Australian Social Work

Papers
(The median citation count of Australian Social Work is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations26
Applying Human-Centred Design Tools in Social Work Research: A Desire-Centred Approach17
Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Australian Social Work Journal13
The S.E.L.F. Framework for Keeping Children Connected to Their Culture in Out-of-Home Care12
Social Work and Cancer: The Unique Contribution of Social Workers11
Service Users in Social Work Student Supervision: A Scoping Review10
Exploring Fathers’ Experiences in Caring for Their Child on a Paediatric Oncology Ward10
Australian Mental Health Social Workers’ Experiences of Burnout9
Voices from the Frontline: Insights on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Advocacy9
Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care9
Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Student Placement Model9
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward9
Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: An EPIC Model for Practice8
A Modern History of Child Protection in Australia: Queensland 1965–19808
Australian Social Work: Looking Back and Looking Ahead8
Response to Crisp (2022) “Response to Papadopoulos (2022): Social Work After Tehan: Reframing the Scope of Practice”8
The Non-Indigenous Educator Teaching Australian Aboriginal Content in Social Work Education7
Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work: Research and Stories from Practice7
First Contact Social Work: Responding to Domestic and Family Violence7
Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services7
Transitioning to Professional Practice: Experiences of International Master of Social Work [MSW] Graduates from Australian Programs7
Announcement of Journal Awards 20236
The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT): Creating More Culturally Responsive Social Workers6
Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision6
Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation5
The Consideration of Animals Within Australian Social Work Curriculum5
Telehealth in Mental Health Social Work: Benefits and Limitations within Practice5
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?5
Barriers to Studying Social Work in Australia for Unvaccinated People5
Living with Experience in the Academy: Pressures to Disclose in Routine Research Activities5
Gender in Psycho-oncology5
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service5
Enduring Familial Relationships and Identity Preservation Make Simple Adoption the Preferred Permanency Option for Children in Out-of-Home Care5
Editorial5
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas: An Autoethnographic Perspective5
Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic5
Kinship and Cultural Strengths—Learning from an Aboriginal Perspective4
Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review4
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care4
Do You See Us, Social Work: Lived Experience of Australian Young Widows4
Developing a Prioritisation Framework for Social Work Referrals in Australian Hospitals: A Modified Delphi Study4
Care Support Experiences of Older Ethiopian Refugees Resettled in Australia4
Enhancing Access to Income Support for Vulnerable Hospital Patients4
Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/First Nations ReviewersAustralian Social Work4
Simulation and Skills Development: Preparing Australian Social Work Education for a Post-COVID Reality4
Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology4
Community Service Perspectives on Climate Change and Social Justice in Western Australia4
Reflections from a Community Capacity Building Forum to Support People Bereaved by Suicide3
Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Educators, Students and Practitioners3
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense3
Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice 3
Discussion of the Knowns and Unknowns of Child Protection During Pregnancy in Australia3
Insights from Refugee Men as They Navigate Intersecting Settlement Challenges and Renegotiate Gender Identities3
Mental Health Service Staff on Sharing Lived Experience in the Workplace3
Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action , Fourth Edition, by Alison McClelland, Paul Smyth, and Greg Ma3
Expression of Interest: Editorial Board Chair Australian Social Work3
Aboriginal Social Work Academics: Failure to Thrive due to Having to Fight to Survive?3
Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-Imagining the New Normal3
Homelessness3
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)3
Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reviewers3
Contemporary Practitioner Experiences of Relational Social Work: The Case of Child Welfare3
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott: in appreciation3
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons: A Social Work Perspective3
Individual Responsibility and Disconnection: Practitioner Experiences of the First Wave COVID19 Lockdown2
Using Photography to Capture Young People’s Views About Community and Local Service Delivery2
A Structured Template for Social Work Psychosocial Assessments and Formulations in Healthcare2
Utopian Thinking, Social Work, and Homelessness: Critiquing Ideas Regarding Welfare Dependence2
Elder Abuse in Migrant Communities in Australia: A Scoping Review2
Correction2
Journal Publication Awards2
Challenges Underlying the Involvement of Social Workers From Minority Groups in Policy Practice2
The Challenges of Using Available Practice Classification Systems in Researching Social Work2
Safe and Unsafe Housing for Domestic and Family Violence Survivors: Practitioner Perspectives2
Interprofessional Collaboration to Develop and Deliver Domestic Violence Curriculum to Dental Students2
