AASW Social Worker of the Year Award 2025

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Nomination Form

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 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Who can be nominated?

Social workers engaged directly with the delivery of services to clients, including social workers who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. 

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 2025.

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.

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

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 Award Committee reserves the right to reject nominations that either:

Do not meet one of the criteria or;
Exceed the specified word limit or;
Are not received by the submission deadline.

Please complete the nomination form and submit it using our online submission process by 4:00pm AEST on Friday 26 September 2025.

Nomination Form

Please complete the nomination form and submit using our online submission process by no later than 4:00pm AEST Friday 26 September 2025.

Please enter your email address:

Nominee First Name

Nominee Last Name

Is this nomination a:

Self nominationThird-party nomination

Self nomination

Contact number

Branch

Third-party nomination

Nominator First Name

Nominator Last Name

Relationship to Nominee

Current position and title

Employer/organisation

Contact number

If you have any questions regarding the nomination, please contact us via email at

branchservices@aasw.asn.au.

To support the criteria responses and provide supporting evidence, you may upload a maximum of ten single-page files at the end of this form. Acceptable formats are Word, PDF and JPEG and the maximum size for each file is 1 Mb.

Criteria

1. Outline the ways in which the nominee has made a demonstrable difference in each of the following:

(a) Advocacy for clients and social policy

(Maximum word limit: 200 / Worth: 20%)

(b) Social work practice

(Maximum word limit: 200 / Worth: 20%)

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

Explain how the nominee has contributed to a positive image for the social work profession?

(Maximum word limit: 400 / Worth: 20%)

Outline the outstanding results achieved by the nominee in this qualifying period.
(Maximum word limit: 400 / Worth: 20%)

Additional required information

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)

Provide 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 in .JPG format) so that it can be used for print media and other promotions.

Additional attachments
To support 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.

Nomination closing date

Nominations must be submitted by 4:00pm AEST on Friday 26 September 2025.

Nominations received after the closing date will not be considered.

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