Professor Karen Healy's research focuses on promoting a healthy start to life for vulnerable children, young people and families. In 2016, she was appointed a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her contribution to social work particularly in child protection, higher education and research. In September 2018, she was awarded the position of Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Her research expertise includes:
a) international and national approaches to social policy and social work practice with vulnerable children, young people and families across the life course;
b) the participation of vulnerable children, young people and families in decision-making especially within child welfare, family support and out of home care services;
c) and professional education and organisation support systems for promoting job satisfaction, workforce retention and best practice among health and welfare professionals.
Karen Healy holds senior advisory positions in industry and in her professional community. Professor Karen Healy is the immediate past National President of the Australian Association of Social Workers (the national accrediting body for professional social work in Australia), a position to which she was elected between 2011-2017. She is also a National Director for The Benevolent Society, Australia's oldest not-for-profit community service organisations. Professor Healy is also Past National President for the Australian Association of Social Work and Welfare Education (a position she was held for the maximum two terms allowable). Professor Healy has strong links with the health and community services organisations, including having conducted several studies in collaboration with Micah Projects into best practice in family support work. She has appeared as an expert witness at a variety of commissions of inquiry into child welfare service systems and workforce conditions in the community services sector and she was recently involved in an evaluation of the child protection operating model in Victoria - an innovative model of workforce support for frontline child protection workers.
Professor Healy has published 5 books on aspects of social work theory and practice. These works have been translated into several languages including Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Danish and Japanese. In addition, Professor Healy has published numerous international journal articles on social policy and social work practice especially in relaiton to vulnerable children, young people and families, and on education and organisational support systems to promote best practice among health and welfare professionals.
Journal Article: Collaborating with parents during intervention with parental agreement: practitioner perspectives on procedural justice
Venables, Jemma and Healy, Karen (2018) Collaborating with parents during intervention with parental agreement: practitioner perspectives on procedural justice. Child & Family Social Work, . doi:10.1111/cfs.12578
Book: The Skilled Communicator in Social Work
Healy, Karen The Skilled Communicator in Social Work. London United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Book Chapter: Will she be right, mate? Standards and diversity in Australian social work
Healy, Karen (2018). Will she be right, mate? Standards and diversity in Australian social work. In Transnational Social Work: Opportunities and Challenges of a Global Profession (pp. 205-221) Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press.
(2018–2019) Micah Projects Inc
Behind a moral shield: Responses to trust breaches in mission-based groups
(2017–2019) ARC Discovery Projects
Intensive Family Support (IFS) Implementation and Impact Evaluation
(2017–2018) Parenting Research Centre Inc
Challenging cultural competence: adopting cultural humility as the foundational approach when working with newly settled refugee communities.
Doctor Philosophy
(2018) Doctor Philosophy
(2017) Doctor Philosophy
The Skilled Communicator in Social Work
Healy, Karen The Skilled Communicator in Social Work. London United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice
Healy, Karen Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice 2nd ed. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice
Healy, Karen Social work methods and skills : the essential foundations of practice. Basingstoke , United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Writing skills for social workers
Healy, Karen and Mulholland, Joan Writing skills for social workers 2nd ed. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications, 2012.
Healy, Karen and Lonne, Bob (2010) The social work & human services workforce : Report from a national study of education, training and workforce needs Australia: Australian Council of Learning and Teaching
Practice methods in context for social work and the human services [kit]
Harrison, Gai, Healy, K., Walsh, D., Bosly, F. and Caniglia, F. Practice methods in context for social work and the human services [kit]. [St. Lucia, Qld.]: School of Social Work and Human Services, University of Queensland, 2010.
Healy, Karen, Rawsthorne, Margot, Donnett, Amanda, Caniglia, Fiona, Hampshire, Anne and Michaux, Anne Families on the fringe : Promoting the social inclusion of young families moving to non-metropolitan areas. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of Social Work and Human Services, The University of Queensland, 2009.
Creating better communities: A study of social capital creation in four communities
Healy, Karen, Hampshire, Anne, Ayres, Liz, Ellwood, Sophie and Mengede, Natalie Creating better communities: A study of social capital creation in four communities. Paddington, Australia: The Benevolent Society, 2007.
Writing Skills for Social Workers
Healy, Karen and Mulholland, Joan Writing Skills for Social Workers. London, UK: Sage Publications Ltd, 2007.
Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice
Healy, K. E. Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave, 2005.
Will she be right, mate? Standards and diversity in Australian social work
Healy, Karen (2018). Will she be right, mate? Standards and diversity in Australian social work. In Transnational Social Work: Opportunities and Challenges of a Global Profession (pp. 205-221) Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press.
