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Wow the year is flying by. It has been great to get out a meet a lot of Social Workers in Country Health, Health, Education, CAMHS as well as students and staff from both Universities. There are lots of issues troubling Social Workers at present though. De-professionalisation of positions in government is an issue. Are there any parts of Social Work jobs that can be done under direction and do not require the knowledge and skills of a professional Social Worker? Or is it purely a cost cutting exercise? How can we demonstrate the value of Social Work? The Journal Social Work in Health Care is a good source. There are a few research arti- cles appearing which may help us with this. Auerbach, Mason and LaPorte Vol 44 (4) 2007 in Evidence that Supports the Value of Social Work in Hospitals and The value of the presence of social work in Emergency departments, Vol 49, 2010, say social workers are referred the most complex cases and contain costs through preventing admission or through dealing with the complexities. What are Social Work skills? Expertise? The Munro Review of Child Protection in the UK (2011) includes a submission that Social work expertise in Child Protection includes; 1. Assessment (general); using practice wisdom, social work theory, family/ relationship/trauma knowledge, interview, observation 2. Analysis of all this systems information 3. Risk assessment 4. Working alongside people 5. Problem solving 6. Decision making 7. Planning 8. Relationship building 9. Partnership work with other agencies. What do Social Workers do that differentiates us from other professions? Are we immediately able to articulate this when we are in discussions in our workplaces? Let’s practice being able to clearly speak up for our skills and for the broad bio-social cultural perspec- tive that is part of how we think and what we know works best for people. We need more than ever to be doing so. Let us know what you think. I look forward to catching up with you soon. Mary Hood AASW SA Branch Incorporated in the ACT ACN 008 576 010 www.aasw.asn.au Correspondence to: Branch Office Manager AASW SA Branch 4 Milner Street HINDMARSH SA 5007 or [email protected] President Mary Hood Vice President Chris Chalubek Newsletter Kathy Inverarity/ Sally McMichael CPD Maria Scicchitano Ethics Sophie Diamandi Students & New Grads Mark Wilson Private Practitioners Robyn Lingard Social Justice Sue King Branch Manager Miriam Hobson Spring 2014 From the President… South Australian Social Worker “How can we demonstrate the value of Social Work?”

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Wow the year is flying by It has been great to get out a meet a lot of Social Workers

in Country Health Health Education CAMHS as well as students and staff from both

Universities

There are lots of issues troubling Social Workers at present though

De-professionalisation of positions in government is an issue Are there any parts of

Social Work jobs that can be done under direction and do not require the knowledge

and skills of a professional Social Worker Or is it purely a cost cutting exercise How

can we demonstrate the value of Social Work

The Journal Social Work in Health Care is a good source There are a few research arti-

cles appearing which may help us with this Auerbach Mason and LaPorte Vol 44 (4)

2007 in Evidence that Supports the Value of Social Work in Hospitals and The value of

the presence of social work in Emergency departments Vol 49 2010 say social workers

are referred the most complex cases and contain costs through preventing admission or

through dealing with the complexities

What are Social Work skills Expertise The Munro Review of Child Protection in the

UK (2011) includes a submission that Social work expertise in Child Protection includes

1 Assessment (general) using practice wisdom social work theory family

relationshiptrauma knowledge interview observation

2 Analysis of all this systems information

3 Risk assessment

4 Working alongside people

5 Problem solving

6 Decision making

7 Planning

8 Relationship building

9 Partnership work with other agencies

What do Social Workers do that differentiates us from other professions Are we

immediately able to articulate this when we are in discussions

in our workplaces Letrsquos practice being able to clearly speak

up for our skills and for the broad bio-social cultural perspec-

tive that is part of how we think and what we know works

best for people We need more than ever to be doing so Let

us know what you think

I look forward to catching up with you soon

Mary Hood

AASW SA Branch

Incorporated in the ACT ACN 008 576 010

wwwaaswasnau

Correspondence to

Branch Office Manager AASW SA Branch

4 Milner Street HINDMARSH SA 5007

or aaswsaaaswasnau

President

Mary Hood

Vice President Chris Chalubek

Newsletter

Kathy Inverarity Sally McMichael

CPD

Maria Scicchitano

Ethics Sophie Diamandi

Students amp New

Grads

Mark Wilson

Private Practitioners Robyn Lingard

Social Justice

Sue King

Branch Manager Miriam Hobson

Spring 2014

From the Presidenthellip

South Australian Social Worker

ldquoHow can we demonstrate the value of

Social Workrdquo

Page 2

For Your Diaryhellip

1 From the President 11 AASW SA Branch AGM

2 For Your Diary 12 Spotlight on Ann Bloor

3 Regional Round Up 13 Spotlight on Ann Bloor cont

4 News and Updates 14 SA Branch Contact Details

5 CPD Review Legal Considerations in Private Practice

6 AASW in the Media Overview of Key Publications

7 Sources and Resources for Social Workers

8 Book Launch Working Together

9 Advocacy

10 Social Justice Committee

Adelaide Networking Group

27 November 2014

530 pm

Register here

APMD Inaugural Conference 2014 -

Prevention Evidence Challenges and

Opportunities

2 December 2014 Adelaide

Visit the event website

Western Region Evening

Networking Session

25 February 2015

530 pm

Wheatsheaf Hotel

Register here

Ethics and Organisational Pressure on

Moral and Ethical Decision Making in

Practice

24 February 2015

6mdash8 pm

EDC Hindmarsh

Registrations open soon

Supervision Training Course 1

3-5 March 2015

900 am - 330 pm

EDC Hindmarsh

Register at wwwdramatixcomau

World Social Work Day

17 March 2015

715 - 900 am

The PavillionmdashSouth Tce

Registrations open soon

Event Trauma - Responding to Cri-

sis and Traumatic Incidents

28 April 2015

545 - 800pm EDC Hindmarsh

Registrations open soon

Integration and Application of

Cultural Elements in Supervision

21 May 2015

900 -1200pm EDC Hindmarsh

Registrations open soon

Treating PTSD with Dr Leah

Giarratano

18 ndash19 June 2015 Adelaide

Register at

httpwwwtalominbookscom

Page 2 Newsletter Spring 2014

Contents

Page 3

Whyalla

On the 26 September Whyalla was host to

lsquoIntroducing Marte Meorsquo a training session delivered

by AASW member Sally Watson It used video

review and interactional analysis to show practition-

ers how to use ordinary interactions to support

childrenrsquos development and to pass these ideas on

to parents and other significant carers

The event was very popular

with attendees from Health

and Education organisa-

tions as well as agencies

such as Centacare

Feedback described the event as being well

delivered and intrinsically relevant to Social Work

practice

Mt Gambier

BMC member Michelle Osmond was able to attend

our state AGM this year Michelle was instrumental

in starting conversation around the needs of rural

Social Workers and the challenges inherent in

supporting them to meet their CPD requirements

Ideas around responding to this need were

discussed with particular focus placed on increasing

Webinars and SWOT based resources

Riverland

The Riverland Networking Group gathering

4 December at 1200 pm for a lunch meeting

The lunch will be held at the Berri Hotel which is

on Riverview Drive Berri

Come and join your colleagues for a drink and the

opportunity to make new contacts with Social

Workers in your region

RSVP Monday 1 December - Cathy Schwartzkopff -

Catherineschwartzkopffhealthsagovau

The Riverland Social Workers Networking

Group is for working and non-working Social

Workers and Social Work students to offer an

informal opportunity to network share information

and offer support Looking forward to seeing you

soon and meeting our new members

If you would like to join the 2015 quarterly River-

land Networking Group lunch time sessions please

contact

Robyn Camrolakis

robyncamrolakishumanservicesgovau

or

Catherine Schwartzkopff

Catherineschwartzkopffhealthsagovau

Newsletter Spring 2014

Regional Roundup

Email registrationaaswasnau or phone +61 3 9320 1044

Promote your private Social Work services in

the Find a Social Worker and Find a Supervisor

search directories

Do you provide private client work supervision or

consultancy work

Are you an Accredited Social Worker

You can promote your social work services in the

public member directories by creating a listing in the

Advanced Search Directory Click here for more in-

formation

The South Australian Disability and Lifestyle Expo

kicked off in Adelaide on November 7 2014

This yearrsquos theme was lsquoDream Bigrsquo and was reflected

beautifully with a colourful Circus atmosphere that

showcased exhibitors from aged care services

advocacy disability support services education

employment equipment mobility physio

rehabilitation sport wellbeing youth services and

more

NDIA Chairman Bruce Bonyhady delivered a keynote

address at the expo speaking about the progress of

the National Disability Insurance Scheme and how it is

positively affecting the lives of people with disability at

trial sites around the nation

Mr Bonyhady officially opened the South Australia

Disability and Lifestyle Expo and his speech can be

watched here via live web streaming

The South Australian Council of Social Service

(SACOSS) has released its annual Anti-Poverty Week

Statement This yearrsquos statement profiles poverty in

four different South Australian communities highlight-

ing the presence prevalence and diversity of poverty

as it exists in different parts of the state

The Statement explores data from the Anangu Pitjant-

jatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Burnside Mount

Gambier and Playford Local Government Areas ndash

profiling education employment ethnicity income and

other economic resources in each area

Read more of Poverty in SA Case Studies Highlight

Prevalence and Programs that Help

The SA Branch has been touring Adelaide and speak-

ing to Social Work students at Flinders University and

the University of South Australia Presentations were

delivered by SA President Mary Hood and MSW

Placement student Isabella Ciezkowski

They focussed on consolidating connections between

the AASW and the statersquos graduating cohort by

providing information around role of the association in

the discipline and the advocacy efforts it regularly

heads Flinders and UniSA students were also walked

through a number of important pre-employment

steps aimed at providing an easy and Social Work

specific employment strategy

The branch looks forward to making the tour an

annual event

News and Updates

Newsletter Spring 2014 Page 4

Social Work Search Directories

Anti-Poverty Week Statement

SA Disability and Lifestyle Expo

AASW University Tours

Page 5

CPD Review Legal Considerations in Private Practice

Newsletter Spring 2014

Advertisement - Hypnosis Today

A keen group of 15 current and emerging private

practitioners got a head-start on their professional

development year by attending the ldquoLegal Consider-

ations in Private Practicerdquo CPD event on the

evening of 1st July

The event was organised by the Private

Practitioners Sub-Committee who were able to

attract Stewart Bruinsma as the eveningrsquos guest

speaker Stewart brought a wealth of knowledge

and experience to the evening having worked

professionally since 1988 and privately since 2005

Stewart has specialised in Family Law Court work

since 2008 and has expert witness status with the

Court

The evening covered both legal and business consid-

erations of private practice ranging from different

ways to structure onersquos business through to report

writing legal terminology and how to deal with

cross examination in a Courtroom Indeed there

was a broad range of content to be covered and an

equally diverse range of expectations from the audi-

ence however the feedback received from partici-

pants was overwhelmingly positive and Stewart was

generous with his time in accommodating questions

from the audience both during and after his

presentation Stewart concluded his talk with some

insights into potentially lucrative opportunities to

perform work as a Regulation 7 Family Therapist

Consultant providing the Family Court with

written assessment reports to be used in custody

proceedings

Please get in touch should there be a topic you

would like covered andor refer to the AASW

web-site for upcoming events

I would also personally like to thank Robyn Lingard

and Miriam Hobson for assisting me in organising

and hosting the event

Holden Ward

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker Member of the Private Practitioners

