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Hello,everyone. Welcome to the Social Work Storiespodcast.
I'mDr. Goodfuck and I am here with LizMurphy.
Hi,Liz.Hello,Mem.Hello,everyone.
Everyone, this is a very exciting day today because finallyLiz, we get to let everyone know about this incredible new podcast that we've been involved withmaking.
It's called MakingVisible, Preventing and Responding toViolence, Abuse andNeglect.
This was a long timecoming,Liz, wasn'tit?
This was a long timecoming, but it's been an absolute pleasure anddelight.
And I know our listeners will love thisseries,Mem, becauselook, it'ssame,same, butdifferent.
Isn'tit? It'ssame,same, butdifferent.
And it's different because littlelonger, but it goes into so much more detail in thepractice,right?
So why don't you let people know whoare?
Who are these clinicians that we spent such delightful amount of timewith?
So in this fantastic newseries, MakingVisible, we have the absolute privilege of working with the New South Wales Agency for ClinicalInnovation.
And what we did was we worked with a number of different practitioners in lots of differentfields,right?
Liz, so we worked with practitioners who work in childprotection, domesticviolence, mentalhealth, forensicjustice.
A whole range of different spaces and got to hear some really incredible practicestories.
Imean, the work these clinicians are doing are justunbelievable.
It reallyis,Mem, and I feel like because these practitioners give us so much more detail than what we might hear in some of our socialstories, we really get to hear the languageused, the type of therapy that they're using in relation to this particularclient.
They really give us a lot moredetail.
And what struckMem, is that I think these are practitioners who are stretching the edge of theirpractice.
And so we have the privilege of listening to quite innovative practice at the call face in the detail that many ofus, who areclinicians, students of socialwork,really, reallyvalue.
It'strue. It'strue. It's the sort of practice reflections that you would take into supervision withyou.
And you'd be able tosay, how do I embody thoseideas?
How do I actually take that learning and grow myself in my practice fromthat?
There are sorts of conversations that we expect everyone to be able to have coming off of thispodcast.
We had ourselves with thepractitioners, but also on thepodcast.
This is only a short podcast aswell,right?
It's only fourepisodes, butgosh, they go indepth.
So I think everyone's going to reallyenjoy.
I think that's a greatidea,Mem, aboutthe, how do you use thesewonderful, richsessions?
And I feellike,hilariously, I feel like I get to have the supervision session without doing all the hardwork.
So,but, and I think wecan,too, like what I'm saying to listenersis, take it into individualsupervision.
Maybe listen to one of the episodes and then discuss it in individualsupervision.
But also I reckon it's a great conversation piece withyour, if you're in groupsupervision.
Maybe you've got a community ofpractice, both virtual or at your worksite.
This is the type of stuff that you can actually listen to halfof, because these are a bitlonger.
So I reckon youcould,there's, there are most ofthem, nearly anhour.
So that's either a longdrive.
You could definitely wee to big gardenbed, whilstlistening.
Or you could actually listen to oneepisode, break itup, pauseit, have a conversation about what do you think about what thisperson,what, what this work has beendoing, what's the thinking behindit, how do you think that might impact onthe, on theclient.
Some really good conversations that you could scatterthrough, even throughoutit.
Absolutely. So Ithink, I think like everyone really take the most that you can from theseepisodes, we're going to play the trailer for younow.
And so jump over to the Making Visible podcast after you listen to thetrailer.
And it's just fourepisodes, really enjoyit.
And then let us know what youthink.
It will be great tohear.
What do youthink,Liz? I think that's a great idea because I lovedit.
But youknow, I'd be really curious as to how our listeners have foundit.
And whilst the topics are complex and confronting attimes, it's about the stretching of thepractice.
So I think you will all really valuethis.
So the heat Isay,enjoy.
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Hello. My role is to work with pregnant women in a custodialsetting.
I support them from a mental health and psychosocialperspective.
Unfortunately, many of the women I work with come from a history of violence andneglect.
The case I'd like to speak about today is a composite of several women I've worked with over the past fewyears, but their stories and history are realevents.
This series is about preventing and responding toviolence.
And what also came to light at this time was some concerns that were reported by an extended family member about a history of family violence from their son orbrother.
And the extended family member disclosed some concerns regarding possible financial and emotional abuse and control and also some possible physicalviolence.
This is a series that is about preventing and responding toabuse.
Both girls suffered from severeanxiety, didn't find it easy to leave the house atall.
They both suffered with chronic nightmares and flashbacks of the sexualassaults.
This is a series about preventing and responding toneglect.
I think about my life and all the people who have influencedme, myfriends, my family and the huge role they have in myworld.
It'd be silly for someone tosay, just leavehim.
Andalso, if I was to ever say that to awoman, I would then be replicating the same behavior as aperpetrator.
I would be coercingher, I'd be controllingher, I'd be telling her you need to do something and that's exactly what the perpetratordoes.
It's about the work being done publicly and behind the scenes in responding to the current epidemic of family and domesticviolence, of sexual assault and of child abuse andneglect.
What keeps me going is the resilience of these women I work with because I'mamazed, I'm astonished by theirresilience.
It's justunbelievable.
If I can assist them with reconnecting withhope, if I can make any slight bit of difference in someone'slife, that's enough forme.
From the agency for clinicalinnovations,violence, abuse and neglectnetwork, in collaboration with the University of Wallongong and the Social Work Storiespodcast, this is makinginvisible, preventing and responding toviolence, abuse andneglect.
Thanks for listening to the Social Work Storiespodcast.
All of the stories we share are de-identified to respect and protect the peopleinvolved.
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The Social Work Stories podcast is made by LizMurphy,Dr.
MemFox, JustinSesh,Dr.
Ben Joseph and MaddieStratton.