Healy, Karen, Julkunen, Ilse and Karvinen-Niinikoski, Synnove (2014). International comparative research regarding vulnerable young people: reflections on methodological challenges and solutions. In Sven Hessle (Ed.), Human rights and social equality: challenges for social work: social work-social development (pp. 114-117) Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing.
Social sustainability and social work: problems and prospects
Healy, Karen (2014). Social sustainability and social work: problems and prospects. In Sven Hessle (Ed.), Global Social Transformation and Social Action: The Role of Social Workers (pp. 161-164) Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing.
Healy, Karen (2012). Critical perspectives. In Mel Gray, James Midgley and Stephen A. Webb (Ed.), The Sage handbook of social work (pp. 191-206) London , U.K.: Sage. doi:10.4135/9781446247648.n13
Strategic challenges in child welfare services: A comparative study of Australia, England and Sweden
Meagher, Gabrielle, Cortis, Natasha and Healy, Karen (2009). Strategic challenges in child welfare services: A comparative study of Australia, England and Sweden. In Social Policy Review 21: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2009 (pp. 215-242) : Policy Press.
Strategic challenges in child welfare services: A comparative study of Australia, England and Sweden
Meagher, Gabrielle, Cortis, Natasha and Healy, Karen (2009). Strategic challenges in child welfare services: A comparative study of Australia, England and Sweden. In Kirstein Rummery, Ian Greener and Chris Holden (Ed.), Social policy review 21: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2009 (pp. 215-239) Bristol, United Kingdom: The Policy Press.
Social Work Practice Theories Frameworks
Connolly, Marie and Healy, Karen E. (2008). Social Work Practice Theories Frameworks. In Marie Connolly and Louise Harms (Ed.), Social work: Contexts and practice 2nd ed ed. (pp. 37-52) South Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Oxford University Press.
Asset based community development
Healy, K E (2006). Asset based community development. In A. O'Hara and Z. Weber (Ed.), Working with Individuals, Communities, and Organisations (pp. 247-258) Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Healy, K E (2006). Community education. In A. O'Hara and Z. Weber (Ed.), Working with Individuals, Communities, and Organisations (pp. 259-266) Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Under Reconstruction: Renewing Critical Social Work Practices
Ife, J., Healy, K. E., Spratt, T. and Solomon, B. (2005). Under Reconstruction: Renewing Critical Social Work Practices. In S. Hick, J. Fook and R. Pozzuto (Ed.), Social Work: A Critical Turn (pp. 219-230) Toronto, Canada: Thompson Educational Publishing.
Healy, K. E., O'Regan, M. and Tansky, M. (2005). Working with young people. In M. Alston and J. Mckinnon (Ed.), Social Work: Fields of Practice 2 ed. (pp. 95-104) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Healy, K. E. and Meagher, G. (2004). The Reprofessionalization of Social Work: Collaborative Approaches for Achieving Professional Recognition. In Linda Davies and Peter Leonard (Ed.), Social Work in a Corporate Era First ed. (pp. 91-107) UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Rosenman, L., O'Connor, I. and Healy, K. (1998). Social Work. In Challenges for Social Sciences in Australia (pp. 215-221) Canberra, A.C.T.: Australian Govt. Pub. Services.
Venables, Jemma and Healy, Karen (2018) Collaborating with parents during intervention with parental agreement: practitioner perspectives on procedural justice. Child & Family Social Work, . doi:10.1111/cfs.12578
The Case for an Australian Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
Healy, Karen (2017) The Case for an Australian Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. Australian Social Work, 71 1: 1-5. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2017.1397180
Decision making in child and family welfare: the role of tools and practice frameworks
Gillingham, Philip, Harnett, Paul , Healy, Karen , Lynch, Debby and Tower, Marion (2017) Decision making in child and family welfare: the role of tools and practice frameworks. Children Australia, 42 1: 49-56. doi:10.1017/cha.2016.51
Healy, Karen (2016) After the biomedical technology revolution: where to now for a bio-psycho-social approach to social work?. British Journal of Social Work, 46 5: 1446-1462. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcv051
A social identity approach to understanding responses to child sexual abuse allegations
Minto, Kiara, Hornsey, M.J., Gillespie, N., Healy Karen and Jetten, Jetten (2016) A social identity approach to understanding responses to child sexual abuse allegations. PLOS One, 11 4: e0153205. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153205
Healy, Karen (2016) 2015 Norma Parker Address: being a self-regulating profession in the 21st Century: problems and prospects. Australian Social Work, 69 1: 1-10. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2016.1103391
Venables, Jemma, Healy , Karen and Harrison, Gai (2015) From investigation to collaboration: Practitioner perspectives on the transition phase of parental agreements. Children and Youth Services Review, 52 9-16. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.02.007
Forging an Identity as a Newly Qualified Worker in the Non-government Community Services Sector
Harrison, Gai and Healy, Karen (2015) Forging an Identity as a Newly Qualified Worker in the Non-government Community Services Sector. Australian Social Work, 69 1: 80-91. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2015.1026913
Becoming a trustworthy profession: doing better than doing good
Healy, Karen (2015) Becoming a trustworthy profession: doing better than doing good. Australian Social Work, 70 1-10. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2014.973550
Collaborating with families in differential responses: practitioners' views
Healy, Karen, Harrison, Gai, Venables, Jemma and Bosly, Fiona (2014) Collaborating with families in differential responses: practitioners' views. Child and Family Social Work, 21 3: 1-11. doi:10.1111/cfs.12149
Family participation in child protection practice: an observational study of family group meetings
Healy, Karen, Darlington, Yvonne and Yellowlees, Josephine (2012) Family participation in child protection practice: an observational study of family group meetings. Child and Family Social Work, 17 1: 1-12. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00767.x
Parents’ perceptions of their participation in mandated family group meetings.
