Capabilities of Practitioners Supporting Young Men with Mild-to-Borderline Intellectual Impairment

Impact of a Global Pandemic on Scope and Diversity of Social Work Research and Practice: Complexity Theory a Lens to Review Current Thinking

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The contents of the July (2021) Issue of Australian Social Work (ASW) are distinguished by a range and diversity of topics, notably: intellectual impairment (Catalano & Wilson, 2021); end-of-life care (Moon & McDermott, 2021); abuse of older Australians (Blundell et al, 2021); women with a physical disability (Corona-Aguilar et al, 2021); interventions for problematic eating in out-of-home care (Savaglio et al, 2021); a focus on family transitions in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) where there are young children (Boaden et al, 2021); and post-disaster recovery (Harms et al, 2021). An examination of social work graduate outcomes (Papadopoulos & Egan, 2021), and social work e-placements under COVID-19 (Zuchowski et al, 2021) complete this "sweep" through the range of interests and specialisations undoubtedly characteristic of contemporary social work as it is practiced across fields, with diverse populations, and from a variety of standpoints: policy, practice, education, and advocacy.Such a range of areas of interest and of practice (and many more, of course) does, as we know, place considerable demands on social work educators to ensure that curricula and practicum experience make social work students "shovel ready" for the demands of future employment.

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