Event Description

Member price: $90.00 including GST (member price will display once logged in)

Non-member price: $180.00 including GST

Wellbeing in schools can be a challenge for social workers to navigate. It can be difficult to manoeuvre between school leadership and staff to establish a holistic and whole school approach in supporting students’ wellbeing.

This presentation highlights a school’s journey through a social work lens; incorporating a Wellbeing Centre, developing a Wellbeing Framework and establishing a comprehensive Wellbeing program to support the needs of their students.

During this presentation Michelle will share some of the experiences and the processes undertaken to establish this environment and services while focusing on the role of our social workers and their contribution to the development of these foundations and structures that can be adapted and customized to your education setting and your role.

Who should register? Social workers working in schools who have some experience and for those seeking further knowledge and resources, allied health practitioners or support professionals who work in schools. It will also suit individuals who are interested in setting up such processes and frameworks in schools.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand the challenges of setting up wellbeing processes in a school
• Gain an insight into the processes that can support the holistic and whole school approaches to student wellbeing
• Recognize the role social work plays in establishing and implementing these processes and frameworks
• Identify resources and authorized personnel who can support the development of these processes and frameworks in schools

AASW Credentials: School; Mental Health

Presenter

Michelle Brown is a highly experienced professional with over 20 years’ experience working with children and young people in educational settings.

Specialising in working with children and young people in educational settings, Michelle embraces collaborative working relationships with her clients, their families and carers and other service providers. Michelle is an accredited social worker and has lectured and taught in university social work courses for 10 years; including group work, interviewing skills, theories, and case management.

Michelle relishes the role of mentoring new and emerging social workers and human service workers and provides clinical supervision and reflective practice to a broad range of clients. Her presentations provide insight into the practice challenges facing social workers, with a particular focus on educational settings.