Darlington, Yvonne, Healy, Karen, Yellowlees, Josephine and Bosly, Fiona (2012) Parents’ perceptions of their participation in mandated family group meetings.. Children and Youth Services Review, 34 2: 331-337. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.10.030
Remembering, apologies, and truth: challenges for social work today
Healy, Karen (2012) Remembering, apologies, and truth: challenges for social work today. Australian Social Work, 65 3: 288-294. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2012.705308
Healy, Karen (2011) A study of crisis intervention and planned family support with vulnerable families: a national homelessness research project Greenway, ACT, Australia: Australian Homelessness Clearinghouse
Healy, Karen, Lundström, Tommy and Sallnas, Marie (2011) A comparison of out-of-home care for children and young people in Australia and Sweden: worlds apart?. Australian Social Work, 64 4: 416-431. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2011.603092
Parents’ participation in child protection practice: toward respect and inclusion
Healy, Karen, Darlington, Yvonne and Feeney, Judith A. (2011) Parents’ participation in child protection practice: toward respect and inclusion. Families in Society, 92 3: 282-288. doi:10.1606/1044-3894.4126
Harrison, Gai, Walsh, Deborah and Healy, Karen (2011) Shifting the focus from expert-centred to student-centred learning resources: Creating student-centred learning resources for direct practice. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 13 1: 91-110.
Healy, Karen, Lundstrom, Tommy and Sallnas, Marie (2011) Response to Katz's comment on “Comparison of out-of-home care for children and young people in Australia and Sweden: worlds apart?”. Australian Social Work, 64 4: 437-442. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2011.619269
Recognising and enabling social workers to promote child welfare and protection
Healy, Karen (2010) Recognising and enabling social workers to promote child welfare and protection. Australian Social Work, 63 2: 141-144. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2010.485629
Challenges in implementing participatory practice in child protection: A contingency approach
Darlington, Yvonne, Healy, Karen and Feeney, Judith A. (2010) Challenges in implementing participatory practice in child protection: A contingency approach. Children and Youth Services Review, 32 7: 1020-1027. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.030
Healy, Karen and Oltedal, Siv (2010) An institutional comparison of child protection systems in Australia and Norway focused on workforce retention. Journal of Social Policy, 39 2: 255-274. doi:10.1017/S004727940999047X
Approaches to assessment and intervention across four types of child and family welfare services
Darlington, Yvonne, Healy, Karen and Feeney, Judith (2010) Approaches to assessment and intervention across four types of child and family welfare services. Children and Youth Services Review, 32 3: 356-364. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.005
A case of mistaken identity The social welfare professions and New Public Management
Healy, Karen (2009) A case of mistaken identity The social welfare professions and New Public Management. Journal of Sociology, 45 4: 401-418. doi:10.1177/1440783309346476
Healy, Karen, Meagher, Gabrielle and Cullin, Joel (2009) Retaining novices to become expert child protection practitioners: Creating career pathways in direct practice. British Journal of Social Work, 39 2: 299-317. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm125
Critical questions about the quest for clarity in child protection regimes
Healy, Karen (2009) Critical questions about the quest for clarity in child protection regimes. Communities, Children and Families Australia, 4 1: 50-56.
