Social work Community Forum New Plymouth

Date:

11 February 2025 - 11 February 2025

Time:

9:00am - 10.30am

Save the date for this ANZASW Social Work Community breakfast in New Plymouth! Join us for this kanohi ki te kanohi event with catering provided. The event will not be recorded.

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

Date:

27 February 2025 - 27 February 2025

Time:

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Recently in Aotearoa New Zealand the issues of abortion, the rights of transgender and non-binary people, and assisted dying have been subject to law change. This University of Auckland research team worked with summer scholarship social work students to find out how social workers understood these law changes and might respond and adapt to work with clients affected by these topics. They used an online qualitative questionnaire. In this presentation, they will present some initial findings and discuss how social workers often experience a clash between personal and professional values regarding these topics and call on core professional values to reconcile them. Most social workers reported minimal opportunities for professional education on all topics that would allow them to develop their learning and understanding

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.

Experiences of care in Aotearoa: Agency compliance with National Care Standards regulations

Date:

26 March 2025 - 26 March 2025

Time:

10.00am - 11:00am

Due for release in February 2025, Experiences of Care in Aotearoa 2023/24 reports on agency compliance with the National Care Standards regulations. In this webinar, you’ll hear the key findings directly from those who visited communities around the motu and helped write the report. Join us online!

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

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.

He Kura Tangihia - Whaea Kahurangi Dame Tariana Turia- Ngāti Apa, Ngā Wairiki, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, W`ānganui

He maimai aroha o te W`ānau o W’ānganui koutou

Introducing Interoceptive-Based Skills to Community Social Services in Aotearoa/New Zealand - Stage Two: Skills Acquisition

You are invited to participate in a FREE two-day workshop in Tamaki Makaurau, to learn about embodied practice techniques for clients in community settings. During the workshop, you will learn basic interoceptive-based skills, explore the need for cultural and practice contextualisation of these skills, and reflect on the perceived benefits and challenges of using these skills with clients in your practice The workshop is part of doctoral participatory action research exploring the utility of introducing interoceptive-based skills for clients’ emotional regulation in the direct practice context (practice in non-office-based settings) in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The workshop will provide morning and afternoon tea each day and a $50 Koha will be provided toward transportation.

Introducing Interoceptive-Based Skills to Community Social Services in Aotearoa/New Zealand - Stage One Presentation

Are you interested in embodied practice techniques and work with social service clients in non-office-based settings? This is an invitation to participate in online one-hour presentation on the topic of interoception (sustained attention to internal body states) and its relationship to emotional regulation. The presentation is part of doctoral research exploring the introduction of interoceptive-based skills for clients’ emotional regulation in community practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The presentation will include basic neuroscience of interoception, supporting research into effectiveness for emotional regulation, and a small experiential component. There will also be solicitation of participants’ reflections about current practices, needs and impressions. Click on Read More to see dates and details of presentations.