Sub-Committee

The Private Practitioners Sub-

Committee are keen to organize

future CPD events that are relevant to

the needs of current and emerging

private practitioners

Page 6 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW in the Media

AASW SA Social Media

Changes in health system must protect the

vulnerable

The AASW has joined a wide range of

organisations calling on the Government to show

leadership in health funding and ensure that

decisions take into account the health of everyone

in the community particularly the most

vulnerable

The organisations headed by the Australian

Council of Social Service (ACOSS) have signed a

statement addressing alarming changes being

proposed in the area of health without significant

community discussion about the implications such

as the proposed GP co-payment

View our media release on this matter here

The AASW has lodged a submission to the Senate

Community Affairs Reference Committee into

their inquiry into lsquoOut of Home Carersquo This is a

substantial piece of work which should also pro-

vide a resource for members and students

The AASW would like to acknowledge the consid-

erable efforts of a sub-committee of the National

Social Policy Committee for the extensive work in

bringing the content of this submission together

Members can access the document here

New profile launched

The SA branch is proud to announce that it has

launched a Linkedin profile to facilitate networking

opportunities for itrsquos members

The profile can be found under AASW SA and is

regularly updated with links and resources

The Council for the Care of Childrenrsquos regular overview of key publications concerning the rights develop-

ment wellbeing safety and participation of children and young people is now available This issue of 33 pub-

lications includes

Young peoplersquos views on the issues around technology sex and relationships

Culturally sensitive practices for children amp young people from culturally amp linguistically diverse back-

grounds in out-of-home care

A web resource for children with disability and their families to assist in their transition to school

Childrenrsquos views on what makes a strong supportive community

Best practices for sharing information and advice with new dads during pregnancy and after birth to

help strengthen their relationship with their child

The benefits of providing quality early childhood education and care

Overview of Key Publications mdash Care of Children

SACOSS Out of Home Care Submission

Page 7

Newsletter Spring 2014

Accessing Journals mdash Sources amp Resources for Social Workers

Written by DIANA CHESSELL

While remaining up to date on the latest peer reviewed information is an important part of maintaining a

relevant view of the field finding and accessing journal information can seem both difficult and expensive

Below are 7 different resources - soon to be on the SA webpage - to make this a simpler process

1 State Library of SA (SLSA) holds past AASW SA Newsletters amp Conference papers etc

2 SLSA also holds an Archival Box SRG 744 (Society Record Group) which holds AASW SA Branch

Records of the Association comprising minute books of both general and Executive Committee

minutes (1942-1965) papers on medical Social Work in Australia reports on international

conferences brochures articles and notes on medical social work overseas and reports on child

migration (1949) and aged care (1951)

3 SLSA has a Free Electronic Journal list available Online by Home Access (Login required) This

includes Journals across the spectrum of Child amp Adolescent Social Work journal Child amp family

Social Work Community Health Systems Inc Social Work and Christianity Social Work

education Social Work research (1070-5309) Social Work review (Newton Auckland NZ)

4 Journal access through other Libraries As Practitioners the span of your Subject interests is

extremely wide so it may worth approaching a Library attached to your workplace or the Subject

Librarian in Local Libraries

5 Syracuse University offers Open Access and Other Resources for Social Work

6 Community Borrowing from the libraries of the University of South Australia Flinders University or

the University of Adelaide costs $11000 per annum and allows quite extensive borrowing of books

and other items However membership only allows on-site access to a limited range of electronic

resources eg Journals and Databases

7 The Social Work Historical Collection was established by the UniSA School of Social Work and

Social Policy and UniSA Library It includes material from many agencies and the three South

Australian universities which will be useful for research and exhibitions alike eg working notes of

several histories of longstanding Welfare agencies

The SA branch has been kept busy with two MSW students currently undergoing field placement on site

UniSA MSW student Isabella Ciezkowski has led the design and editing of a Student and New

Graduate Handbook which has recently been released on a national scale The Handbook is intended for

Social Work students and new graduates of Australia and provides documents that are aimed to support

continuing students and ease the employment transition process of those who are graduating and entering

Social Work The resource is free of charge and may be found here

Flinders University MSW student Wendy Studholme is conducting a quality assurance project to

ldquoexamine the perceptions of Social Work within multidisciplinary settingsrdquo We are hopeful that this study

will yield important pieces of information and assist the AASW in creating a broader understanding of the

relationship Social Work has with other Allied Health professions

Placement Update

Page 8

Book Launchmdash Working Together

Page 8 Newsletter Spring 2014

The editors and members of the Working Together team ndash Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development

Unit at Telethon Kids Institute ndash are delighted to announce the Second Edition of Working Together Ab-

original and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice 2014 edited by Pat

Dudgeon Helen Milroy and Roz Walker

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters to deliver an even more robust and high quality

resource It examines issues across the life course with a greater focus on children and young people the

significant impacts of mental health in the justice system the cultural determinants of social and emotional

wellbeing and intellectual and development disabilities It includes holistic models of care as well as inter-

disciplinary and inter-professional approaches and working with carers

The book was developed as an information source for health professionals working with Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people with social and emotional wellbeing The book contains comprehensive and

culturally appropriate information to education and assist health professionals who work with Indigenous

clients

The book is divided into 6 parts Part 1 ndash History and Contexts

Part 2 ndash Issues and Influences

Part 3 ndash Standards Principles and Practice

Part 4 ndash Assessment and Management

Part 5 ndash Working with Children Families and Communities

Part 6 ndash Healing Models and Programs

Working Together is a FREE resource with a low cost for

delivery due to postage and handling requirements Postage for

a single copy delivered anywhere in Australia is $17 We

actively encourage interested UniversitiesOrganisations to investigate the benefits of bulk ordering This

can see delivery costs greatly reduced depending on order numbers and destination in some cases to as

little as $2 per book

Visit the Working Together website (at httpaboriginaltelethonkidsorgau) where you will be

able to

access our exciting new eBook

download the free PDF version in full or by individual chapters

order hard copies

participate in our short Evaluation Survey

Click on the following link to complete your order and calculate the cost of delivery

httpsworkingtogetherinfoservicescomau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

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Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

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The next edition

Summer 2015

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tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

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PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 2

