{"id":22718,"date":"2024-04-09T10:13:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T00:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/?p=22718"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:13:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T00:43:58","slug":"playing-her-part-in-an-australian-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/2024\/04\/09\/playing-her-part-in-an-australian-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing her part in an Australian first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/people\/carmela.bastian\">Dr Carmela Bastian<\/a>,<\/strong> Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Flinders University and a Flinders graduate (PhD(SS)&#8217;17) has been appointed a Presiding Member of South Australia\u2019s Social Workers Registration Scheme, which will commence in 2025 to develop professional standards in South Australia and build momentum toward national registration for social workers.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bastian has more than 20 years\u2019 experience working in child protection, family support and human services as a social work practitioner and academic. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-stories\/2021\/03\/15\/carmelabastian\/\">Dr Bastian<\/a> will be joined on the board by fellow Flinders&#8217; graduates <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/alumni-stories\/2024\/03\/08\/kerry-beck\/\">Kerry Beck<\/a><\/strong> (BSocWk(GradEntry)\u201905), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I-0lEKr7Qj8\"><strong>Ruka Taite<\/strong><\/a> (BSocWkSocPg \u201915) and <strong>Nicole Lancaster<\/strong> (BBehavSc\u201903, LLB\/LP \u201903). Jane Mussared, Sarah Macdonald and Jodie Stevens are also on the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegistration of social workers in South Australia is a big deal for the profession as it is the first state to implement the social work registration scheme and will lead the nation in this process,\u201d says Dr Bastian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe function of the board is to administer the legislation, provide a definition of social work, establish and maintain a register, implement codes of conduct, professional standards and ethical guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a privilege to be appointed as the inaugural presiding member for the board and I look forward to working closely with the other board members and the Director, Professor Sarah Wendt. The members of the board bring a wealth of expertise and knowledge that will ensure the board will fulfil its functions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full announcement on our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.flinders.edu.au\/blog\/2024\/04\/03\/flinders-appointment-for-australia-first-social-work-scheme\/\">newsblog<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Carmela Bastian, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Flinders University and a Flinders graduate (PhD(SS)&#8217;17) has been appointed a Presiding Member of South Australia\u2019s Social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4182,"featured_media":22719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25164,55563,7761,32135],"tags":[4355,31779,59709,59711,59710,59708],"class_list":["post-22718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-around-campus","category-college-of-education-psychology-and-social-work","category-fearless","tag-alumni","tag-dr-carmela-bastian","tag-kerry-beck","tag-nicole-lancaster","tag-ruka-taite","tag-south-australias-social-workers-registration-scheme"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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