Episode 23: Vanessa

In this episode I speak with Vanessa, who works for The Blue Knot Foundation’s National Counselling & Referral Service supporting The Disability Royal Commission & COVID19 Disability Information Support Line. Vanessa has practised as a social worker in the disability, employment, aged care and organisational psychology fields, as well as for Centrelink offices in Darwin and Alice Springs, which serve a largely Indigenous population. Due to her strong interest in policy practice, analysis, writing and research, she was also previously a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers' National Social Policy Committee, and has more recently engaged in a number of advocacy activities in the sexual assault field. Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KJ85IUELJByGVH3Y5NXnajkbvFsRWc0DdYDHfcmF2sE/edit?usp=sharing This episode's transcript can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19-p5FH_z91UoDm3_kVIe2B1aBKmdf4UDrbUsukplxZc/edit?usp=sharing Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.