For Your Diaryhellip

1 From the President 11 AASW SA Branch AGM

2 For Your Diary 12 Spotlight on Ann Bloor

3 Regional Round Up 13 Spotlight on Ann Bloor cont

4 News and Updates 14 SA Branch Contact Details

5 CPD Review Legal Considerations in Private Practice

6 AASW in the Media Overview of Key Publications

7 Sources and Resources for Social Workers

8 Book Launch Working Together

9 Advocacy

10 Social Justice Committee

Adelaide Networking Group

27 November 2014

530 pm

Register here

APMD Inaugural Conference 2014 -

Prevention Evidence Challenges and

Opportunities

2 December 2014 Adelaide

Visit the event website

Western Region Evening

Networking Session

25 February 2015

530 pm

Wheatsheaf Hotel

Register here

Ethics and Organisational Pressure on

Moral and Ethical Decision Making in

Practice

24 February 2015

6mdash8 pm

EDC Hindmarsh

Registrations open soon

Supervision Training Course 1

3-5 March 2015

900 am - 330 pm

EDC Hindmarsh

Register at wwwdramatixcomau

World Social Work Day

17 March 2015

715 - 900 am

The PavillionmdashSouth Tce

Registrations open soon

Event Trauma - Responding to Cri-

sis and Traumatic Incidents

28 April 2015

545 - 800pm EDC Hindmarsh

Registrations open soon

Integration and Application of

Cultural Elements in Supervision

21 May 2015

900 -1200pm EDC Hindmarsh

Registrations open soon

Treating PTSD with Dr Leah

Giarratano

18 ndash19 June 2015 Adelaide

Register at

httpwwwtalominbookscom

Page 2 Newsletter Spring 2014

Contents

Page 3

Whyalla

On the 26 September Whyalla was host to

lsquoIntroducing Marte Meorsquo a training session delivered

by AASW member Sally Watson It used video

review and interactional analysis to show practition-

ers how to use ordinary interactions to support

childrenrsquos development and to pass these ideas on

to parents and other significant carers

The event was very popular

with attendees from Health

and Education organisa-

tions as well as agencies

such as Centacare

Feedback described the event as being well

delivered and intrinsically relevant to Social Work

practice

Mt Gambier

BMC member Michelle Osmond was able to attend

our state AGM this year Michelle was instrumental

in starting conversation around the needs of rural

Social Workers and the challenges inherent in

supporting them to meet their CPD requirements

Ideas around responding to this need were

discussed with particular focus placed on increasing

Webinars and SWOT based resources

Riverland

The Riverland Networking Group gathering

4 December at 1200 pm for a lunch meeting

The lunch will be held at the Berri Hotel which is

on Riverview Drive Berri

Come and join your colleagues for a drink and the

opportunity to make new contacts with Social

Workers in your region

RSVP Monday 1 December - Cathy Schwartzkopff -

Catherineschwartzkopffhealthsagovau

The Riverland Social Workers Networking

Group is for working and non-working Social

Workers and Social Work students to offer an

informal opportunity to network share information

and offer support Looking forward to seeing you

soon and meeting our new members

If you would like to join the 2015 quarterly River-

land Networking Group lunch time sessions please

contact

Robyn Camrolakis

robyncamrolakishumanservicesgovau

or

Catherine Schwartzkopff

Catherineschwartzkopffhealthsagovau

Newsletter Spring 2014

Regional Roundup

Email registrationaaswasnau or phone +61 3 9320 1044

Promote your private Social Work services in

the Find a Social Worker and Find a Supervisor

search directories

Do you provide private client work supervision or

consultancy work

Are you an Accredited Social Worker

You can promote your social work services in the

public member directories by creating a listing in the

Advanced Search Directory Click here for more in-

formation

The South Australian Disability and Lifestyle Expo

kicked off in Adelaide on November 7 2014

This yearrsquos theme was lsquoDream Bigrsquo and was reflected

beautifully with a colourful Circus atmosphere that

showcased exhibitors from aged care services

advocacy disability support services education

employment equipment mobility physio

rehabilitation sport wellbeing youth services and

more

NDIA Chairman Bruce Bonyhady delivered a keynote

address at the expo speaking about the progress of

the National Disability Insurance Scheme and how it is

positively affecting the lives of people with disability at

trial sites around the nation

Mr Bonyhady officially opened the South Australia

Disability and Lifestyle Expo and his speech can be

watched here via live web streaming

The South Australian Council of Social Service

(SACOSS) has released its annual Anti-Poverty Week

Statement This yearrsquos statement profiles poverty in

four different South Australian communities highlight-

ing the presence prevalence and diversity of poverty

as it exists in different parts of the state

The Statement explores data from the Anangu Pitjant-

jatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Burnside Mount

Gambier and Playford Local Government Areas ndash

profiling education employment ethnicity income and

other economic resources in each area

Read more of Poverty in SA Case Studies Highlight

Prevalence and Programs that Help

The SA Branch has been touring Adelaide and speak-

ing to Social Work students at Flinders University and

the University of South Australia Presentations were

delivered by SA President Mary Hood and MSW

Placement student Isabella Ciezkowski

They focussed on consolidating connections between

the AASW and the statersquos graduating cohort by

providing information around role of the association in

the discipline and the advocacy efforts it regularly

heads Flinders and UniSA students were also walked

through a number of important pre-employment

steps aimed at providing an easy and Social Work

specific employment strategy

The branch looks forward to making the tour an

annual event

News and Updates

Newsletter Spring 2014 Page 4

Social Work Search Directories

Anti-Poverty Week Statement

SA Disability and Lifestyle Expo

AASW University Tours

Page 5

CPD Review Legal Considerations in Private Practice

Newsletter Spring 2014

Advertisement - Hypnosis Today

A keen group of 15 current and emerging private

practitioners got a head-start on their professional

development year by attending the ldquoLegal Consider-

ations in Private Practicerdquo CPD event on the

evening of 1st July

The event was organised by the Private

Practitioners Sub-Committee who were able to

attract Stewart Bruinsma as the eveningrsquos guest

speaker Stewart brought a wealth of knowledge

and experience to the evening having worked

professionally since 1988 and privately since 2005

Stewart has specialised in Family Law Court work

since 2008 and has expert witness status with the

Court

The evening covered both legal and business consid-

erations of private practice ranging from different

ways to structure onersquos business through to report

writing legal terminology and how to deal with

cross examination in a Courtroom Indeed there

was a broad range of content to be covered and an

equally diverse range of expectations from the audi-

ence however the feedback received from partici-

pants was overwhelmingly positive and Stewart was

generous with his time in accommodating questions

from the audience both during and after his

presentation Stewart concluded his talk with some

insights into potentially lucrative opportunities to

perform work as a Regulation 7 Family Therapist

Consultant providing the Family Court with

written assessment reports to be used in custody

proceedings

Please get in touch should there be a topic you

would like covered andor refer to the AASW

web-site for upcoming events

I would also personally like to thank Robyn Lingard

and Miriam Hobson for assisting me in organising

and hosting the event

Holden Ward

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker Member of the Private Practitioners

Sub-Committee

The Private Practitioners Sub-

Committee are keen to organize

future CPD events that are relevant to

the needs of current and emerging

private practitioners

Page 6 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW in the Media

AASW SA Social Media

Changes in health system must protect the

vulnerable

The AASW has joined a wide range of

organisations calling on the Government to show

leadership in health funding and ensure that

decisions take into account the health of everyone

in the community particularly the most

vulnerable

The organisations headed by the Australian

Council of Social Service (ACOSS) have signed a

statement addressing alarming changes being

proposed in the area of health without significant

community discussion about the implications such

as the proposed GP co-payment

View our media release on this matter here

The AASW has lodged a submission to the Senate

Community Affairs Reference Committee into

their inquiry into lsquoOut of Home Carersquo This is a

substantial piece of work which should also pro-

vide a resource for members and students

The AASW would like to acknowledge the consid-

erable efforts of a sub-committee of the National

Social Policy Committee for the extensive work in

bringing the content of this submission together

Members can access the document here

New profile launched

The SA branch is proud to announce that it has

launched a Linkedin profile to facilitate networking

opportunities for itrsquos members

The profile can be found under AASW SA and is

regularly updated with links and resources

The Council for the Care of Childrenrsquos regular overview of key publications concerning the rights develop-

ment wellbeing safety and participation of children and young people is now available This issue of 33 pub-

lications includes

Young peoplersquos views on the issues around technology sex and relationships

Culturally sensitive practices for children amp young people from culturally amp linguistically diverse back-

grounds in out-of-home care

A web resource for children with disability and their families to assist in their transition to school

Childrenrsquos views on what makes a strong supportive community

Best practices for sharing information and advice with new dads during pregnancy and after birth to

help strengthen their relationship with their child

The benefits of providing quality early childhood education and care

Overview of Key Publications mdash Care of Children

SACOSS Out of Home Care Submission

Page 7

Newsletter Spring 2014

Accessing Journals mdash Sources amp Resources for Social Workers

Written by DIANA CHESSELL

While remaining up to date on the latest peer reviewed information is an important part of maintaining a

relevant view of the field finding and accessing journal information can seem both difficult and expensive

Below are 7 different resources - soon to be on the SA webpage - to make this a simpler process

1 State Library of SA (SLSA) holds past AASW SA Newsletters amp Conference papers etc

2 SLSA also holds an Archival Box SRG 744 (Society Record Group) which holds AASW SA Branch

Records of the Association comprising minute books of both general and Executive Committee

minutes (1942-1965) papers on medical Social Work in Australia reports on international

conferences brochures articles and notes on medical social work overseas and reports on child

migration (1949) and aged care (1951)

3 SLSA has a Free Electronic Journal list available Online by Home Access (Login required) This

includes Journals across the spectrum of Child amp Adolescent Social Work journal Child amp family

Social Work Community Health Systems Inc Social Work and Christianity Social Work

education Social Work research (1070-5309) Social Work review (Newton Auckland NZ)

4 Journal access through other Libraries As Practitioners the span of your Subject interests is

extremely wide so it may worth approaching a Library attached to your workplace or the Subject

Librarian in Local Libraries

5 Syracuse University offers Open Access and Other Resources for Social Work

6 Community Borrowing from the libraries of the University of South Australia Flinders University or

the University of Adelaide costs $11000 per annum and allows quite extensive borrowing of books

and other items However membership only allows on-site access to a limited range of electronic

resources eg Journals and Databases

7 The Social Work Historical Collection was established by the UniSA School of Social Work and

Social Policy and UniSA Library It includes material from many agencies and the three South

Australian universities which will be useful for research and exhibitions alike eg working notes of

several histories of longstanding Welfare agencies

The SA branch has been kept busy with two MSW students currently undergoing field placement on site

UniSA MSW student Isabella Ciezkowski has led the design and editing of a Student and New

Graduate Handbook which has recently been released on a national scale The Handbook is intended for

Social Work students and new graduates of Australia and provides documents that are aimed to support

continuing students and ease the employment transition process of those who are graduating and entering

Social Work The resource is free of charge and may be found here

Flinders University MSW student Wendy Studholme is conducting a quality assurance project to

ldquoexamine the perceptions of Social Work within multidisciplinary settingsrdquo We are hopeful that this study

will yield important pieces of information and assist the AASW in creating a broader understanding of the

relationship Social Work has with other Allied Health professions

Placement Update

Page 8

Book Launchmdash Working Together

Page 8 Newsletter Spring 2014

The editors and members of the Working Together team ndash Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development

Unit at Telethon Kids Institute ndash are delighted to announce the Second Edition of Working Together Ab-

original and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice 2014 edited by Pat

Dudgeon Helen Milroy and Roz Walker

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters to deliver an even more robust and high quality

resource It examines issues across the life course with a greater focus on children and young people the

significant impacts of mental health in the justice system the cultural determinants of social and emotional

wellbeing and intellectual and development disabilities It includes holistic models of care as well as inter-

disciplinary and inter-professional approaches and working with carers

The book was developed as an information source for health professionals working with Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people with social and emotional wellbeing The book contains comprehensive and

culturally appropriate information to education and assist health professionals who work with Indigenous

clients

The book is divided into 6 parts Part 1 ndash History and Contexts

Part 2 ndash Issues and Influences

Part 3 ndash Standards Principles and Practice

Part 4 ndash Assessment and Management

Part 5 ndash Working with Children Families and Communities

Part 6 ndash Healing Models and Programs

Working Together is a FREE resource with a low cost for

delivery due to postage and handling requirements Postage for

a single copy delivered anywhere in Australia is $17 We

actively encourage interested UniversitiesOrganisations to investigate the benefits of bulk ordering This

can see delivery costs greatly reduced depending on order numbers and destination in some cases to as

little as $2 per book

Visit the Working Together website (at httpaboriginaltelethonkidsorgau) where you will be

able to

access our exciting new eBook

download the free PDF version in full or by individual chapters

order hard copies

participate in our short Evaluation Survey

Click on the following link to complete your order and calculate the cost of delivery

httpsworkingtogetherinfoservicescomau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 3

