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Climbing the career ladder

‘One profession, many occupations.’ You may have heard us say this before and that’s because it sums up the drawcard of community work; once you’re…

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Consultation: Code of ethics

We want to hear from you! We have conducted an initial review of the Australian Community Workers Code of Ethics and now we are looking…

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Guest blog: Anxiety and COVID-19

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent events may have caused more stress, worry and anxiety than we usually experience. At this time, when…

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Introducing AJCW

The collated volume of our relaunched journal, Australian Journal of Community Work (AJCW), is now online. AJCW is designed to stimulate discussion, debate and research…

Welcome to the new ACWA website

It’s been a while in the planning but our new website is far more advanced than the old ACWA site and, as we’re sure you…

A win for community work education

ACWA has been strongly advocating against a large fee increase for community and human services degrees caught up in the Government’s Job-ready Graduates Package. Qualified…

What’s in a name?

Welfare Officer. Community Worker. Community Services Worker. Does what we call ourselves really matter? We think so. Until the late 1960s community workers (then known…

Create your own CPD plan

Learn how to audit your skills and create a training plan that meets your needs.

We need community workers, now more than ever

Like most of you, our plans for 2020 were disrupted by COVID-19. Earlier this year, we were set to launch a multimedia campaign promoting careers…

AGM wrap-up

In what was a first for us, our annual general meeting was held via video conference on the 24th September. Whilst the technology itself presented…

The ‘new normal’ for community workers

Survey results on the impact of COVID-19 We surveyed our members to find out how their work life has changed because of COVID-19. Thankfully, most…

Resuming face to face services

Community sector organisations across Australia are starting to transition back to face to face services but this does not mean business as usual. We are…

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