Social Work and Social Policy - Community Service

The Discipline of Social Work and Social Policy has established long-standing teaching and research linkages with the national professional association (the Australian Association of Social Workers) and with hundreds of service-providing agencies in Western Australia through its successful BSW programme, particularly the core Fieldwork Education opportunities for students in their two long placements.

Members of staff have also developed individual working relationships with government and non-government agencies and peak bodies through membership of agency Boards and Committees of Management. Further details of this Community Service are listed below:

Ms Violet Bacon	Board Member of the Drug and Alcohol Office Board Member of the Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Services Member of Western Australia Council of Social Services (WACOSS) Member of AIATSIS Mentor to Indigenous Professional Workers
Dr Brenda Clare	AASW Committee of Management - responsible for CPE Friends of Wanslea Consultation/training - reciprocity for agencies field placements
A/Professor Mike Clare	Chair - AASW National Education Committee Panel Member - AASW Accredittion Panel Member - Review of Eligibility Document and Processes Member of WACOSS Children's Advisory Committee Board Member - Wanslea Member of Lotterywest Community Research Committee
A/Professor Maria Harries	Mercy (WA) Board Member - Edmund Rice Centre for Social Justice (ERC) Board Member - Mental Illness Fellowship of WA (MIFWA) Member - Sector Viability Policy Advisory Council: Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACOSS) Member - National Mental Health Subcommittee - AASW
Dr Susan Young	Poverty Advisory Committee - WACOSS Volunteering WA - Board Member Community Development Seminar Series Planning Group Management Committee Member - Action Learning. Action Research and Process Management (ALARPM)