Rawsthorne, Margot, Hillman, Wendy and Healy, Karen (2009) Families on the fringe: mental health implications of the movement of young families to non-metropolitan areas. Rural Society, 19 4: 306-317. doi:10.5172/rsj.351.19.4.306
Service user participation in diverse child protection contexts: principles for practice
Healy, Karen and Darlington, Yvonne (2009) Service user participation in diverse child protection contexts: principles for practice. Child and Family Social Work, 14 4: 420-430. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00613.x
Shifting the child protection juggernaut to earlier intervention
Humphreys, Cathy, Harries, Maria, Healy, Karen, Lonne, Bob, Mendes, Philip, McHugh, Marilyn and Sheehan, Rosemary (2009) Shifting the child protection juggernaut to earlier intervention. Children Australia, 34 3: 5-8.
Change in volunteering roles: Managing change to build capacity
Healy, Karen, Lyons-Crew, Cate, Michaux, Annette and Gal, Inbal (2008) Change in volunteering roles: Managing change to build capacity. Australian Journal of Volunteering, 13 1: 5-16.
Young families migrating to non-metropolitan areas: Are they at increased risk of social exclusion?
Healy, Karen and Hillman, Wendy (2008) Young families migrating to non-metropolitan areas: Are they at increased risk of social exclusion?. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 43 3: 479-497. doi:10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00114.x
Becoming an industry: The struggle of social and community workers for award coverage, 1976-2001
Briggs, C., Meagher, G. and Healy, K. E. (2007) Becoming an industry: The struggle of social and community workers for award coverage, 1976-2001. Journal of Industrial Relations, 49 4: 497-521. doi:10.1177/0022185607080319
Social Workers' preparation for child protection: Revisiting the question of specialisation
Healy, K. E. and Meagher, G. (2007) Social Workers' preparation for child protection: Revisiting the question of specialisation. Australian Social Work, 60 3: 321-335. doi:10.1080/03124070701519686
Gender, social capital and location: Understanding the interactions
Healy, Karen E., Haynes, Michele A. and Hampshire, Anne (2007) Gender, social capital and location: Understanding the interactions. International Journal of Social Welfare, 16 2: 110-118. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.2006.00471.x
Beyond the local: Extending the social capital discourse
Healy K., Hampshire A. and Ayres L. (2004) Beyond the local: Extending the social capital discourse. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 39 3: 329-342. doi:10.1002/j.1839-4655.2004.tb01180.x
Child protection practice with families affected by parental substance use
Hcllgrimsdottir, Eric, Healy, Karen and Foulds, Henrietta (2004) Child protection practice with families affected by parental substance use. Children Australia, 29 3: 11-15.
Social Workers in the new human service marketplace: Trends, challenges and responses
Healy, Karen (2004) Social Workers in the new human service marketplace: Trends, challenges and responses. Australian Social Work, 57 2: 103-114.
Healy, Karen and Meagher, Gabrielle (2004) The Reprofessionalization of Social Work: Collaborative Approaches for Achieving Professional Recognition. The British journal of social work, 34 2: 243-260. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch024
Caring, Controlling, Contracting and Counting: Governments and Non-profits in Community Services
Meagher, Gabrielle and Healy, Karen (2003) Caring, Controlling, Contracting and Counting: Governments and Non-profits in Community Services. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 62 3: 40-51. doi:10.1046/j.1467-8500.2003.t01-1-00336.x
Social enterprise: is it the business of social work?
Gray, Mel, Healy, Karen and Crofts, Penny (2003) Social enterprise: is it the business of social work?. Australian Social Work, 56 2: 141-154. doi:10.1046/j.0312-407X.2003.00060.x
Social capital: a useful concept for social work?
Healy, K. and Hampshire, A. (2002) Social capital: a useful concept for social work?. Australian Social Work, 55 3: 227-238. doi:10.1046/j.0312-407X.2002.00031.x
Managing Human Services in a Market Environment: What Role for Social Workers?
Healy, Karen (2002) Managing Human Services in a Market Environment: What Role for Social Workers?. British Journal of Social Work, 32 5: 527-540. doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.5.527
Participatory action research and social work: A critical appraisal
Healy, Karen (2001) Participatory action research and social work: A critical appraisal. International Social Work, 44 1: 93-105. doi:10.1177/002087280104400108
Responding to uncertainty:Critical social work education in the postmodern habitat
Healy, Karen and Leonard, Peter (2000) Responding to uncertainty:Critical social work education in the postmodern habitat. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 11 1: 23-48. doi:10.1300/J059v11n01_03
Family support and social inclusion: Practice and policy issues in Australia
Healy, K. E. and Darlington, Y. M. (1999) Family support and social inclusion: Practice and policy issues in Australia. Just Policy, 16 September: 3-10.