Whyalla

On the 26 September Whyalla was host to

lsquoIntroducing Marte Meorsquo a training session delivered

by AASW member Sally Watson It used video

review and interactional analysis to show practition-

ers how to use ordinary interactions to support

childrenrsquos development and to pass these ideas on

to parents and other significant carers

The event was very popular

with attendees from Health

and Education organisa-

tions as well as agencies

such as Centacare

Feedback described the event as being well

delivered and intrinsically relevant to Social Work

practice

Mt Gambier

BMC member Michelle Osmond was able to attend

our state AGM this year Michelle was instrumental

in starting conversation around the needs of rural

Social Workers and the challenges inherent in

supporting them to meet their CPD requirements

Ideas around responding to this need were

discussed with particular focus placed on increasing

Webinars and SWOT based resources

Riverland

The Riverland Networking Group gathering

4 December at 1200 pm for a lunch meeting

The lunch will be held at the Berri Hotel which is

on Riverview Drive Berri

Come and join your colleagues for a drink and the

opportunity to make new contacts with Social

Workers in your region

RSVP Monday 1 December - Cathy Schwartzkopff -

Catherineschwartzkopffhealthsagovau

The Riverland Social Workers Networking

Group is for working and non-working Social

Workers and Social Work students to offer an

informal opportunity to network share information

and offer support Looking forward to seeing you

soon and meeting our new members

If you would like to join the 2015 quarterly River-

land Networking Group lunch time sessions please

contact

Robyn Camrolakis

robyncamrolakishumanservicesgovau

or

Catherine Schwartzkopff

Catherineschwartzkopffhealthsagovau

Newsletter Spring 2014

Regional Roundup

Email registrationaaswasnau or phone +61 3 9320 1044

Promote your private Social Work services in

the Find a Social Worker and Find a Supervisor

search directories

Do you provide private client work supervision or

consultancy work

Are you an Accredited Social Worker

You can promote your social work services in the

public member directories by creating a listing in the

Advanced Search Directory Click here for more in-

formation

The South Australian Disability and Lifestyle Expo

kicked off in Adelaide on November 7 2014

This yearrsquos theme was lsquoDream Bigrsquo and was reflected

beautifully with a colourful Circus atmosphere that

showcased exhibitors from aged care services

advocacy disability support services education

employment equipment mobility physio

rehabilitation sport wellbeing youth services and

more

NDIA Chairman Bruce Bonyhady delivered a keynote

address at the expo speaking about the progress of

the National Disability Insurance Scheme and how it is

positively affecting the lives of people with disability at

trial sites around the nation

Mr Bonyhady officially opened the South Australia

Disability and Lifestyle Expo and his speech can be

watched here via live web streaming

The South Australian Council of Social Service

(SACOSS) has released its annual Anti-Poverty Week

Statement This yearrsquos statement profiles poverty in

four different South Australian communities highlight-

ing the presence prevalence and diversity of poverty

as it exists in different parts of the state

The Statement explores data from the Anangu Pitjant-

jatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Burnside Mount

Gambier and Playford Local Government Areas ndash

profiling education employment ethnicity income and

other economic resources in each area

Read more of Poverty in SA Case Studies Highlight

Prevalence and Programs that Help

The SA Branch has been touring Adelaide and speak-

ing to Social Work students at Flinders University and

the University of South Australia Presentations were

delivered by SA President Mary Hood and MSW

Placement student Isabella Ciezkowski

They focussed on consolidating connections between

the AASW and the statersquos graduating cohort by

providing information around role of the association in

the discipline and the advocacy efforts it regularly

heads Flinders and UniSA students were also walked

through a number of important pre-employment

steps aimed at providing an easy and Social Work

specific employment strategy

The branch looks forward to making the tour an

annual event

News and Updates

Newsletter Spring 2014 Page 4

Social Work Search Directories

Anti-Poverty Week Statement

SA Disability and Lifestyle Expo

AASW University Tours

Page 5

CPD Review Legal Considerations in Private Practice

Newsletter Spring 2014

Advertisement - Hypnosis Today

A keen group of 15 current and emerging private

practitioners got a head-start on their professional

development year by attending the ldquoLegal Consider-

ations in Private Practicerdquo CPD event on the

evening of 1st July

The event was organised by the Private

Practitioners Sub-Committee who were able to

attract Stewart Bruinsma as the eveningrsquos guest

speaker Stewart brought a wealth of knowledge

and experience to the evening having worked

professionally since 1988 and privately since 2005

Stewart has specialised in Family Law Court work

since 2008 and has expert witness status with the

Court

The evening covered both legal and business consid-

erations of private practice ranging from different

ways to structure onersquos business through to report

writing legal terminology and how to deal with

cross examination in a Courtroom Indeed there

was a broad range of content to be covered and an

equally diverse range of expectations from the audi-

ence however the feedback received from partici-

pants was overwhelmingly positive and Stewart was

generous with his time in accommodating questions

from the audience both during and after his

presentation Stewart concluded his talk with some

insights into potentially lucrative opportunities to

perform work as a Regulation 7 Family Therapist

Consultant providing the Family Court with

written assessment reports to be used in custody

proceedings

Please get in touch should there be a topic you

would like covered andor refer to the AASW

web-site for upcoming events

I would also personally like to thank Robyn Lingard

and Miriam Hobson for assisting me in organising

and hosting the event

Holden Ward

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker Member of the Private Practitioners

Sub-Committee

The Private Practitioners Sub-

Committee are keen to organize

future CPD events that are relevant to

the needs of current and emerging

private practitioners

Page 6 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW in the Media

AASW SA Social Media

Changes in health system must protect the

vulnerable

The AASW has joined a wide range of

organisations calling on the Government to show

leadership in health funding and ensure that

decisions take into account the health of everyone

in the community particularly the most

vulnerable

The organisations headed by the Australian

Council of Social Service (ACOSS) have signed a

statement addressing alarming changes being

proposed in the area of health without significant

community discussion about the implications such

as the proposed GP co-payment

View our media release on this matter here

The AASW has lodged a submission to the Senate

Community Affairs Reference Committee into

their inquiry into lsquoOut of Home Carersquo This is a

substantial piece of work which should also pro-

vide a resource for members and students

The AASW would like to acknowledge the consid-

erable efforts of a sub-committee of the National

Social Policy Committee for the extensive work in

bringing the content of this submission together

Members can access the document here

New profile launched

The SA branch is proud to announce that it has

launched a Linkedin profile to facilitate networking

opportunities for itrsquos members

The profile can be found under AASW SA and is

regularly updated with links and resources

The Council for the Care of Childrenrsquos regular overview of key publications concerning the rights develop-

ment wellbeing safety and participation of children and young people is now available This issue of 33 pub-

lications includes

Young peoplersquos views on the issues around technology sex and relationships

Culturally sensitive practices for children amp young people from culturally amp linguistically diverse back-

grounds in out-of-home care

A web resource for children with disability and their families to assist in their transition to school

Childrenrsquos views on what makes a strong supportive community

Best practices for sharing information and advice with new dads during pregnancy and after birth to

help strengthen their relationship with their child

The benefits of providing quality early childhood education and care

Overview of Key Publications mdash Care of Children

SACOSS Out of Home Care Submission

Page 7

Newsletter Spring 2014

Accessing Journals mdash Sources amp Resources for Social Workers

Written by DIANA CHESSELL

While remaining up to date on the latest peer reviewed information is an important part of maintaining a

relevant view of the field finding and accessing journal information can seem both difficult and expensive

Below are 7 different resources - soon to be on the SA webpage - to make this a simpler process

1 State Library of SA (SLSA) holds past AASW SA Newsletters amp Conference papers etc

2 SLSA also holds an Archival Box SRG 744 (Society Record Group) which holds AASW SA Branch

Records of the Association comprising minute books of both general and Executive Committee

minutes (1942-1965) papers on medical Social Work in Australia reports on international

conferences brochures articles and notes on medical social work overseas and reports on child

migration (1949) and aged care (1951)

3 SLSA has a Free Electronic Journal list available Online by Home Access (Login required) This

includes Journals across the spectrum of Child amp Adolescent Social Work journal Child amp family

Social Work Community Health Systems Inc Social Work and Christianity Social Work

education Social Work research (1070-5309) Social Work review (Newton Auckland NZ)

4 Journal access through other Libraries As Practitioners the span of your Subject interests is

extremely wide so it may worth approaching a Library attached to your workplace or the Subject

Librarian in Local Libraries

5 Syracuse University offers Open Access and Other Resources for Social Work

6 Community Borrowing from the libraries of the University of South Australia Flinders University or

the University of Adelaide costs $11000 per annum and allows quite extensive borrowing of books

and other items However membership only allows on-site access to a limited range of electronic

resources eg Journals and Databases

7 The Social Work Historical Collection was established by the UniSA School of Social Work and

Social Policy and UniSA Library It includes material from many agencies and the three South

Australian universities which will be useful for research and exhibitions alike eg working notes of

several histories of longstanding Welfare agencies

The SA branch has been kept busy with two MSW students currently undergoing field placement on site

UniSA MSW student Isabella Ciezkowski has led the design and editing of a Student and New

Graduate Handbook which has recently been released on a national scale The Handbook is intended for

Social Work students and new graduates of Australia and provides documents that are aimed to support

continuing students and ease the employment transition process of those who are graduating and entering

Social Work The resource is free of charge and may be found here

Flinders University MSW student Wendy Studholme is conducting a quality assurance project to

ldquoexamine the perceptions of Social Work within multidisciplinary settingsrdquo We are hopeful that this study

will yield important pieces of information and assist the AASW in creating a broader understanding of the

relationship Social Work has with other Allied Health professions

Placement Update

Page 8

Book Launchmdash Working Together

Page 8 Newsletter Spring 2014

The editors and members of the Working Together team ndash Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development

Unit at Telethon Kids Institute ndash are delighted to announce the Second Edition of Working Together Ab-

original and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice 2014 edited by Pat

Dudgeon Helen Milroy and Roz Walker

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters to deliver an even more robust and high quality

resource It examines issues across the life course with a greater focus on children and young people the

significant impacts of mental health in the justice system the cultural determinants of social and emotional

wellbeing and intellectual and development disabilities It includes holistic models of care as well as inter-

disciplinary and inter-professional approaches and working with carers

The book was developed as an information source for health professionals working with Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people with social and emotional wellbeing The book contains comprehensive and

culturally appropriate information to education and assist health professionals who work with Indigenous

clients

The book is divided into 6 parts Part 1 ndash History and Contexts

Part 2 ndash Issues and Influences

Part 3 ndash Standards Principles and Practice

Part 4 ndash Assessment and Management

Part 5 ndash Working with Children Families and Communities

Part 6 ndash Healing Models and Programs

Working Together is a FREE resource with a low cost for

delivery due to postage and handling requirements Postage for

a single copy delivered anywhere in Australia is $17 We

actively encourage interested UniversitiesOrganisations to investigate the benefits of bulk ordering This

can see delivery costs greatly reduced depending on order numbers and destination in some cases to as

little as $2 per book

Visit the Working Together website (at httpaboriginaltelethonkidsorgau) where you will be

able to

access our exciting new eBook

download the free PDF version in full or by individual chapters

order hard copies

participate in our short Evaluation Survey

Click on the following link to complete your order and calculate the cost of delivery

httpsworkingtogetherinfoservicescomau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

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Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Promote your private Social Work services in

the Find a Social Worker and Find a Supervisor

search directories

Do you provide private client work supervision or

consultancy work

Are you an Accredited Social Worker

You can promote your social work services in the

public member directories by creating a listing in the

Advanced Search Directory Click here for more in-

formation

The South Australian Disability and Lifestyle Expo

kicked off in Adelaide on November 7 2014

This yearrsquos theme was lsquoDream Bigrsquo and was reflected

beautifully with a colourful Circus atmosphere that

showcased exhibitors from aged care services

advocacy disability support services education

employment equipment mobility physio

rehabilitation sport wellbeing youth services and

more

NDIA Chairman Bruce Bonyhady delivered a keynote

address at the expo speaking about the progress of

the National Disability Insurance Scheme and how it is

positively affecting the lives of people with disability at

trial sites around the nation

Mr Bonyhady officially opened the South Australia

Disability and Lifestyle Expo and his speech can be

watched here via live web streaming

The South Australian Council of Social Service

(SACOSS) has released its annual Anti-Poverty Week

Statement This yearrsquos statement profiles poverty in

four different South Australian communities highlight-

ing the presence prevalence and diversity of poverty

as it exists in different parts of the state

The Statement explores data from the Anangu Pitjant-

jatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Burnside Mount

Gambier and Playford Local Government Areas ndash

profiling education employment ethnicity income and

other economic resources in each area

Read more of Poverty in SA Case Studies Highlight

Prevalence and Programs that Help

The SA Branch has been touring Adelaide and speak-

ing to Social Work students at Flinders University and

the University of South Australia Presentations were

delivered by SA President Mary Hood and MSW

Placement student Isabella Ciezkowski

They focussed on consolidating connections between

the AASW and the statersquos graduating cohort by

providing information around role of the association in

the discipline and the advocacy efforts it regularly

heads Flinders and UniSA students were also walked

through a number of important pre-employment

steps aimed at providing an easy and Social Work

specific employment strategy

The branch looks forward to making the tour an

annual event

News and Updates

Newsletter Spring 2014 Page 4

Social Work Search Directories

Anti-Poverty Week Statement

SA Disability and Lifestyle Expo

AASW University Tours

Page 5

CPD Review Legal Considerations in Private Practice

Newsletter Spring 2014

Advertisement - Hypnosis Today

A keen group of 15 current and emerging private

practitioners got a head-start on their professional

development year by attending the ldquoLegal Consider-

ations in Private Practicerdquo CPD event on the

evening of 1st July

The event was organised by the Private

Practitioners Sub-Committee who were able to

attract Stewart Bruinsma as the eveningrsquos guest

speaker Stewart brought a wealth of knowledge

and experience to the evening having worked

professionally since 1988 and privately since 2005

Stewart has specialised in Family Law Court work

since 2008 and has expert witness status with the

Court

The evening covered both legal and business consid-

erations of private practice ranging from different

ways to structure onersquos business through to report

writing legal terminology and how to deal with

cross examination in a Courtroom Indeed there

was a broad range of content to be covered and an

equally diverse range of expectations from the audi-

ence however the feedback received from partici-

pants was overwhelmingly positive and Stewart was

generous with his time in accommodating questions

from the audience both during and after his

presentation Stewart concluded his talk with some

insights into potentially lucrative opportunities to

perform work as a Regulation 7 Family Therapist

Consultant providing the Family Court with

written assessment reports to be used in custody

proceedings

Please get in touch should there be a topic you

would like covered andor refer to the AASW

web-site for upcoming events

I would also personally like to thank Robyn Lingard

and Miriam Hobson for assisting me in organising

and hosting the event

Holden Ward

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker Member of the Private Practitioners

