# The Social Work Stories Podcast A podcast by The Social Work Stories Team. A podcast exploring Social Work practice through stories & critical reflection. Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/socialworkstories/feed.xml ## Latest episodes - [What happens when you have no means to pay for a funeral? - Ep.96](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/3b66d25a436c) (2026-10-20, 44 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/esfcf9nn745eus93/What_happens_when_you_have_no_means_to_pay_for_a_funerala9a2v.mp3 - [Social Work and Organ Donation - The Art of Observation, Stillness and Advocacy - Ep. 95](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/3334c8f561e6) (2026-07-17, 38 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fnwkfnssw4isqgsj/Organ_Donation_Episode_SWS_HIGHQUAL8jtm5.mp3 - [It's about the small acts of grace: An on-call social work story - Ep. 94](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/9fbbc7cf6829) (2025-08-20, 35 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/a6miqcczmxffcytj/Social_Work_Stories_Episode_9418ufdb.mp3 - [Social Work and Hope in Action - Ep. 93](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/74e4a0e8cab6) (2025-05-19, 35 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pyk6ivjtde7jn7i3/Social_Work_and_Hope_in_Acion_Episode_May_2025_HIGH_QUALITY9imtb.mp3 - [New Grad Social Workers - How to Land the Perfect Job - Ep. 92](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/117f50e107bf) (2024-10-31, 40 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nt4g5fa8cqehrh3w/HIGHQUAL_New_Grad_Episode69vra.mp3 - [International Social Work and the Practice of Cultural Humility - Ep. 91](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/f183180dd57e) (2024-09-06, 42 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3hjpk2ukpnqb4cxy/SW_in_Turkiye_episode_HIGHQUALbamnv.mp3 - [Centring the Child’s Voice - Social Work in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Ep. 90](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/522a255c3f08) (2024-06-19, 42 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xtq6ymw3yk2wygyx/FCFCOA_Episode_high_qual8eaxa.mp3 - [A Case for More Social Workers in the Disabilities Space - Ep. 89](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/fd996cfa2d34) (2024-04-30, 40 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dqrmy5bkkkuu6kag/DV_in_NDIS_episode_Full_Edit_-_HIGH_QUAL9b71j.mp3 - [Discharge planning: Social justice in action - Ep.88](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/c5a3b72163eb) (2024-04-02, 48 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/irtti7/SW_Stories_Ep_88_mixdown9fnrk.mp3 - [How an aged-care social worker uses dignifying practice as covert resistance - Ep.87](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/92d344645ef0) (2024-03-01, 38 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wwm3a9/SW_Stories_Episode_876l22p.mp3 - ["Don't just believe what you read on my file": Re-authoring patient stories - Ep. 86](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/6cf4ba9bb00c) (2024-01-31, 58 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cuewub/Narrative_ED70kub.mp3 - [Social Work and Voluntary Assisted Dying: We Have All The Tools We Need - Ep. 85](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/dc8a99320127) (2023-11-20, 48 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xsirxb/VAD_Episode_Nov_2023_HIGH_QUAL82tiw.mp3 - [Abortion in Australia: The impact on women and social work practice - Ep. 84](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/c626907752d9) (2023-10-04, 38 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5ryn8c/Abortion_in_Australia_the_impact_on_women_and_social_work_practice8vxbe.mp3 - [Supporting continuing bonds through adult memory making in hospital-based end of life care - Ep.83](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/dda2ba3291b5) (2023-08-30, 45 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xs2qxa/Supporting_continuing_bonds_through_adult_memory_making_in_hospital_based_end_of_life_care9776f.mp3 - [Bush Adventure Therapy: Nature as co-therapist - Ep.82](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/afc7b1467fc4) (2023-08-01, 44 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ps9ssf/Bush_Adventure_Therapy8yvsd.mp3 - [We are Making Visible: Introducing the Making Visible podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/50478c9c744b) (2023-06-27, 11 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tzbq74/We_are_Making_Visible_-_Introducing_the_Making_Visible_podcast6nsds.mp3 - [The Friday Afternoon Special - A Family and Domestic Violence Social Work Story - Ep.80](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/8aae0d7eda5a) (2023-05-30, 31 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2c88i5/The_Friday_Afternoon_Special_-_A_Family_and_Domestic_Violence_Social_Work_Storyaa7us.mp3 - [Early Intervention Social Work and What Makes a Happy Ending - Ep. 79](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/1f10743de07b) (2023-04-25, 36 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zzsirb/SWS_TEI_Episode_HiQUAL7c9ys.mp3 - [Police Social Work: Speaking Life into Young People - Ep. 78](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/6f83edaf6971) (2023-03-28, 36 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wgzm54/Social_Work_Stories_-Police_SW_episode_78_HIQUALb0r0a.mp3 - [Hosting a Family Conference: The Stages, Skills, and Language - Ep. 77](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/29204b1532a0) (2023-02-20, 45 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ehmbrq/SW_Stories_Family_Conferences82dap.mp3 - [An Opportunity for Recovery: Social Work in Emergency Mental Health - Ep. 76](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/e7fbd52e6eb7) (2023-01-30, 40 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ergetg/Youin_ED_Social_Work_Mental_Health_Episode_-_Felix_recordingbael8mp39vomp.mp3 - [A Conversation with Lis & Mim: Storytelling in Supervision - Ep. 75](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/92f425ac9e5b) (2022-12-26, 14 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/h5afzw/Christmas_CHUMCAST_episode_2022_HIQUAL8nrzj.mp3 - [Therapeutic Social Work in the Home Visit: LIVE SHOW - Ep. 74](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/c26e178fcd3b) (2022-11-28, 26 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/eve8f3/Live_Show_Full_Edit_High_Qualityabtut.mp3 - [School Social Work: An Emerging Field of Practice - Ep. 73](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/4878d383e1b2) (2022-10-24, 44 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7xunft/School_Social_Work_with_Myf_Maple85blx.mp3 - [Narrative Therapy and Intensive Outreach- Working with Mothers Whose Children Have Been Removed - Ep. 72](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/5555c3a58ef7) (2022-09-27, 39 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z7tdv9/Narrative_therapy_and_the_power_of_telling_stories8yomi.mp3 - [Companioning in End of Life Care - Social Work Education for Students and Practitioners - Ep. 71](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/cf81255f9798) (2022-08-29, 36 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qif5pv/Ep_71_JoMcLveen_Conversation_SWS_HighQuality7s3h7.mp3 - [Acute Care, Spiders, and Small Acts of Resistance - Ep. 70](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/26bab94f12ee) (2022-07-25, 34 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/y9da4b/Acute_care_spiders_and_small_acts_of_resistance6c25r.mp3 - [A Covid Death: Moral Injury and Burnout in Social Work Practice - Ep. 69](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/40d4b67062f2) (2022-06-27, 36 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kx3xj6/Covid_Death_-_Moral_Injury_and_Burnout_Full_Episode8gdgr.mp3 - [Social Work and Narrative Therapy in the Drug and Alcohol Space - Ep.68](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/7d14e4f2674e) (2022-05-30, 40 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yqphav/Julaine_Drug_Alcohol_Episode_Fullae8i0.mp3 - [A Good Death in Hospital and the Social Work Role - Ep. 67](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/1ae34cf234a6) (2022-04-26, 42 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2mbjjh/SWS_Death_dying_storybo829.mp3 - [Private Practice Social Work in a Pandemic and Beyond - Ep. 66](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/8f628676be15) (2022-03-29, 43 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bi3w92/Josie_McSkimming_Episode_Private_Practice_SW_FINAL78vf9.mp3 - [The Worst Scenario Possible - What Does the Social Worker Do? Ep. 24 Redux (Ep. 65)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/17d0f0d76a09) (2022-02-22, 48 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hkc3iz/Ep_24_Redux95i4g.mp3 - [The Social Work Stories Podcast - Ep. 01 Redux (Ep. 64)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/109e2bdca241) (2021-12-28, 35 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xibt2r/SWS_Ep_1_Redux_Episode8yyti.mp3 - [SEED: Stories of Bushfire Recovery Part 3 - Ep. 63](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/a75c6b9a65d3) (2021-12-13, 45 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6hrbka/SEED_-_Stories_of_Bushfire_Recovery_Part_38tg8g.mp3 - [SEED: Stories of Bushfire Recovery Part 2 - Ep. 62](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/89ff1693cd28) (2021-12-06, 56 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n64rw7/SEED_-_Stories_of_Bushfire_Recovery_Part_2amjgu.mp3 - [SEED: Stories of Bushfire Recovery Part 1 - Ep. 61](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/f118716ee956) (2021-11-29, 44 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sfriuh/SEED_-_Stories_of_Bushfire_Recovery_Part_19zlv7.mp3 - [Ubuntu in Social Work: I Am Because We Are - Ep. 60](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/62ae27e2df01) (2021-10-25, 47 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gevgg5/SWS_Ubuntu_episode_FINAL7hjd8.mp3 - [What‘s Waiting Behind The Door: Social Work and Community Aged Care - Ep. 59](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/4cd8dd44c0e5) (2021-09-27, 38 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5jz6w6/SWS_Aged_Care_episode_Final68mtw.mp3 - [Burnout and Self-Care in Social Work: We Share Our Stories - Ep. 58](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/2a98b9160737) (2021-08-31, 38 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4izggy/SWS_Burnout_and_Self_Care_Episode_-_Finala7rv3.mp3 - [I Need to Keep Her Safe: Domestic Violence in the Emergency Department - Ep. 57](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/7075d35a59a8) (2021-07-27, 46 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/eyx4ah/SWS_Domestic_Violence_in_ED_-_High_Qualityam9aj.mp3 - [Centering Social Justice in Social Work Supervision - Ep. 56](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/4005d08d43fc) (2021-06-29, 49 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/avqf7t/Supervision_episode_with_Deanne836jm.mp3 - [A Conversation About Coronial and Forensic Social Work, Part 2 - Ep. 55](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/e1af335a3782) (2021-05-25, 47 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/khxzw6/SWS_Forensic_Episode_2_Full_Cut_-_Export8gli8.mp3 - [A Conversation About Coronial and Forensic Social Work, Part 1 - Ep. 54](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/e3481d53727c) (2021-04-27, 44 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q39xgk/SWS_Forensic_Episode_1_Full_Cutavr9p.mp3 - [Exploring Community Development and Social Work in the Stockholm Projects - Ep. 53](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/c0aed0797ef5) (2021-03-30, 39 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qq6mny/SWS_Stockholm_Episode_-_Final_Editbe0yn.mp3 - [It Takes a Village: Social Work in Community Youth Mental Health - Ep. 52](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/e8e6f09bba6a) (2021-02-23, 36 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/w3pds8/SWS_Glen_Episode_-_Finalavj8i.mp3 - [Mental Health Social Work and the Great Australian Ratbag Ep. 51](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/9ef9ea19e503) (2021-02-09, 43 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/t446r3/Australian_Ratbag_episode_SWS9cm65.mp3 - [The Dark Place: Working with a Suicide Caller (Ep. 10 Redux)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/13272c94f62f) (2021-01-27, 46 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/g6yjbs/SWS_The_Dark_Place_Redux95wza.mp3 - [Social Work in a Maximum Security Prison: A Story of Creative Practice in Social Work (Ep. 15 Redux)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/b8c990841233) (2021-01-12, 43 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wmxgb2/SWS_Social_Work_in_a_Maximum_Security_Prison_Redux8upkr.mp3 - [Removing the Children, Receiving a Mug - A Child Protection Story - Ep. 06 Redux](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/c0bac60881ec) (2020-12-28, 36 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/auxe73/SWS_Removing_the_Children_Receiving_a_Mug_Redux_-_28_12_20_917_pm8dawe.mp3 - [A Social Worker, A Client, and a Long Journey of Support - Ep. 49](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1436489015/7046d1229a82) (2020-12-14, 54 min): audio https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gep49q/Bek_Paul_Episode_Full9wx7d.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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