Social Worker of the Year Award

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This Award will acknowledge a Social Worker who exemplifies the best of the profession’s values, achievements and accomplishments through demonstrated practice. To be eligible, accomplishments must have taken place during the period 01 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Who can be nominated?

Social workers engaged directly with the delivery of services to clients, including social workers who identify and are recognised by their community as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Nominees must be a current financial member of the AASW and be of good standing with the AASW.

Who can nominate a nominee?

Self-nomination and Third-Party nominations will be considered. In the case of Third-Party nominations, we recommend engaging the Nominee directly in the process. Please ensure you advise the nominee that they have been nominated for an award so that they can plan to be at the Awards presentation.

Terms and Conditions

Nominations will be made through a “call for nominations” announced by the AASW in August 2024.

Nominations submitted to the AASW Award Committee for consideration must not exceed 2,000 words and be supported by appropriate evidence such as letters of commendation, acknowledgement of achievements through employers or other agencies, newspaper articles or such other relevant evidence.

Nominations must be submitted through the AASW’s designated submission process.

The Award Committee will consider all nominations based on written responses to the criteria outlined below.

The written submission in this category will contribute 100% of the overall score for consideration of this Award and will determine shortlisted nominees.

The Award Committee reserves the right to decline nominations that do not address the criteria or exceed the specified word limits or are not received by the submission deadline. The AASW will keep confidential their discussions and deliberations on nominees and will not provide feedback regarding their decisions.

Award winners will be announced at the 10th International Conference on Health and Mental Health Gala Dinner on 21 November 2024 in Melbourne.

Nominees are encouraged to attend the Gala Dinner event to celebrate their nomination and collect their Award if successful, but will be responsible for the purchase of their dinner tickets and any associated costs. Click here to register for the Gala Dinner

What type of nomination is this?

Self-nominationThird party nomination

Nominee Details

Name of Nominee

Branch

Contact Number

Email address

Third Party Nomination

Name of Nominator

Relationship to Nominee

Current position and title

Employer/organisation

Contact number

Email address

If you have any questions regarding the nomination, please contact us via email at ceo@aasw.asn.au

Criteria

1. Outline the ways in which the Nominee has made a demonstrable difference to:
a. Social work practice (Maximum word limit: 200 / Worth: 20 percent)

b. Advocacy for clients and social policy (Maximum word limit: 200 / Worth: 20 percent)

2. Explain the ways in which the Nominee demonstrates outstanding leadership (Maximum word limit: 400 / Worth: 20 percent)

3. Explain how the Nominee has contributed to a positive image for the social work profession? (Maximum word limit: 400/worth: 20 percent)

4. Outline the outstanding results achieved by the Nominee in this qualifying period. (Maximum word limit: 400/worth: 20 percent)

Additional Required Information

5. Provide a 100-word overview that describes the Nominee, including their current role. This short profile may be used for promotional purposes or at the Awards presentation. (Maximum word limit: 100 words)

6. Attach a colour head and shoulder photograph of the Nominee on a blank background. The image should be high resolution (preferably 300 dpi, no less than 2 Mb image) so that it can be used for print media and other promotions.

Nomination closing date Nominations must be submitted by 5:00pm AEST on Friday 20 September 2024. Nominations received after the closing date will not be considered.

Attachments
Attach the criteria responses and provide supporting evidence, you may upload a maximum of ten single-page files. Acceptable formats are Word, PDF and JPEG and the maximum size for each file is 1 MB.

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