Opportunity for Care Leavers and others with direct experience of institutions and social work The British Journal of Social Work (BJSW) is inviting submissions to a special issue which will be written by people with lived experience to be published in Spring 2023. Context Harnessing the knowledge and expertise of people with lived experience is […]
PhD Thesis: Care Leavers Recovering Voice and Agency Through Counter-Narratives
My PhD thesis from Federation University Australia is now available on line. This is a very brief summary: Australia has a long history of removing children from their families when they are deemed to be neglected or ‘in moral danger’. Placed in orphanages, children’s Homes and foster ‘care’ out of the public gaze, these children […]