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The Social Work Stories Podcast

The Social Work Stories Team

A podcast exploring Social Work practice through stories & critical reflection.

Episodes

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It's about the small acts of grace: An on-call social work story - Ep. 94

For all the social workers who work on-call, this episode it for you! This is a very special episode with a very special "anonymous guest".....

34:16Aug 20, 2025

Social Work and Hope in Action - Ep. 93

In this powerful episode, a pediatric social worker shares her profound insights into hope as an active social work intervention. Working wi...

34:51May 19, 2025

New Grad Social Workers - How to Land the Perfect Job - Ep. 92

Mim and Lis hear from a new graduate social worker who landed a position in a rural Allied Health Graduate Program. The social worker shares...

39:58Oct 31, 2024

International Social Work and the Practice of Cultural Humility - Ep. 91

Join Mim and Lis as we hear a story from an Australian social worker who took his child protection experience and practiced in Türkiye, work...

41:37Sep 6, 2024

Centring the Child’s Voice - Social Work in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Ep. 90

Join Mim and Lis as we hear an interview with two social workers from the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. These passionate so...

41:48Jun 19, 2024

A Case for More Social Workers in the Disabilities Space - Ep. 89

In this episode, Lis and Mim delve into a rich practice story from a social worker in the disabilities space, supporting a mother and her ch...

40:00Apr 30, 2024

Discharge planning: Social justice in action - Ep.88

Hey! Social Worker!! If you listen to this episode you'll never think of 'discharge planning' as simply admin again... it'll become an act o...

47:30Apr 2, 2024

How an aged-care social worker uses dignifying practice as covert resistance - Ep.87

Lis called this episode, "A classic!" and Mim said, "This is going straight onto my University Readings List." So, you know it's going to be...

37:27Mar 1, 2024

"Don't just believe what you read on my file": Re-authoring patient stories - Ep. 86

Welcome back to the Social Work Stories podcast. This is the first episode released for 2024, and boy-oh-boy do we have a doozy for you!! In...

57:39Jan 31, 2024

Social Work and Voluntary Assisted Dying: We Have All The Tools We Need - Ep. 85

Join hosts Lis Murphy and Mim Fox as they delve into the nuanced and delicate role of social workers in supporting individuals through volun...

47:18Nov 20, 2023

Abortion in Australia: The impact on women and social work practice - Ep. 84

This episode details the experience of a woman and her social worker seeking an abortion, but who face extreme barriers on multiple fronts t...

37:53Oct 4, 2023

Supporting continuing bonds through adult memory making in hospital-based end of life care - Ep.83

In this episode, Lis invites expert special guest Jo McIlveen to come and listen to this moving story of a social worker's intervention usin...

44:25Aug 30, 2023

Bush Adventure Therapy: Nature as co-therapist - Ep.82

Ever thought that maybe taking a client, consumer, patient outside the four walls of your office and into the big, wide world to help with c...

43:39Aug 1, 2023

We are Making Visible: Introducing the Making Visible podcast

Exciting news! We are introducing a new podcast project to you all. In this episode you'll hear all about the podcast we've been working on...

10:45Jun 27, 2023

The Friday Afternoon Special - A Family and Domestic Violence Social Work Story - Ep.80

We've all been there. That moment on a Friday afternoon, when things are calm and you've wrapped up the working week, about to clock-off and...

30:22May 30, 2023

Early Intervention Social Work and What Makes a Happy Ending - Ep. 79

How do we measure a successful outcome in our practice? What would we consider a happy ending for the people we work with? Would they agree?...

35:29Apr 25, 2023

Police Social Work: Speaking Life into Young People - Ep. 78

You probably already know that around Social Work Stories, we’re big fans of stories from social workers who are in unique practice settings...

35:43Mar 28, 2023

Hosting a Family Conference: The Stages, Skills, and Language - Ep. 77

Ever wondered about what happens in a Family Conference? Well this is the episode that will bring you up to speed. Covering a diverse range...

44:05Feb 20, 2023

An Opportunity for Recovery: Social Work in Emergency Mental Health - Ep. 76

Our first episode of 2023 starts off with an incredible story of a Mental Health Social Worker in a Hospital Emergency Department. We hear a...

39:56Jan 30, 2023

A Conversation with Lis & Mim: Storytelling in Supervision - Ep. 75

It's the end of another year, and to mark this space together, Lis and Mim sit down to have a conversation together about sharing stories in...

13:40Dec 26, 2022