When some people think of charities, they think of second hand clothing stores, donating to the Red Cross, or volunteering with disadvantaged children. But the charity sector encompasses so much more.
One of the very real challenges you’ll face as a graduate social worker is managing your well-being, acknowledging when things are getting tough, and having a bag of tools ready to get you safely back on track.
Have you ever heard human services workers talk to each other? Did it sound like they were speaking a foreign language? We’re not surprised. The social work and charity work sectors - like every sector - has its own unique lingo, and much of the time it sounds like a load of academic, abbreviated hoo-haa.
People tend to glamorise working for a charity, but in reality it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. So in a nutshell, here are the factors you need to consider when thinking about a future in charity work.
In this episode, we get an honest and open insight into the mind and attitude of one of Australia’s greatest ever athletes, an icon of Rugby League and true sporting champion.
This parody version of the Aussie classic by John Farnham, "You're the voice" was performed by a crew of both tradies and non-tradies to open up the conversation about mental health in a catchy and light-hearted way.
Through Teach For Australia, you’ll find that classroom leadership builds a foundation for long-term impact. The Leadership Development Program offers a combined postgraduate education and employment opportunity like no other. Associates develop essential leadership skills as part of a global movement dedicated to achieving equity in education.
Over two years, Associates teach at a school serving a low socioeconomic community with full salary and benefits, earn a Master of Teaching on an assisted scholarship, participate in targeted professional development and receive one-on-one coaching and mentoring to accelerate personal, professional and academic growth.
Christiana Lees (Cohort 2018) is one of Teach For Australia’s newest Associates. She joined the program at the beginning of this year and finds herself teaching her passion – Mathematics – to students at Taminmin College in Darwin.
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