Carolyn Cousins
Biographic Data
| ID | 6468428 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolyn Cousins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Cousins |
| SIGNATURE | COUSINS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Coast Local Health District |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ensuring an Attuned Workforce
Individual and Organisational Practices Addressing Social Workers’ Experiences of Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious trauma is a predictable side effect of social work practice with growing evidence of its varied impact on individuals and workplaces. Organisations employing social workers do not always take a preventative or proactive approach to addressing vicarious trauma, often assuming the provision of supervision and encouraging worker self-care will be sufficient. This article argues that organisations should be encouraged to accept responsibili…
Supervising Social Workers in Involuntary Contexts
This article outlines areas for reflection for those providing supervision to social workers working in involuntary and semivoluntary contexts. This includes clinical implications, impacts on social work identity, and potential impacts on the supervisory relationship itself. It suggests that there are some areas that could be considered for discussion and exploration that may be different in focus to other types of supervisory practice, encouragi…
‘Treat Me Don't Beat Me’ … . Exploring Supervisory Games and Their Effect on Poor Performance Management
This paper explores the concept of games that can be played out in social work supervision and the resulting effects on both social worker performance, and ultimately on client service provision. It draws on the well-known game playing concepts of Berne and Kadushin, and will then proceed to locate these issues in today's social work context. In particular, it will argue that in light of the recent Social Work Taskforce Report, Building a Safe, C…
Short Term Placements
This article explores the process of setting up some short (one week) and longer (six month) exchanges between two government departments on the Central Coast of NSW, with the express purpose of assisting organisational change through this form of professional development. The article outlines the program's objectives and achievements, as well as the evaluation results and benefits to the two departments taking part. The exchanges all occurred wi…
Becoming a social work supervisor
The move from social work practitioner to supervisor can cause a crisis in identity for some social workers, a point at which professional values, roles and commitment are questioned and re‐analysed. Yet it is an area in which there appears to be little written to assist the worker to normalise their fears and anxieties, or to assist with making the process smoother for both supervisor and supervisee. Drawing on practice experience in a range of …
Restorative Justice and Family Violence
In the Firing Line
Video reviews
Working with involuntary clients Chris trotter and Jan Mumford. 51 minutes. Available from Dr Chris Trotter, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, 3168, Victoria, Australia Companion to book Working with Involuntary Clients, Chris Trotter (2000), Allen & Unwin, Sydney ISBN 1 86448 498 5 162 pp. $29.95 (paperback)
In the Firing Line
Individual and Organisational Practices Addressing Social Workers’ Experiences of Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious trauma is a predictable side effect of social work practice with growing evidence of its varied impact on individuals and workplaces. Organisations employing social workers do not always take a preventative or proactive approach to addressing vicarious trauma, often assuming the provision of supervision and encouraging worker self-care will be sufficient. This article argues that organisations should be encouraged to accept responsibili…
Becoming a social work supervisor
The move from social work practitioner to supervisor can cause a crisis in identity for some social workers, a point at which professional values, roles and commitment are questioned and re‐analysed. Yet it is an area in which there appears to be little written to assist the worker to normalise their fears and anxieties, or to assist with making the process smoother for both supervisor and supervisee. Drawing on practice experience in a range of …
Ensuring an Attuned Workforce
Supervising Social Workers in Involuntary Contexts
This article outlines areas for reflection for those providing supervision to social workers working in involuntary and semivoluntary contexts. This includes clinical implications, impacts on social work identity, and potential impacts on the supervisory relationship itself. It suggests that there are some areas that could be considered for discussion and exploration that may be different in focus to other types of supervisory practice, encouragi…
Video reviews
Working with involuntary clients Chris trotter and Jan Mumford. 51 minutes. Available from Dr Chris Trotter, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, 3168, Victoria, Australia Companion to book Working with Involuntary Clients, Chris Trotter (2000), Allen & Unwin, Sydney ISBN 1 86448 498 5 162 pp. $29.95 (paperback)
In the Firing Line
Becoming a social work supervisor
The move from social work practitioner to supervisor can cause a crisis in identity for some social workers, a point at which professional values, roles and commitment are questioned and re‐analysed. Yet it is an area in which there appears to be little written to assist the worker to normalise their fears and anxieties, or to assist with making the process smoother for both supervisor and supervisee. Drawing on practice experience in a range of …
Restorative Justice and Family Violence
Short Term Placements
This article explores the process of setting up some short (one week) and longer (six month) exchanges between two government departments on the Central Coast of NSW, with the express purpose of assisting organisational change through this form of professional development. The article outlines the program's objectives and achievements, as well as the evaluation results and benefits to the two departments taking part. The exchanges all occurred wi…
‘Treat Me Don't Beat Me’ … . Exploring Supervisory Games and Their Effect on Poor Performance Management
This paper explores the concept of games that can be played out in social work supervision and the resulting effects on both social worker performance, and ultimately on client service provision. It draws on the well-known game playing concepts of Berne and Kadushin, and will then proceed to locate these issues in today's social work context. In particular, it will argue that in light of the recent Social Work Taskforce Report, Building a Safe, C…
Individual and Organisational Practices Addressing Social Workers’ Experiences of Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious trauma is a predictable side effect of social work practice with growing evidence of its varied impact on individuals and workplaces. Organisations employing social workers do not always take a preventative or proactive approach to addressing vicarious trauma, often assuming the provision of supervision and encouraging worker self-care will be sufficient. This article argues that organisations should be encouraged to accept responsibili…
Supervising Social Workers in Involuntary Contexts
This article outlines areas for reflection for those providing supervision to social workers working in involuntary and semivoluntary contexts. This includes clinical implications, impacts on social work identity, and potential impacts on the supervisory relationship itself. It suggests that there are some areas that could be considered for discussion and exploration that may be different in focus to other types of supervisory practice, encouragi…
Ensuring an Attuned Workforce
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)