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17 October 2014

Social workers front up to social media

Helping social workers face the ethical challenges of social media is up for discussion this Friday (17 October) at Social Work in Health in the 21st Century: Innovating, Influencing, Integrating.

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7 August 2014

Podcasts offer a portable resource for social workers

Even social work technophobes are listening to podcasts or portable audio recordings. You can listen to whatever you like, whenever you like, wherever you are and no matter what you are doing.

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9 April 2024
Two migrant farm workers picking and packing raspberries on a Queensland farm

Snapshots and smiles: Queensland’s migrant farm workers shine in art exhibition

A photographic exhibition will give a glimpse into the life of migrant farm workers in regional Queensland, thanks to a Griffith University artist and researcher.

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24 November 2022
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22 July 2015

Australia’s future workforce: Young workers as industrial citizens

The Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing will partner with the Griffith Business School’s Alumni portfolio next month (21 August),...

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24 October 2014
Image by Jessica Woosley as part of her entry to the Australian Emerging Photographers Awards.

Risky business: How protection workers decide to remove children from their parents

Professor Sharon Dawe from Griffith Health Institute and Paul Harnett from UQ discuss the challenges protection workers face regarding child maltreatment.

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24 April 2014

In defence of social service

You might assume that social work, as one of Australia’s oldest and well-established caring professions, needn’t worry about its future. You’d be wrong. Far-reaching changes to organisational culture and workplace practices in recent years have left many social workers deeply concerned about the direction of the profession. Adjunct Associate Professor Richard Hill reports from Griffith's School of Human Services and Social Work.

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5 March 2014
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29 September 2011

Social work services targeted on Gold Coast

An emerging geographical need for enhanced social work services on the Gold Coast and across its extended hinterland was highlighted...

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13 January 2021

Human rights advocate inspires next generation

Dr Shahram Dana is using the lessons he learnt at the United Nations to inspire the next generation of crusading...

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