Piya Social Work, Training and Consultancy

28/02/2024

When working with young people I acknowledge that many have the world on their shoulders 🌏
With family commitments, study, balancing their work schedule, navigating their social life's it's sometime difficult to priorities their own personal ode to themselves.
Coming up with a to-do list based on our own personal needs rather than 'what I need to do for others', can bring clarity and ground ourselves.
How do you fill your cup ? ☕️

24/02/2024

Have you check out the new website yet ?

Nicola Barker is an Aboriginal woman and qualified Social Worker clinician with a special interest in child and family work. Experienced in Mental Health, Aboriginal wellbeing, counselling, disability and facilitation.

24/02/2024

I am really enjoying this small side hussle life and hoping to one day make it into a fulltime gig.
For now, I have been lucky in consulting with a number of agencies.
I am passionate about bringing cultural safe and responsive practice into spaces that work with mob. Because our people have continued to unconditionally building their own resilient communities, I'm just one person committed to the work too.
So far I have worked with some pretty incredible people doing alot of good stuff.
Swipe to see a couple of the agencies I have worked with so far.
✨️👣

24/02/2024

Yaamagarra
A new year and I'm going to be more present on social media.

Welcome to my space for those new.
My name is Nicola Barker, grateful to be a Murawarii and Wangkumara woman from Brewarrina and Bourke NSW.

Piya is a Murawarii word meaning 'to ask' with permission from my old people to use language and create this small business. I'm a qualified Social Worker, and compliment that by walking in the footsteps on my ancestors in continuing supporting mob in their healing journey.

Currently living on the sovereign lands of the Gumbaynggirr peoples of the mid north coast NSW.
www.piyaservices.com.au

28/03/2022

It takes a whole community to raise a child-
👣 a shared responsibility for the wellbeing and welfare of children from all adults in their lives.
Dr Tracy Westerman AM is a proud Nyamal woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology, a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology). She is a recognised world leader in Aboriginal mental health, cultural competency and su***de prevention achieving national and international recognition for her work. This is despite coming from a background of disadvantage and one in which she had to undertake most of her tertiary entrance subjects by Distance Education.
Check it her work

12/03/2022

Another Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Workshop hosted on Gumbaynggirr country in Coffs Harbour.
Building a resourceful community 👣
co facilitated with local Gumbaynggirr man Brian Bolt 👣