Sabine brings her 20 years of teaching and coordinating undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational courses. She began Work in aged care in 2005 and later practised in areas of grief and loss, community development and rehabilitation. During her transition to tertiary education teaching, Sabine was also a school counsellor. Sabine worked as an educator, coordinator and academic lead for social work workplace learning (WPL). Sabine has a passion for interprofessional and experiential learning and has extended her skills into Clinical Simulation, where she has had Simulation Instructor training through the University of California. Sabine achieved her PhD focusing on lived experiences of a culturally and linguistically diverse population group (Punjabi Indians) with palliative care services at residential aged care facilities in regional NSW. She has maintained an interest in social justice and cultural inclusion, focusing on spiritual and religious aspects of the culturally and linguistically diverse population within an Australian context, particularly on palliative and end-of-life care and the use of public spaces such as public libraries and hospitals. Sabine is a social work consultant for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) population groups with Palliative Care Social Work Australia (PCSWA). Sabine teaches a range of subjects in Social Work. As the subject coordinator, she has an interdisciplinary focus on subject development and delivery. She currently teaches: Sabine has extensive experience leading and coordinating various social work placement subjects.
Teaching and Research Staff
Dr Sabine Wardle
Sabine also supervises Honours, Master and PhD students in Social Work and Human Services.
Current research projects