Sub-Committee

The Private Practitioners Sub-

Committee are keen to organize

future CPD events that are relevant to

the needs of current and emerging

private practitioners

Page 6 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW in the Media

AASW SA Social Media

Changes in health system must protect the

vulnerable

The AASW has joined a wide range of

organisations calling on the Government to show

leadership in health funding and ensure that

decisions take into account the health of everyone

in the community particularly the most

vulnerable

The organisations headed by the Australian

Council of Social Service (ACOSS) have signed a

statement addressing alarming changes being

proposed in the area of health without significant

community discussion about the implications such

as the proposed GP co-payment

View our media release on this matter here

The AASW has lodged a submission to the Senate

Community Affairs Reference Committee into

their inquiry into lsquoOut of Home Carersquo This is a

substantial piece of work which should also pro-

vide a resource for members and students

The AASW would like to acknowledge the consid-

erable efforts of a sub-committee of the National

Social Policy Committee for the extensive work in

bringing the content of this submission together

Members can access the document here

New profile launched

The SA branch is proud to announce that it has

launched a Linkedin profile to facilitate networking

opportunities for itrsquos members

The profile can be found under AASW SA and is

regularly updated with links and resources

The Council for the Care of Childrenrsquos regular overview of key publications concerning the rights develop-

ment wellbeing safety and participation of children and young people is now available This issue of 33 pub-

lications includes

Young peoplersquos views on the issues around technology sex and relationships

Culturally sensitive practices for children amp young people from culturally amp linguistically diverse back-

grounds in out-of-home care

A web resource for children with disability and their families to assist in their transition to school

Childrenrsquos views on what makes a strong supportive community

Best practices for sharing information and advice with new dads during pregnancy and after birth to

help strengthen their relationship with their child

The benefits of providing quality early childhood education and care

Overview of Key Publications mdash Care of Children

SACOSS Out of Home Care Submission

Page 7

Newsletter Spring 2014

Accessing Journals mdash Sources amp Resources for Social Workers

Written by DIANA CHESSELL

While remaining up to date on the latest peer reviewed information is an important part of maintaining a

relevant view of the field finding and accessing journal information can seem both difficult and expensive

Below are 7 different resources - soon to be on the SA webpage - to make this a simpler process

1 State Library of SA (SLSA) holds past AASW SA Newsletters amp Conference papers etc

2 SLSA also holds an Archival Box SRG 744 (Society Record Group) which holds AASW SA Branch

Records of the Association comprising minute books of both general and Executive Committee

minutes (1942-1965) papers on medical Social Work in Australia reports on international

conferences brochures articles and notes on medical social work overseas and reports on child

migration (1949) and aged care (1951)

3 SLSA has a Free Electronic Journal list available Online by Home Access (Login required) This

includes Journals across the spectrum of Child amp Adolescent Social Work journal Child amp family

Social Work Community Health Systems Inc Social Work and Christianity Social Work

education Social Work research (1070-5309) Social Work review (Newton Auckland NZ)

4 Journal access through other Libraries As Practitioners the span of your Subject interests is

extremely wide so it may worth approaching a Library attached to your workplace or the Subject

Librarian in Local Libraries

5 Syracuse University offers Open Access and Other Resources for Social Work

6 Community Borrowing from the libraries of the University of South Australia Flinders University or

the University of Adelaide costs $11000 per annum and allows quite extensive borrowing of books

and other items However membership only allows on-site access to a limited range of electronic

resources eg Journals and Databases

7 The Social Work Historical Collection was established by the UniSA School of Social Work and

Social Policy and UniSA Library It includes material from many agencies and the three South

Australian universities which will be useful for research and exhibitions alike eg working notes of

several histories of longstanding Welfare agencies

The SA branch has been kept busy with two MSW students currently undergoing field placement on site

UniSA MSW student Isabella Ciezkowski has led the design and editing of a Student and New

Graduate Handbook which has recently been released on a national scale The Handbook is intended for

Social Work students and new graduates of Australia and provides documents that are aimed to support

continuing students and ease the employment transition process of those who are graduating and entering

Social Work The resource is free of charge and may be found here

Flinders University MSW student Wendy Studholme is conducting a quality assurance project to

ldquoexamine the perceptions of Social Work within multidisciplinary settingsrdquo We are hopeful that this study

will yield important pieces of information and assist the AASW in creating a broader understanding of the

relationship Social Work has with other Allied Health professions

Placement Update

Page 8

Book Launchmdash Working Together

Page 8 Newsletter Spring 2014

The editors and members of the Working Together team ndash Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development

Unit at Telethon Kids Institute ndash are delighted to announce the Second Edition of Working Together Ab-

original and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice 2014 edited by Pat

Dudgeon Helen Milroy and Roz Walker

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters to deliver an even more robust and high quality

resource It examines issues across the life course with a greater focus on children and young people the

significant impacts of mental health in the justice system the cultural determinants of social and emotional

wellbeing and intellectual and development disabilities It includes holistic models of care as well as inter-

disciplinary and inter-professional approaches and working with carers

The book was developed as an information source for health professionals working with Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people with social and emotional wellbeing The book contains comprehensive and

culturally appropriate information to education and assist health professionals who work with Indigenous

clients

The book is divided into 6 parts Part 1 ndash History and Contexts

Part 2 ndash Issues and Influences

Part 3 ndash Standards Principles and Practice

Part 4 ndash Assessment and Management

Part 5 ndash Working with Children Families and Communities

Part 6 ndash Healing Models and Programs

Working Together is a FREE resource with a low cost for

delivery due to postage and handling requirements Postage for

a single copy delivered anywhere in Australia is $17 We

actively encourage interested UniversitiesOrganisations to investigate the benefits of bulk ordering This

can see delivery costs greatly reduced depending on order numbers and destination in some cases to as

little as $2 per book

Visit the Working Together website (at httpaboriginaltelethonkidsorgau) where you will be

able to

access our exciting new eBook

download the free PDF version in full or by individual chapters

order hard copies

participate in our short Evaluation Survey

Click on the following link to complete your order and calculate the cost of delivery

httpsworkingtogetherinfoservicescomau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 5

CPD Review Legal Considerations in Private Practice

Newsletter Spring 2014

Advertisement - Hypnosis Today

A keen group of 15 current and emerging private

practitioners got a head-start on their professional

development year by attending the ldquoLegal Consider-

ations in Private Practicerdquo CPD event on the

evening of 1st July

The event was organised by the Private

Practitioners Sub-Committee who were able to

attract Stewart Bruinsma as the eveningrsquos guest

speaker Stewart brought a wealth of knowledge

and experience to the evening having worked

professionally since 1988 and privately since 2005

Stewart has specialised in Family Law Court work

since 2008 and has expert witness status with the

Court

The evening covered both legal and business consid-

erations of private practice ranging from different

ways to structure onersquos business through to report

writing legal terminology and how to deal with

cross examination in a Courtroom Indeed there

was a broad range of content to be covered and an

equally diverse range of expectations from the audi-

ence however the feedback received from partici-

pants was overwhelmingly positive and Stewart was

generous with his time in accommodating questions

from the audience both during and after his

presentation Stewart concluded his talk with some

insights into potentially lucrative opportunities to

perform work as a Regulation 7 Family Therapist

Consultant providing the Family Court with

written assessment reports to be used in custody

proceedings

Please get in touch should there be a topic you

would like covered andor refer to the AASW

web-site for upcoming events

I would also personally like to thank Robyn Lingard

and Miriam Hobson for assisting me in organising

and hosting the event

Holden Ward

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker Member of the Private Practitioners

Sub-Committee

The Private Practitioners Sub-

Committee are keen to organize

future CPD events that are relevant to

the needs of current and emerging

private practitioners

Page 6 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW in the Media

AASW SA Social Media

Changes in health system must protect the

vulnerable

The AASW has joined a wide range of

organisations calling on the Government to show

leadership in health funding and ensure that

decisions take into account the health of everyone

in the community particularly the most

vulnerable

The organisations headed by the Australian

Council of Social Service (ACOSS) have signed a

statement addressing alarming changes being

proposed in the area of health without significant

community discussion about the implications such

as the proposed GP co-payment

View our media release on this matter here

The AASW has lodged a submission to the Senate

Community Affairs Reference Committee into

their inquiry into lsquoOut of Home Carersquo This is a

substantial piece of work which should also pro-

vide a resource for members and students

The AASW would like to acknowledge the consid-

erable efforts of a sub-committee of the National

Social Policy Committee for the extensive work in

bringing the content of this submission together

Members can access the document here

New profile launched

The SA branch is proud to announce that it has

launched a Linkedin profile to facilitate networking

opportunities for itrsquos members

The profile can be found under AASW SA and is

regularly updated with links and resources

The Council for the Care of Childrenrsquos regular overview of key publications concerning the rights develop-

ment wellbeing safety and participation of children and young people is now available This issue of 33 pub-

lications includes

Young peoplersquos views on the issues around technology sex and relationships

Culturally sensitive practices for children amp young people from culturally amp linguistically diverse back-

grounds in out-of-home care

A web resource for children with disability and their families to assist in their transition to school

Childrenrsquos views on what makes a strong supportive community

Best practices for sharing information and advice with new dads during pregnancy and after birth to

help strengthen their relationship with their child

The benefits of providing quality early childhood education and care

Overview of Key Publications mdash Care of Children

SACOSS Out of Home Care Submission

Page 7

Newsletter Spring 2014

Accessing Journals mdash Sources amp Resources for Social Workers

Written by DIANA CHESSELL

While remaining up to date on the latest peer reviewed information is an important part of maintaining a

relevant view of the field finding and accessing journal information can seem both difficult and expensive

Below are 7 different resources - soon to be on the SA webpage - to make this a simpler process

1 State Library of SA (SLSA) holds past AASW SA Newsletters amp Conference papers etc

2 SLSA also holds an Archival Box SRG 744 (Society Record Group) which holds AASW SA Branch

Records of the Association comprising minute books of both general and Executive Committee

minutes (1942-1965) papers on medical Social Work in Australia reports on international

conferences brochures articles and notes on medical social work overseas and reports on child

migration (1949) and aged care (1951)

3 SLSA has a Free Electronic Journal list available Online by Home Access (Login required) This

includes Journals across the spectrum of Child amp Adolescent Social Work journal Child amp family

Social Work Community Health Systems Inc Social Work and Christianity Social Work

education Social Work research (1070-5309) Social Work review (Newton Auckland NZ)

