The Minister for Social Development and Employment is seeking to appoint an additional member to the SWRB Board, with the intended start date being early 2025. This is a position for a lay member, not a registered social worker. Candidates are sought with well-developed and effective financial management skills and experience. It is also expected that candidates… Read more »
Category: News
Challenges in the sustainability of the social worker workforce
The SWRB’s Annual Social Worker Workforce Report 2024 and Annual Social Work Education Report 2023 have been published today. They provide unique insights into social work education and the social worker workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Annual Social Worker Workforce Report 2024 is based on information from the annual social worker workforce survey which… Read more »
New resources for you
You can access a suite of new resources from the resource section. We have developed a suite of new resources to support social workers, including six brochures covering each item of the Code of Conduct with suggested discussion notes for a supervision session. You can also access some posters and postcards that have been developed to… Read more »
Rose Henderson – departing SWRB Board member
Rose Henderson has been a Board Member of the SWRB since 2019, with her term of office coming to an end in August 2024. We thought we’d take this timely opportunity to interview her and acknowledge her long and distinguished career. We asked Rose about her social work journey, and the changes she has seen… Read more »
Nau mai, haere mai! Welcome to new Board members
We are pleased to confirm the appointment of three new SWRB board members: Mike Munnelly, Paula Grooby and Ruth Jones. Each brings a wealth of expertise in social work and passion for the profession. Mike Munnelly steps into the Board chair role on 1 January 2025. Mike was instrumental in the PSA pay equity settlement… Read more »
Thank you – Aotearoa Social Workers Day
Ngā Mihi social workers for the amazing mahi that you do every day for tamariki, rangatahi, whānau, iwi and communities. We welcomed the opportunity to meet social workers at Whakamanawa 2024 – the National Social Services Conference this week. It is always inspiring to hear about your mahi. As well as learning from those working… Read more »
Workforce Reports
Evidence and Insights As Lead Agency for social worker workforce planning, the SWRB has developed a suite of resources, data, evidence and insights for policy makers, employers, sector leaders and others with responsibility for social workers within their workforces. We gather a range of information, data and insights from the social work profession through our… Read more »
Addressing public safety for social worker-like kaimahi
The SWRB has been undertaking work to build our understanding of the social worker-like workforce, including how public safety may be strengthened. Earlier in 2024, we completed a report on addressing public safety for social worker-like kaimahi for the Minister for Social Development and Employment. The report was funded by the Crown alongside the pay… Read more »
Amendments to SWRA 2003 tabled
Legislation relating to amendments recommended in the SWRB 2020 review of the Social Workers Registration Act 2003 (the Act) has been tabled today in the Social Workers Registration Amendment Bill. The Ministry of Social Development holds policy responsibility for the Act. You can read more about what is proposed here: disclosure.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2024/63/ The SWRB welcomes the… Read more »
Application for appointments to the Social Workers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal and Social Workers Registration Board
The Minister for Social Development and Employment (the Minister) is seeking nominations for a total of four upcoming appointments to two social sector entities: Social Workers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal The Minister is looking to appoint one social worker (not being a social worker whose registration or practising certificate is suspended) to the Tribunal. The… Read more »