Participation and child protection: The importance of context
Healy, Karen (1998) Participation and child protection: The importance of context. British Journal of Social Work, 28 6: 897-914. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011407
From Silence to Activism: Approaches to Research and Practice with Young Mothers
Healy, Karen and Peile, Colin (1995) From Silence to Activism: Approaches to Research and Practice with Young Mothers. Affilia, 10 3: 280-298. doi:10.1177/088610999501000305
Venables, Jemma, Healy, Karen and Harrison, Gai (2013). From investigation to collaboration: practitioner perspectives on the transition phase of parental agreements. In: Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Melbourne / Melbourne Convention Centre, (). 10 - 13 November 2013.
Creating community capacity in urban and rural communities
Healy, K. (2004). Creating community capacity in urban and rural communities. In: ACOSS Papers. Proceedings of: ACOSS 2003 Congress: Piecing It Together: Equity, Empowerment and Change. Selected papers from the ACOSS Congress 13-14 November 2003 Canberra. ACOSS 2003 Congress. Piecing It Together: Equity, Empowerment and Change, Canberra, Australia, (34-39). 13-14 November 2003.
Social work research in Australia
O'Connor, I., Healy, K. and Rosenman, L. S. (1999). Social work research in Australia. In: Decha Sungkawan, Enhancing social integration: structure, process and intervention for social development. 1997 Asia and Pacific Regional Conference of APASWE and IFSWc, Bangkok, Thailand, (226-235). 1997.
Intervention with Parent Agreement: An Investigation of collaboration in child safety practice
Healy, Karen , Venables, Jemma and Harrison, Gai (2016) Intervention with Parent Agreement: An Investigation of collaboration in child safety practice :
Who cares? Volume 2: Employment structure and incomes in the Australian care workforce
Meagher, and Healy, K E (2006) Who cares? Volume 2: Employment structure and incomes in the Australian care workforce Strawberry Hills, NSW: Australian Council of Social Service
Who Cares? Volume 1: A Profile of Care Workers in Australia's Community Services Industries
Meagher, and Healy, K. E. (2005) Who Cares? Volume 1: A Profile of Care Workers in Australia's Community Services Industries Strawberry Hills, NSW: Australian Council of Social Service
Poststructural possibilities for activist social work : a discourse analysis of practice
Healy, Karen (1996). Poststructural possibilities for activist social work : a discourse analysis of practice PhD Thesis, School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2016.737
(2018–2019) Micah Projects Inc
Behind a moral shield: Responses to trust breaches in mission-based groups
(2017–2019) ARC Discovery Projects
Intensive Family Support (IFS) Implementation and Impact Evaluation
(2017–2018) Parenting Research Centre Inc
Analysis of Child Protection Operating Model
(2013–2014) KPMG
(2012–2015) ARC Linkage Projects
(2010–2013) ARC Linkage Projects
(2007–2008) Carrick Discipline Studies
Participatory Decision Making and Policy Production in Child Welfare
(2006–2009) ARC Linkage Projects
(2005–2008) ARC Linkage Projects
Citizen Engagement in Decision-Making and Policy Development in Child and Family Welfare
(2005) UQ FirstLink Scheme
(2004–2005) University of Sydney
(2004–2005) Australian Catholic University
(2004–2005) UQ FirstLink Scheme
Challenging cultural competence: adopting cultural humility as the foundational approach when working with newly settled refugee communities.
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The use of Family Violence Assessments to support migrant women and their children who have experienced domestic or family violence to access the Family Violence Exception Provisions of the Migration Act 1958¿
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Residential care as an effective out of home intervention
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Good work, decent wages - a case study of the 2009 pay equity campaign in Queensland's community services sector
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Stability in Statutory Kinship Care Placements
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Redress for the Forgotten Australians. Assessing the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Care.
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Implementing and evaluating family inclusive practice in adult eating disorders: A stepped care approach to working with families of adults affected by eating disorders.
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Where are the Social Workers? Assess the systemic issues or influences that impact on the professional identity of social work in community based neuro-rehabilitation
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Life satisfaction in young immigrants and Australian young people: Change with socioeconomic status and time.
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Governing Loss: Dead Bodies and Bereavement
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Finding a Voice: The Fee-for-Service Social Work Experience: Insights from Practitioners.
(2013) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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A systems science analysis of the context/s of child protection reform in Queensland, Australia
(2010) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Frontline Service Workers' conceptualisation of their Client's Anger and how it shapes their Practice
(2007) Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
It's Never Too Late. Older Women and Sexual Violence: The Search for Therapeutic Solutions
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2012) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Parent and Staff Perceptions of Bereavement Support Surrounding Loss of a Child
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