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Associate Professor Sue Heward-Belle talks with former president of Lyn's Place - the Taree Women's Refuge - Marion Hosking, OAM. Marion was awarded an OAM in 2008 for services to people affected by domestic violence in the Manning District of NSW. She was also the recipient of a Centenary Medal in 2001 and was an Australian of the Year nominee in 2006. Marion's book, Why Doesn't She Leave?...Ten Reasons is available as an ebook. References: Hosking. (2005). Why doesn’t she leave? : the story of a women’s refuge. Manning District Emergency Accommodation Committee. NSW Women's Refuge Movement - Wikipedia. (2022). Retrieved 11 January 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSW_Women%27s_Refuge_Movement Restore Our Refuge: Honouring Women event, 1 November 2019. (2019). Retrieved 11 January 2022, from https://alexandriahawkinsblog.com/2019/11/02/restore-our-refuge-honouring-women-event-1-november-2019/ WAGEC. (2022). Retrieved 11 January 2022, from https://www.wagec.org.au/about/ Women support Women: A History Project with the Women’s and Girl’s Emergency Centre. (2021). Retrieved 11 January 2022, from https://historymatters.sydney.edu.au/2021/10/women-support-women-a-history-project-with-the-womens-and-girls-emergency-centre/

In this podcast, Masters of Social Work (Qualifying) students Yvonne Hughes and Troy Moffat discuss theory, practice and their inextricable links. In their conversation, you'll hear theoretical perspectives and academic discourses, as well as examples from the podcasters' placement experiences in a mental health unit for older people, youth services and the statutory context of Corrective Services NSW. References: Beddoe, E., & Maidmen, J. (2009). Mapping Knowledge for Social Work Practice: Critical Intersections . 1st ed. South Melbourne, Vic: Cengage Learning. Connolly, M., & Harms, L. (2019). Social work: from theory to practice (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. Connolly, M., & Harms, L. (2012). Social work: from theory to practice. Cambridge University Press. Fronek, P. (Host). (2012, September 13). Social work theory with Malcolm Payne [Episode No. 23]. In podcasts for social workers. podsocs. https://www.podsocs.com/podcast/social-work-theory/ Gorman, J. (1993). Postmodernism and the Conduct of Inquiry in Social Work. Affilia 8.3: 247–264. Healy, K. (2014). Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice . 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Kam, P. K. (2021). From the Strengths Perspective to an Empowerment–Participation–Strengths Model in Social Work Practice. The British Journal of Social Work, 51(4), 1425–1444. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab049 Parton, N. (2000). Some thoughts on the relationship between theory and practice in and for social work. The British Journal of Social Work, 30(4), 449–463. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/30.4.449 Payne, M. (2020). How to Use Social Work Theory in Practice: An Essential Guide. Policy Press. Pomeroy, E. C., & Garcia, R. B. (2018). Direct practice skills for evidence-based social work : a strengths-based text and workbook . Springer Publishing Company, LLC. Roscoe, K, Alexander, C, and Madoc-Jones, L. (2011) “Narrative Social Work: Conversations Between Theory and Practice.” Journal of social work practice 25.1: 47–61. Toros, K. (2019). Social work graduate students’ understanding of strength-eliciting questions in the context of social work assessment. European Journal of Social Work, 22(3), 412–422. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2017.1364703