Social Work vs Counselling

Does NZ support our health workers enough? Di Taylor is an ambulance officer who lived in Christchurch for seventeen years and a social worker involved with the Muslim community post-mosque shootings. She worked as a banker in the 80s and, after many jobs, became a mental health support worker. Di comes to the Altbays Show to chat about the health system in Aotearoa, the human relationship with wealth, exploring belief systems and much more!

Welcome to the Altbays Show (Feat. Maddie Johnson/Leo Magri)

Di is a social worker and an Emergency Medical Technician for St. John (Healthcare/Ambulance). She lived in Christchurch for 17 years, including through the earthquakes and as a social worker, she supported the Muslim community post-mosque shootings.

In her words, Di has a “crazy family tree due to being adopted”. In her work life, she’s been a banker, a money market dealer, a veterinary nurse, an adult educator and mental health support worker.

Di has been highly involved in voluntary work throughout her life. She’s done silent Buddhist retreats and explored various belief systems. She’s an artist who loves reading, a gym goer, cold exposure believer who challenges herself by going winter swimming when possible.

[RebeccaThompson-kfmf]

Social Workers are action focused. Counselors are mental health focused. Social Workers can do mental health counseling as well but the primary goal is to attend to needs before higher mental health work can be done. You can't attend to mental health if you don't have a place to live, warm clothes, and adequate food to eat. Social Workers tend to be outcome focused.

[JackieLarose]

Most of them don't need to work cuz you can do the work yourself this is Jada spy on you and get you in trouble the drama queens you're funny newfies