4 Journal access through other Libraries As Practitioners the span of your Subject interests is

extremely wide so it may worth approaching a Library attached to your workplace or the Subject

Librarian in Local Libraries

5 Syracuse University offers Open Access and Other Resources for Social Work

6 Community Borrowing from the libraries of the University of South Australia Flinders University or

the University of Adelaide costs $11000 per annum and allows quite extensive borrowing of books

and other items However membership only allows on-site access to a limited range of electronic

resources eg Journals and Databases

7 The Social Work Historical Collection was established by the UniSA School of Social Work and

Social Policy and UniSA Library It includes material from many agencies and the three South

Australian universities which will be useful for research and exhibitions alike eg working notes of

several histories of longstanding Welfare agencies

The SA branch has been kept busy with two MSW students currently undergoing field placement on site

UniSA MSW student Isabella Ciezkowski has led the design and editing of a Student and New

Graduate Handbook which has recently been released on a national scale The Handbook is intended for

Social Work students and new graduates of Australia and provides documents that are aimed to support

continuing students and ease the employment transition process of those who are graduating and entering

Social Work The resource is free of charge and may be found here

Flinders University MSW student Wendy Studholme is conducting a quality assurance project to

ldquoexamine the perceptions of Social Work within multidisciplinary settingsrdquo We are hopeful that this study

will yield important pieces of information and assist the AASW in creating a broader understanding of the

relationship Social Work has with other Allied Health professions

Placement Update

Page 8

Book Launchmdash Working Together

Page 8 Newsletter Spring 2014

The editors and members of the Working Together team ndash Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development

Unit at Telethon Kids Institute ndash are delighted to announce the Second Edition of Working Together Ab-

original and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice 2014 edited by Pat

Dudgeon Helen Milroy and Roz Walker

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters to deliver an even more robust and high quality

resource It examines issues across the life course with a greater focus on children and young people the

significant impacts of mental health in the justice system the cultural determinants of social and emotional

wellbeing and intellectual and development disabilities It includes holistic models of care as well as inter-

disciplinary and inter-professional approaches and working with carers

The book was developed as an information source for health professionals working with Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people with social and emotional wellbeing The book contains comprehensive and

culturally appropriate information to education and assist health professionals who work with Indigenous

clients

The book is divided into 6 parts Part 1 ndash History and Contexts

Part 2 ndash Issues and Influences

Part 3 ndash Standards Principles and Practice

Part 4 ndash Assessment and Management

Part 5 ndash Working with Children Families and Communities

Part 6 ndash Healing Models and Programs

Working Together is a FREE resource with a low cost for

delivery due to postage and handling requirements Postage for

a single copy delivered anywhere in Australia is $17 We

actively encourage interested UniversitiesOrganisations to investigate the benefits of bulk ordering This

can see delivery costs greatly reduced depending on order numbers and destination in some cases to as

little as $2 per book

Visit the Working Together website (at httpaboriginaltelethonkidsorgau) where you will be

able to

access our exciting new eBook

download the free PDF version in full or by individual chapters

order hard copies

participate in our short Evaluation Survey

Click on the following link to complete your order and calculate the cost of delivery

httpsworkingtogetherinfoservicescomau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 6 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW in the Media

AASW SA Social Media

Changes in health system must protect the

vulnerable

The AASW has joined a wide range of

organisations calling on the Government to show

leadership in health funding and ensure that

decisions take into account the health of everyone

in the community particularly the most

vulnerable

The organisations headed by the Australian

Council of Social Service (ACOSS) have signed a

statement addressing alarming changes being

proposed in the area of health without significant

community discussion about the implications such

as the proposed GP co-payment

View our media release on this matter here

The AASW has lodged a submission to the Senate

Community Affairs Reference Committee into

their inquiry into lsquoOut of Home Carersquo This is a

substantial piece of work which should also pro-

vide a resource for members and students

The AASW would like to acknowledge the consid-

erable efforts of a sub-committee of the National

Social Policy Committee for the extensive work in

bringing the content of this submission together

Members can access the document here

New profile launched

The SA branch is proud to announce that it has

launched a Linkedin profile to facilitate networking

opportunities for itrsquos members

The profile can be found under AASW SA and is

regularly updated with links and resources

The Council for the Care of Childrenrsquos regular overview of key publications concerning the rights develop-

ment wellbeing safety and participation of children and young people is now available This issue of 33 pub-

lications includes

Young peoplersquos views on the issues around technology sex and relationships

Culturally sensitive practices for children amp young people from culturally amp linguistically diverse back-

grounds in out-of-home care

A web resource for children with disability and their families to assist in their transition to school

Childrenrsquos views on what makes a strong supportive community

Best practices for sharing information and advice with new dads during pregnancy and after birth to

help strengthen their relationship with their child

The benefits of providing quality early childhood education and care

Overview of Key Publications mdash Care of Children

SACOSS Out of Home Care Submission

Page 7

Newsletter Spring 2014

Accessing Journals mdash Sources amp Resources for Social Workers

Written by DIANA CHESSELL

While remaining up to date on the latest peer reviewed information is an important part of maintaining a

relevant view of the field finding and accessing journal information can seem both difficult and expensive

Below are 7 different resources - soon to be on the SA webpage - to make this a simpler process

1 State Library of SA (SLSA) holds past AASW SA Newsletters amp Conference papers etc

2 SLSA also holds an Archival Box SRG 744 (Society Record Group) which holds AASW SA Branch

Records of the Association comprising minute books of both general and Executive Committee

minutes (1942-1965) papers on medical Social Work in Australia reports on international

conferences brochures articles and notes on medical social work overseas and reports on child

migration (1949) and aged care (1951)

3 SLSA has a Free Electronic Journal list available Online by Home Access (Login required) This

includes Journals across the spectrum of Child amp Adolescent Social Work journal Child amp family

Social Work Community Health Systems Inc Social Work and Christianity Social Work

education Social Work research (1070-5309) Social Work review (Newton Auckland NZ)

4 Journal access through other Libraries As Practitioners the span of your Subject interests is

extremely wide so it may worth approaching a Library attached to your workplace or the Subject

Librarian in Local Libraries

5 Syracuse University offers Open Access and Other Resources for Social Work

6 Community Borrowing from the libraries of the University of South Australia Flinders University or

the University of Adelaide costs $11000 per annum and allows quite extensive borrowing of books

and other items However membership only allows on-site access to a limited range of electronic

resources eg Journals and Databases

7 The Social Work Historical Collection was established by the UniSA School of Social Work and

Social Policy and UniSA Library It includes material from many agencies and the three South

Australian universities which will be useful for research and exhibitions alike eg working notes of

several histories of longstanding Welfare agencies

The SA branch has been kept busy with two MSW students currently undergoing field placement on site

UniSA MSW student Isabella Ciezkowski has led the design and editing of a Student and New

Graduate Handbook which has recently been released on a national scale The Handbook is intended for

Social Work students and new graduates of Australia and provides documents that are aimed to support

continuing students and ease the employment transition process of those who are graduating and entering

Social Work The resource is free of charge and may be found here

Flinders University MSW student Wendy Studholme is conducting a quality assurance project to

ldquoexamine the perceptions of Social Work within multidisciplinary settingsrdquo We are hopeful that this study

will yield important pieces of information and assist the AASW in creating a broader understanding of the

relationship Social Work has with other Allied Health professions

Placement Update

Page 8

Book Launchmdash Working Together

Page 8 Newsletter Spring 2014

The editors and members of the Working Together team ndash Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development

Unit at Telethon Kids Institute ndash are delighted to announce the Second Edition of Working Together Ab-

original and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice 2014 edited by Pat

Dudgeon Helen Milroy and Roz Walker

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters to deliver an even more robust and high quality

resource It examines issues across the life course with a greater focus on children and young people the

significant impacts of mental health in the justice system the cultural determinants of social and emotional

wellbeing and intellectual and development disabilities It includes holistic models of care as well as inter-

disciplinary and inter-professional approaches and working with carers

The book was developed as an information source for health professionals working with Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people with social and emotional wellbeing The book contains comprehensive and

culturally appropriate information to education and assist health professionals who work with Indigenous

clients

The book is divided into 6 parts Part 1 ndash History and Contexts

Part 2 ndash Issues and Influences

Part 3 ndash Standards Principles and Practice

Part 4 ndash Assessment and Management

Part 5 ndash Working with Children Families and Communities

Part 6 ndash Healing Models and Programs

Working Together is a FREE resource with a low cost for

delivery due to postage and handling requirements Postage for

a single copy delivered anywhere in Australia is $17 We

actively encourage interested UniversitiesOrganisations to investigate the benefits of bulk ordering This

can see delivery costs greatly reduced depending on order numbers and destination in some cases to as

little as $2 per book

Visit the Working Together website (at httpaboriginaltelethonkidsorgau) where you will be

able to

access our exciting new eBook

download the free PDF version in full or by individual chapters

order hard copies

participate in our short Evaluation Survey

Click on the following link to complete your order and calculate the cost of delivery

httpsworkingtogetherinfoservicescomau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

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Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

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Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 7

Newsletter Spring 2014

Accessing Journals mdash Sources amp Resources for Social Workers

Written by DIANA CHESSELL

While remaining up to date on the latest peer reviewed information is an important part of maintaining a

relevant view of the field finding and accessing journal information can seem both difficult and expensive

Below are 7 different resources - soon to be on the SA webpage - to make this a simpler process

1 State Library of SA (SLSA) holds past AASW SA Newsletters amp Conference papers etc

2 SLSA also holds an Archival Box SRG 744 (Society Record Group) which holds AASW SA Branch

Records of the Association comprising minute books of both general and Executive Committee

minutes (1942-1965) papers on medical Social Work in Australia reports on international

conferences brochures articles and notes on medical social work overseas and reports on child

migration (1949) and aged care (1951)

3 SLSA has a Free Electronic Journal list available Online by Home Access (Login required) This

includes Journals across the spectrum of Child amp Adolescent Social Work journal Child amp family

Social Work Community Health Systems Inc Social Work and Christianity Social Work

education Social Work research (1070-5309) Social Work review (Newton Auckland NZ)

4 Journal access through other Libraries As Practitioners the span of your Subject interests is

extremely wide so it may worth approaching a Library attached to your workplace or the Subject

Librarian in Local Libraries

5 Syracuse University offers Open Access and Other Resources for Social Work

6 Community Borrowing from the libraries of the University of South Australia Flinders University or

the University of Adelaide costs $11000 per annum and allows quite extensive borrowing of books

and other items However membership only allows on-site access to a limited range of electronic

resources eg Journals and Databases

7 The Social Work Historical Collection was established by the UniSA School of Social Work and

Social Policy and UniSA Library It includes material from many agencies and the three South

Australian universities which will be useful for research and exhibitions alike eg working notes of

several histories of longstanding Welfare agencies

The SA branch has been kept busy with two MSW students currently undergoing field placement on site

UniSA MSW student Isabella Ciezkowski has led the design and editing of a Student and New

Graduate Handbook which has recently been released on a national scale The Handbook is intended for

Social Work students and new graduates of Australia and provides documents that are aimed to support

continuing students and ease the employment transition process of those who are graduating and entering

