ABSTRACT

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a blueprint to address urgent global challenges, with a clear role for social workers. This paper explores a Sustainable Development Goal’s focused student placement at the Australian Association of Social Workers, with RMIT University. Students reviewed the AASW’s policy actions and their contribution to the SDGs, including recommendations for future work. The review identified advocacy in key areas, and the need for action on several issues, including climate action. Students learned about social work policy, practice, and sustainability. The placement itself provides a model for other organisations to align their actions to the SDGs.

IMPLICATIONS

• There is a need for greater social work engagement with the United Nations’ SDGs to address urgent social and environmental challenges.

• Field education placements can provide an important opportunity for students to learn about sustainability, social work policy practice, and the SDGs.

• The placement model proposed in the article is suitable for any organisation that seeks to review their actions and better align their work to the SDGs.

摘要

联合国的可持续发展目标 (SDG) 为应对紧迫的全球挑战提供了蓝图，明确了社会工作者的作用。本文探讨了澳大利亚社会工作者协会与 RMIT 大学的可持续发展目标的重点学生安置。学生们回顾了 AASW 的政策行动及其对可持续发展目标的贡献，包括对未来工作的建议。审查确定了在关键领域的宣传，以及在包括气候行动在内的若干问题上采取行动的必要性。学生了解社会工作政策、实践和可持续性。安置本身为其他组织提供了一个模型，使他们的行动与可持续发展目标保持一致。

影响

• 社会工作需要更多地参与联合国的可持续发展目标，以应对紧迫的社会和环境挑战。

• 实地教育实习可以为学生提供了解可持续性、社会工作政策实践和可持续发展目标的重要机会。

• 本文中提出的安置模型适用于任何寻求审查其行动并更好地将其工作与可持续发展目标保持一致的组织。