Episode Details

In this episode I speak with Emily, an early career social worker who after getting a job at The Fact Tree Youth Service following her first social work placement, completing her second placement at a private hospital in Lismore, and a stint as a MERIT Clinician, Emily is currently working as a caseworker at Phoenix House Youth Services in Crows Nest.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Phoenix House Sydney - https://www.phoenixhouse.org.au/
• Dovetail, clinical advice and practice support to workers/services engaging with young people affected by alcohol and other drugs - https://www.dovetail.org.au/
• Insight, Centre for alcohol and other drug training and workforce development - https://insight.qld.edu.au/
• Therapies and Communication Approaches (Dementia Australia) including reminiscence therapy - https://www.dementia.org.au/national/support-and-services/carers/therapies-and-communication-approaches
• News article on John Merrick’s work and his book (True Stories from the Morgue) - https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/forensic-counsellor-john-merrick-tells-of-20-years-working-behind-the-scenes-at-sydneys-morgue/news-story/f0614f8d59feee540a39088e25673ea7

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16kNJO8aUwo0bu7Jki6MoU79PLWpYPqd4sTXEkHNGLR4/edit?usp=sharing

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