Episode Details

In this episode I speak with Cathy who in over 25yrs as a social worker has worked in the community sector and multicultural aged care, in an acute teaching hospital in rehab and aged care, and has developed training tools and social work group supervision. Cathy has now returned to community social work in Northern Sydney for the Community Nursing program, visiting patients with chronic and complex issues.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Severe Domestic Squalor by John Snowdon, Graeme Halliday, and Sube Banerjee - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13218719.2013.761743
• How to Use Social Work Theory in Practice, An Essential Guide by Malcolm Payne - https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-use-social-work-theory-in-practice
• Buried in Treasures - free 15-week online group program, providing in-depth training and support for people with hoarding tendencies - https://www.catholichealthcare.com.au/events/buried-in-treasures-support-groups/#:~:text=Buried%20in%20Treasures%20is%20a,12%20who%20share%20similar%20experiences

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wMzkGX8GTQkKYxdXx6I_dt2WJUAu9TLIkKCGEXaL-tU/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.