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Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland Social Worker Networking Event, Manukau

Date:
16 July 2025 - 16 July 2025
Time:
11.00am - 12.00pm

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

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7IIVSW Whakawhanaungatanga

Date:
29 July 2025 - 29 July 2025
Time:
3.00pm - 5.00pm

An invite to all those who are attending the 7IIVSW Conference in Calgary, Canada from 12-15 August 2025 to attend an online Zui Whakawhanaungatanga

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Presenting mā te ara wairua, ka kite he oranga: Three baskets of spiritual knowledge for social work

Date:
19 August 2025 - 19 August 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Join us for an enlightening session with Dr. Levi Fox, Lecturer and BSW Program Advisor, Griffith University Gold Coast, as he explores the development and practical application of wairuatanga and philosophical healing in the social work profession.

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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. 

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Social Work Identity in Aotearoa New Zealand: Exploring Practice in the Addictions Sector

22 June 2025

Participation Criteria: Registered Social Workers (provisional or full) who have practised/are practising in the addictions sector.

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Practitioners' views and experiences of telephone helplines in supporting survivors of sexual harm

19 June 2025

The criterion for participation is that you are a registered social worker (with a minimum of one year’s experience) working with survivors of sexual harm and have encountered the use of telephone helplines in your work. This can be working alongside people that use/have used telephone helplines, referring clients to use telephone helplines or experience working on a helpline yourself.

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Maramataka as a tool for social workers: Exploring its role in promoting mental health and wellbeing in Māori whānau

17 June 2025

Participation Criteria: Practicing Social Workers in Aotearoa New Zealand who utilise Maramataka in their professional practice

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Constructing professional identity: social workers’ experience of professional development in community mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand

13 June 2025

Participation Criteria: 

  1. Be a qualified and registered social worker under the Social Worker Registration Board (SWRB) of New Zealand.
  2. Currently and previously (within the past two years) employed in a community-based mental health service (e.g. DHBs, NGOs, PHOs, or Kaupapa Maori service, etc), preferably with at least 1-3 years of experience in mental health social work.
  3. Be located within New Zealand to reflect the local context and health system structure.
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