February 2025

Participation Criteria:

  • You are a registered social worker, with experience of supporting family reunification of clients where one of the factors for the child being removed was substance use.

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The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) stands in solidarity with the Irish Association of Social Workers

09 January 2025

The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) stands in solidarity with the Irish Association of Social Workers' call for the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian doctor unlawfully detained while serving his community.

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