More Info →Robin Coleman and Jackie Sayers 4, Study and work as a social worker - Manawatu Conversations

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 17 August 2021. Part 4 of 4.  Worked as a social worker from 1980. Early days of university-qualified social workers. 4 year degree with placements. Maori studies. Maori Club at Massey University. New Zealand history, differing perspectives. Nature of social work. Youth institutions. Working with communities. Publication, Highbury Whanau: The Early Years, and the Highbury Whanau Centre. 1985 to hospital as student unit supervisor for student placements in community health. Funding cut after 4 years. Retirement age raised to 65. Into private practice, worked until 79. Volunteering with English language partners.