Palliative Care Social Work Australia is a national association that brings together social workers who provide, or have an interest in, palliative and end of life care and bereavement.
PCSWA is dedicated to the advancement and promotion of social work as a central health profession in the provision of palliative, end of life and bereavement care. PCSWA is also committed to enhancing the provision of high quality and holistic person centred, family focused and community-oriented care.
PCSWA represents social workers across Australia, regardless of the setting in which they work. PCSWA members work in specialist palliative care services, hospices and other settings such as hospitals, community and primary health, aged care facilities, correctional facilities, group homes and other government and non-government agencies.
Acknowledgement
Palliative Care Social Work Australia (PCSWA) acknowledge the traditional custodians and owners of the lands on which we work and live. We acknowledge their ongoing connection to land, sea and community and that the story and spirit of Aboriginal Nations are written in the landscape of this country. We pay respects to Elders, past, present and future for they hold the memories, traditions and values which deepen and enrich the life of our land, communities and our nation.
- Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). (2013). Practice Standards. Australian Association of Social Work: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia.
- PEPA Project team. (2017). PEPA Cultural Considerations Providing end of life care for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people. Professional Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA), Queensland University of Technology: Queensland, Australia.