Social Work The resource is free of charge and may be found here

Flinders University MSW student Wendy Studholme is conducting a quality assurance project to

ldquoexamine the perceptions of Social Work within multidisciplinary settingsrdquo We are hopeful that this study

will yield important pieces of information and assist the AASW in creating a broader understanding of the

relationship Social Work has with other Allied Health professions

Placement Update

Page 8

Book Launchmdash Working Together

Page 8 Newsletter Spring 2014

The editors and members of the Working Together team ndash Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development

Unit at Telethon Kids Institute ndash are delighted to announce the Second Edition of Working Together Ab-

original and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice 2014 edited by Pat

Dudgeon Helen Milroy and Roz Walker

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters to deliver an even more robust and high quality

resource It examines issues across the life course with a greater focus on children and young people the

significant impacts of mental health in the justice system the cultural determinants of social and emotional

wellbeing and intellectual and development disabilities It includes holistic models of care as well as inter-

disciplinary and inter-professional approaches and working with carers

The book was developed as an information source for health professionals working with Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people with social and emotional wellbeing The book contains comprehensive and

culturally appropriate information to education and assist health professionals who work with Indigenous

clients

The book is divided into 6 parts Part 1 ndash History and Contexts

Part 2 ndash Issues and Influences

Part 3 ndash Standards Principles and Practice

Part 4 ndash Assessment and Management

Part 5 ndash Working with Children Families and Communities

Part 6 ndash Healing Models and Programs

Working Together is a FREE resource with a low cost for

delivery due to postage and handling requirements Postage for

a single copy delivered anywhere in Australia is $17 We

actively encourage interested UniversitiesOrganisations to investigate the benefits of bulk ordering This

can see delivery costs greatly reduced depending on order numbers and destination in some cases to as

little as $2 per book

Visit the Working Together website (at httpaboriginaltelethonkidsorgau) where you will be

able to

access our exciting new eBook

download the free PDF version in full or by individual chapters

order hard copies

participate in our short Evaluation Survey

Click on the following link to complete your order and calculate the cost of delivery

httpsworkingtogetherinfoservicescomau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 8

Book Launchmdash Working Together

Page 8 Newsletter Spring 2014

The editors and members of the Working Together team ndash Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development

Unit at Telethon Kids Institute ndash are delighted to announce the Second Edition of Working Together Ab-

original and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice 2014 edited by Pat

Dudgeon Helen Milroy and Roz Walker

This exciting new edition includes several new chapters to deliver an even more robust and high quality

resource It examines issues across the life course with a greater focus on children and young people the

significant impacts of mental health in the justice system the cultural determinants of social and emotional

wellbeing and intellectual and development disabilities It includes holistic models of care as well as inter-

disciplinary and inter-professional approaches and working with carers

The book was developed as an information source for health professionals working with Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander people with social and emotional wellbeing The book contains comprehensive and

culturally appropriate information to education and assist health professionals who work with Indigenous

clients

The book is divided into 6 parts Part 1 ndash History and Contexts

Part 2 ndash Issues and Influences

Part 3 ndash Standards Principles and Practice

Part 4 ndash Assessment and Management

Part 5 ndash Working with Children Families and Communities

Part 6 ndash Healing Models and Programs

Working Together is a FREE resource with a low cost for

delivery due to postage and handling requirements Postage for

a single copy delivered anywhere in Australia is $17 We

actively encourage interested UniversitiesOrganisations to investigate the benefits of bulk ordering This

can see delivery costs greatly reduced depending on order numbers and destination in some cases to as

little as $2 per book

Visit the Working Together website (at httpaboriginaltelethonkidsorgau) where you will be

able to

access our exciting new eBook

download the free PDF version in full or by individual chapters

order hard copies

participate in our short Evaluation Survey

Click on the following link to complete your order and calculate the cost of delivery

httpsworkingtogetherinfoservicescomau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 9

AASW SA News on Advocacy

Page 9 Newsletter Spring 2014

We want to connect with you better and be more responsive to the issues you see are important in our

community We need to know more about your fields of current practice so we can represent the cohort of our

state Members occasionally invite you to consult us when something arises in your area and to know how many of

our Members are affected by an event or policy

However when you renew your membership on the National database you have only been asked for very vague

information about your general field of practice so we in SA donrsquot have good information about what work you are

actually involved in currently

Please update us as to where or in what area of work

you are currently employed

Email us at the SA office aaswsaaaswasnau

Help us be responsive

right support education and understanding is in

place for its workers You can view this opinion

piece here

Ruth Strout (AASW Registration Taskforce mem-

ber) and Mary Hood (SA Branch President) met

with Senator Nick Xenophon to discuss the AASW

submission to the NRAS Review and the

importance of regulating social work in Australia

for the protection of the public

Senator Nick Xenophon has issued a letter to Min-

ister for Health Peter Dutton regarding the need

for mandatory statutory registration for Australiarsquos

Social Workers

The letter outlines Senator Xenophonrsquos concern

over the Australia Health Ministersrsquo Advisory

Council announcement of the National Code of

Conduct for health care workers in which Social

Workers are to continue to practice without any

professional licensing requirements in place

It acknowledges the crucial role that Australiarsquos

Social Workers play in connecting with our coun-

tryrsquos most vulnerable peoples and calls for an ur-

gent meeting to take place to further discuss the

issue

In August this year the South Australian and Na-

tional AASW offices combined efforts to respond

to the South Australian state governmentrsquos Review

of Child amp Adolescent Mental Health Services

The Review tackles high level issues such as clinical

governance leadership models of care and risk

management The AASWrsquos submission under-

scored the contribution of Social Work in these

areas and of the professional structures and sup-

ports provided by the Association

We are now able to release the submission to our

members and it can be found here

An opinion article by National President Dr Karen

Healy was published in The Adelaide Advertiser in

response to media reports which suggested child

protection workers were to blame for the tragic

backyard death of 4 year old Chloe Valentine

Ms Healy says the child protection system is

complex and there is a need to ensure the

August

September

October

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

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tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

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Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 10

The Social Justice Committee re-formed at the 2013 SA Branch AGM and have been developing its mode of operation and gradually finding its place in the life of the branch Our committee currently consists of Sue King

(Convenor) Jennie Charlton (BMC representative) Michelle Adams Peter Munn and Renee Preece who were inaugural members have recently resigned to

allow themselves to meet other commitments

Presentation of the AASW SA Branch social

justice priorities to the state government

This was our first attempt to develop a lsquovoicersquo for the

Branch and the process was time intensive However

drawing on the national statements and shading this

with SA Branch member thoughts resulted in an

effective presentation to the government We

definitely hope to get speedier in our processes so

we can brief the President to engage in current

debates

Establishing links

SACOSS

For many years the Branch has identified that we

would like to make a more effective contribution to

the work of SACOSS To that end President Mary

Hood and Michelle Adams have met with

Dr Catherine Earl of SACOSS and developed a plan

for our future working together

AASW National Office

Jennie Charlton is now a member of the National

Social Policy Committee and we have established a

working relationship with National office staff

working in the area of social policy to enable us to

effectively use their work to respond to South

Australian issues

Learning from some of the challenges we have

experienced this year we will be looking to become

more speedily responsive on issues of social justice

importance

We are publicly inviting all South Australian Members

to consider being a part of the Social Justice

Committee We gather every second month at the

EDC for a one hour meeting but you may also

contribute via teleconference

We are also interested to know if an online space

for discussions of issues would be of interest to

you Click on the button below to contribute

The Social Justice Committee is currently compiling a

list of members interested in being part of a new

consultative panel

If you have a particular area of interest that you feel

you could provide comment on please make yourself

known to us and we will list your details for any

future relevant endeavours the Committee will

embark on

You may also contact us if there are any social justice

issues you would like to see the Branch address

Sue King

Social Justice Committee Member

suekingwestnetcomau

The AASW SA Branch is making a submission to the

Child Protection Systems Royal Commission We

will be focussing on the important contribution of

social workers in designing and child protection systems and our expertise in working with children

and their families in government and not for profit organisations

Our submission is currently being drafted If you

would like to provide feedback as part of the drafting

process please contact Sue King as above

President Mary Hood is working with social workers

who wish to make their own contributions and to

support them in some of the issues arising from work

in that area

Private Practice Sub Committee

Newsletter Spring 2014

Highlights of 2014

Aspirations for 2015

New consultative Panel

SA Royal Commission

Social Justice Committee

Online Discussion Suggestion

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 11

This year the AGM was held at the Adelaide

Bowling Club in Kent Town

There were well over 50 SA Members in attendance who enjoyed a buffet BBQ and a

chance to catch up with each other before the

formalities began

The gathering heard highlights of the prepared

Branch Annual Report from key Committee

Members The consensus of the report was

that the branch is growing achieving in success

across all the areas of activities financially sound

and providing quality services to the local

Membership

New Committee Members were accepted from

the floor on the night with all positions filled

from people who were present on the night It

was also suggested that a new practice group

focused upon Child Protection be established if

there was sufficient interest

After a short break to

stretch the legs and grab a

cold drink the guest speaker

- Mr Michael OrsquoConnell

Commissioner for Victimsrsquo

Rights - gave an inspiring

message on ldquoCan Justice

Survive in the Current Politi-

cal Agerdquo

Those in attendance were captivated by his

speech which covered the breadth of

perspectives on the identity of Justice from the

cultural expectations of the 205 native Cultures

of Australia through the complications from the introduction of

the modern i n t e r a c t i o n s

between policy human

actions and unin-

tended out-

comes

Then he spoke

o f c u r r e n t

concepts of

Social Contracts

rights societal

retribution

and that was just in the first 5 minutes

Mr OrsquoConnell managed to draw the room full

of attentive listeners further through the maze

of this topic to consider the implications of the

historical development of our Political system

the representations of our elected and cross

bench politi-

c i a n s o f

today the

more recently

held view that

victimsrsquo views

were second-

ary to prosecut ion

being pro-

cessed fairly

Looking forward the question he raised was in

what way does society see ldquofairnessrdquo as linked

to failures in not just rights protection but value

judgements in systems of citi-

zen participation in rehabilita-

tion in financial management

or in pulling all this together

This he asserted is where So-

cial Work is amongst the pro-

fessions who are responsible

for enabling Justice to survive

by being on the proverbial ldquotramrdquo carrying the

messages of the professionsrsquo values its determi-

nation to strive for equity diversity inclusion

etc and the voices of the vulnerable to add to

the ongoing evolution of Justice in Australia

Another highlight of the evening was a QampA

session by Glenys Willkinson AASW CEO

covering registration self regulation AASW

submissions and the growth in the arena of

advocacy - with agencies policy developers and

the media We were pleased to have had her

with us for the evening and thank her for her

contribution on the night

Feedback from the night has indicated support

for the informal format of the meal the later

start time than previously having dinner before

the meeting and for ongoing inclusion of guest

speaker

All in all the night was a success

Miriam Hobson

Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch AGM 2014

ldquoCan Justice survive in

the Current

Political Agerdquo

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 12

Newsletter Spring 2014

service while she was there and one of her staff established the Para Districts Womenrsquos Shelter She

returned to the North East Office as District

Manager after this and started a South Australian version of the NSW Selective Supervision Scheme

