Understanding the ANZASW 2025 Constitutional Review: Legal Alignment and What Comes Next

Date:

23 June 2025 - 23 June 2025

Time:

2.00pm - 3.30pm

Join Chief Executive Nathan Chong-Nee and Kaihautū Lisa King for an information-sharing webinar on the 2025 review of the ANZASW Constitution. This is a focused session to explain the legal changes being proposed to meet the requirements of the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 and to introduce the kaupapa of a more expansive Phase 2 in 2026.

The long-term costs of unpaid placements

Date:

24 June 2025 - 24 June 2025

Time:

12:30pm - 1:30pm

What is the real impact of unpaid placements on social workers? Join us for an insightful webinar where two distinguished experts will share their unique perspectives on this critical issue.

Aotearoa New Zealand Social Workers' Day 2025

Date:

17 September 2025 - 17 September 2025

Time:

All day

Aotearoa New Zealand Social Workers' Day is a fantastic day to celebrate and highlight the incredible mahi social workers do throughout the motu. 

ANZASW 2025 Annual General Meeting

Date:

24 September 2025 - 24 September 2025

Time:

9:30am - 11:30am

Join us for our 2025 Annual General Meeting. Our AGM is being held entirely online and will be opened with the Merv Hancock Address.

Suicide risk and interventions among older adults: Exploring social workers’ perspectives in Aotearoa New Zealand

Participation Criteria: Registered social workers with 2 years’ practice experience or more | Have experience in older adult health and wellbeing | Have worked with older adults who have been at risk of self-harm and/or shown suicide ideation within the past two years or are currently working with this cohort concerned

Understanding Social Workers’ experiences in rural communities 

Participation Criteria: Three social workers who have experience working in small rural communities while residing there. Participants must have experience working as a social worker in rural communities while living there. They do not need to be currently registered or practising social work.

Lived Experience, Professional Practice: Navigating Support Systems in Aotearoa New Zealand Mental Health Work

Participation Criteria: Interviews will take place with 3-4 participants. The participants will be working within the mental health sector in a social work role for a minimum of two years and identify as lived experience practitioners

Talking about Body Image in Chronic Illness: A Pilot Study to Identify Health Professional Training Needs

Are you a medical or allied health professional who works with individuals who have a long-term medical condition? This study is being conducted by a team of researchers from the Australian National University.