Ann was selected for the Public Service Development

Program in 1982 and projects under this auspice included a review of the Water Management section

Land Use and Protection division of the Department

of Agriculture the establishment of the South

Australian Tourism Development Council and a

review and the establishment of the SA Tourism Development Plan She was appointed as an assistant

manager at Yatala in 1983 to look at assessment procedures and programs It was a very unstable time

there with major riots and fires Correctional Services officers had to work with the men who

were responsible for the riot and help them get back

into the main population as well as this there was a

need to restore public confidence in the processes

Annrsquos position as the first female member of the

Management team was very unusual and her pregnancy in late 1983 was an even more unusual

situation in the institution

Geoff was appointed to establish a new office for the

Office of Corrections in Victoria and became the

Regional Manager in Ballarat and subsequently Geelong Ann was on maternity leave and so they

went together to Ballarat She soon met someone

who asked her to work in the state welfare department and sometimes baby Stephen came on

home visits with her She was able to extend her maternity leave and so worked there for about a year

and a half including in her work the development of a

corporate plan for substitute care services in the region Ann returned to South Australia while Geoff

remained in Victoria for a further four months coming home on weekends Back at Yatala she was

soon asked to work in the head office of Correctional Services as Supervisor of Programs for

the statersquos prisons and was responsible for a range of

services including Social Work establishing Social

Work services in all prisons in SA as well as staff to

support Aboriginal prisoners and Programs teams in

prisons This was the beginning of the current large

team of Aboriginal liaison officers

The awareness of HIVAIDS led to a crisis about

communicable diseases and she obtained funding for

a person to educate staff and prisoners Segregation

Written by ELIZABETH BLEBY

When Annrsquos father returned from World War II he

resumed his work with the ANZ Bank first in New

Zealand and later in South Australia where his wifersquos

and his family lived Ann (Stephen) started school at

Marryatville Primary School but as her father was

later moved to country branches of the Bank her

schooling continued at Naracoorte Jamestown and

Maitland finishing with a year at Adelaide Girlsrsquo High

School

She saw stark disadvantage in country towns and

this was a strong force in her desire to become a

social worker Her mother encouraged her to find

out more about it and so she consulted Miss Vivien

Salter SSW at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Her

father thought she ought to do a BA first and so

she did this at Flinders University with a double

major in psychology and political science Her

political science studies offered a wide range of

diverse views including those of people who had

fought in Vietnam and those involved in civil

disobedience to end the war This led to Social

Administration from which she has good memories

of Prof Ray Brown Ms Peg Norton and

Mrs Margaret Hanen as well as valuing the

continuing mentoring of Dr Elaine Martin One student project in social work examined the high

percentage of overlap between offenders and those

with a mental illness

Ann obtained a cadetship to work with the Department of Correctional Services whose head

at that time was Lloyd Gard Staff had to use their

own cars for work visits and she found that having a

Mini Minor was very useful The staff did not all have

degrees but they were good people many of whom

had an active Christian faith It was not a particularly

salubrious area and if Ann or others had to go to

their cars late at night one of the male officers

would escort them They had large caseloads of 65

to 70 people and so had to be very careful to prioritize demands on their work While the work

was normally outside the jails it was necessary to do

jail visits for the purposes of parole reports

Ann had met Geoff Bloor while they were doing the

same course at University and they married in 1973

once they were both employed When the Departmentrsquos regionalization continued Ann moved

to the new North-Eastern Office at Holden Hill and

worked there for two years before moving to

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 13 Newsletter Spring 2014

had unexpected consequences for people in prison

settings There was fear and suspicion of those with

AIDS and in some states prisoners with AIDSHIV

were isolated and unable to be treated as part of the

general prisoner population

When baby Claire was born Ann again took leave

returning to take up a newly created position of

Manager Coordinator of Offender Health and Welfare Services This was a wide ranging position

that included liaising with the SA Health Department

Managers of Prison Health Services psychiatric

services drug and alcohol services and dental services and direct management within Corrections

of psychology services HIVAIDS programs and supervision of senior social work staff

Ann became Regional Manager of the Southern

Metropolitan Region in 1994 stretching from

Adelaide to Noarlunga and Fleurieu Peninsula including Kangaroo Island in 1994 Other services in

the Region included a state wide Courts Unit

providing bail and pre-sentence reports and a

violence intervention program undertaken in association with the Salvation Army in the Adelaide

Magistrates Court In 2000 she returned to the head

office of Correctional Services working as Manager of

Policy and Stakeholder Services which involved a

major scoping review of case management in

Correctional Services as well as overseeing staff involved in strategic planning Victims Services and

specialist programs and departmental instructions

Ann finished her work with the public sector in 2009

and volunteered with the Safer Ministry Education

Program of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Ann

was completing a Certificate in Theology when in

2010 she became the Safer Ministry Educator with

the Diocese taking over to enable a Review of the

Program to occur when the then Educator left Ann

then went on to complete a Diploma in Theology and

continued with Child Safe Environment training on a

voluntary basis to ensure that training continued

while the Diocese debated future directions She was

appointed to the Parole Board in 2011 and the Board

of Anglicare in 2013

Ann found Social Work a stimulating and enjoyable

career She was Secretary of the state branch of the

AASW for a time when the large filing cabinet which

was the entire office filled most of the spare room of

their small home It was a time when efforts were

being made to split the AASW but Robin Maslen

succeeded in bringing it together In her time the

profession has grown from a small tightly-knit

group to a much larger one with many more speciality areas of practice

She muses that policy discussions must always consider who wins and who loses those who are

shunned and voiceless when having to make

comparisons between people in difficult situations The recognition that specific groups are excluded

from services for reasons of race mental illness

intellectual disability poverty or other forms of disadvantage is a major contribution that social

work practitioners can make She enjoyed the

success in achieving specialist programs for offenders in both the community and in the prison

system and feels strongly that any opportunity

should be taken to improve conditions for children

and families to stop intergenerational criminality

and poverty The plight of those suffering who are

victims of crime and how we react to these complexities in our justice systems is one measure

of our strength as a community

Ann uses her skills in outreach from her local

church and always has in mind the need to improve

conditions for children She is involved in a Friday

night fellowship with migrants which includes English conversation optional Bible study and a

meal This initiative began last year and is constantly

being reviewed to make it as useful to the attenders

as possible

Social Work Spotlight on Nora Ann Bloor cont

Mrs Nora Ann Bloor

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 14 Newsletter Spring 2014

New Focus Group

Child Focussed Operational Practice On 24th June 2014 a new important group was formed - the Child Focussed Operational Practice Group The group focuses on children up to the age of 15 years and their accompanying parentscaregivers who are being supported by homeless-ness services The group was initiated by UCWB Inner Southern Homelessness Service and Relationships Australia Together 4 Kids who saw a need across the sector for a consistent approach by services working with children Through conversations with workers across the sector it became apparent that many services were experiencing high numbers of children with increasingly complex needs It is well known that children who experience homelessness have higher than average occurrenc-es of acute and chronic medical problems are

prone to experiencing developmental delays nutritional deficits and the experience of the trauma of homelessness can lead to children experiencing difficult emotions grief loss depression anger frustration and anxiety (Chamberlain C Mackenzie D Counting the Homeless 2006)

The group aims to share information and ideas that affect children discuss current practices across the sector examine evidence-based practices advocate for improved systems and consistent practices on behalf of children across the state

At the first meeting there was a real sense of shared connectedness with a combined energy of 23 workers from 17 differing government and non-government agencies across the state It was clear that there is an enthusiastic voice of concern for the children of our services who are impacted by homelessness domestic violence and associated traumas

Whither Family Therapy In 1962 Jay Haley wrote his inaugural editorial Whither Family Therapyrdquo for the journal Family Process amp now 50 years later the journals editori-al reflects on the same question At that time fam-ily therapy was the lrsquoenfant terrible of the therapy world a brash provocative challenger to the then individually focused primarily psychoanalytic or-thodoxy (Beel 2011) Much has changed in the intervening years an extensive body of research has clearly established its validity both as stand-alone or a component of multi-format therapies offering unique benefits in the treatment of a wide range of problemsmdashranging from schizophrenia depression and ado-lescent acting out to helping cope with medical illness and trauma Yet despite research confirmation of the systemic hypothesis Lebow identifies disappointments

including the disparity between the body of evi-dence for the value of systemic intervention and the limited number of practitioners and services delivering these and the fact that aspects of sys-temic therapy have been added to other ap-proaches so practitioners identify themselves as integrative or eclectic rather than joining the rev-olution Despite this what has emerged is a more partici-patory more culturally and gender sensitive and more collaborative set of methods that builds on a set of common factors with a stronger evidence base Lebow J Editorial Whither Family Therapy Alive and Flowering Amidst the Challenges Family Pro-cess 53365ndash370 2014

Journal Editorial

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau

Page 15 Newsletter Spring 2014

AASW SA Branch

President

Mary Hood

Mob 0427716938

Maryhoodaaswasnau

Vice President

Chris Chalubek

Mob 0448960098

chalubekcgmailcom

Committee Members

Ann Raith

Mob Number missing here

annraithhotmailcom

Daniel Maik

Mobile 0423 979 732

Danieljmaikgmailcom

Jennie Charlton

Mob 0416 860 834

jenniecharltonhealthsagovau

Julie OrsquoLeary

Mobile 0407 408 656

Julieolrsquoearydcsisagovau

Mark Wilson

Work 8277 3366

MarkWilsondcsisagovau

Maxine Longford

Mobile 0412 867 148

Maxinelongfordhealthsagovau

Michele Osmond

Mobile 0409 672 087

michele426gmailcom

Nevena Simic

Mobile 0407 631 216

nevenas43hotmailcom

Paula McCubbin

Mobile 0438 071 937 yogiandbooboointernodeonnet

Robyn Lingard

Mob 0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Ethics and Professional Standards

Sophie Diamandi

0438 810 501 SophieDiamandiunisaeduau

Continuing Professional

Development Committee

Maria Scicchitano

0404487825 Mariascicchitanohealthsagovau

Student amp New Graduate Group

Mark Wilson

0430 213 596 markawilsenetcomau

Private Practitioners Committee

Robyn Lingard

0412 844 278

robynrobynltherapycom

Peer Skill Share Group

Christine Kelley

ckelley873gmailcom

Newsletter Committee Editors

Kathy Inverarity kathinverarityinternodeonnet

Sally McMichael

smcmichaelpeoplenetau

Advertising Branch Management Committee

Sub Committees

Our Offices

All prices are plus GST

Advert sizes

Full page $220

Half Page $110

Quarter page $60

E-news inclusion $40

(for Members)

Newsletter deadline dates Issue Deadline

Summer 15 February

Autumn 15 May

Winter 15 August

Spring 15 November

The next edition

Summer 2015

Please send all newsletter contribu-

tions to the editorial committee

The SA Branch Office

Education Development Centre

Level 1 4 Milner Street

Hindmarsh SA 5007

Phone (08) 8463 5911

Fax (08) 8463 5981

(Tuesdaymdash Friday

930am to 230pm)

aaswsaaaswasnau

SA Branch webpage

AASW National Office

PO Box 4956 Kingston ACT 2604

Ph 1800 630 124

aaswnataaswasnau

wwwaaswasnau