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: What Can Yarning Teach Us?2
Call for Reviewers- Australian Social Work2
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation2
Indigenisation, (De)Colonisation, and Whiteness: Dismantling Social Work Education2
A Grounded Theory of Living in Two Worlds: Torres Strait Islanders’ Experience of Contemporary Migration2
Developing an Intake Assessment for Domestic and Family Violence Supported Accommodation2
Supporting Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness2
Experiences of Mental Health Carers Examined Using a Recovery Framework2
Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care. Psycho-oncology Care Series: Companion Guides for Clinicians2
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families2
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice2
Therapeutic Gardening Groups with Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Maltreatment2
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Social Work in Australia1
“Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard”1
An Expressive Arts Approach to Healing Loss and Grief: Working Across the Spectrum of Loss With Individuals and Communities1
Family Violence Presentations to a Metropolitan Emergency Department During COVID-19: A Retrospective Audit1
A Decolonising Critical Discourse Analysis Framework for Positive Behaviour Support Plans1
Vale Helen Cleak, 1951–2023—An Esteemed Member of Australian Social Work Editorial Board1
Love, Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Meeting Emotional Needs and Developmental Trauma1
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Tools and Australian Homelessness Services: A Scoping Review1
Community Reintegration of Long-Stay Hospitalised Mental Health Consumers During COVID-19 Pandemic1
Practicing Critical Reflection in Social Care Organisations1
A Simulated Placement: Using a Mixed-Reality Learning Environment for Social Work Field Education1
Book reviews1
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact1
Australian Social Work: Proposed Guidelines for Articles by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Authors and About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues1
Young People’s Support Needs During the Military–Civilian Transition: “I Would Have Been a Very Different Person if There was More Support Available”1
The Prevailing Contexts of Domestic and Family Violence and Child Protection1
Practising Feminism for Social Welfare: A Global Perspective1
Advancing Trauma-Informed Practices for K–12 Schools and Institutions of Higher Education1
Book Reviews1
The Human Services: Practitioners’ Experiences of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s1
Social Work in the Oncology Setting Compared to Social Work in General Medical Settings: An Analysis of Findings From a Multisite Australian Social Work Practice Audit1
Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions: A Serial Mediation Model1
Implementing the Sleeping Dogs Method in Engaging Young People in Residential Care in EMDR1
Social Impact Bonds and Homelessness: A Review of the Literature1
The Complexities of Home in Social Work1
Special Issue: Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard1
Narratives of Domestic Violence: Policing, Identity, and Indexicality1
Early Intervention Program for High-Risk Youth: Preliminary Evidence on Costs Avoided1
Social Work With Interpreters in the Disability Sector: Developing Practice Principles1
Addendum1
Living with the Long-Term Effects of Cancer: Acknowledging Trauma and Other Emotional Challenges0
Enabling Emergency Department Staff to Support Domestic Violence Victims of Strangulation0
An Innovative Partnership Model in Social Work Field Education0
Messages for Good Practice: Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers and Hospital Social Workers0
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care: International Research, Policy and Practice0
Supervision on Country: Enhancing Culturally Safe Social Work Supervision Through First Nations Knowledges0
Young Carers in Australia: Understanding Experiences of Caring and Support-Seeking Behaviour0
Improving Services for Aboriginal Women Experiencing Sexual Violence: Working at the Knowledge Interface0
Aboriginal Australians’ Perceptions of Non-Aboriginal Social Workers: Challenges and Solutions0
Children and Young People in the Care System: Relational Practice in Working with Transitions and Challenges0
“Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard”0
The Experiences of Indigenous Students on Placement: A Scoping Review0
Complexity Theory for Social Work Practice0
Announcement of Australian Social Work Journal Awards 20240
Safety, Innovation, and Hope in Out-of-Home Care0
Aboriginal Cultural Safety: A Case Study of Collaborative Practice at the Intersection of Family Violence and Child Protection0
The Changing Face of Australian Foster Care: Critical Steps to Ensure Kinship Works0
The Benefits of Critical Reflection to Progress Climate Action: A Qualitative Study0
Collaboration Between Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence: A Case File Review0
Community Service Workers’ Experiences Following Australia’s Black Summer: Contextualising Rural Service Provision0
How Social Work Education Fosters Professional Resilience: Student and Newly Qualified Practitioner Perspectives0
First Nations Children and Families and Permanency Planning Reform: The Evidence Counts0
The Experiences of Young People Living With Cancer in Regional and Remote Australia: A Qualitative Study0
Exploring the Embodied Habitus of Early Career Social Workers0
Social Workers and Compassion0
Reflections on the Social Work in Schools Program: Insights from School Leaders0
Evaluating the Use of ePortfolios in Social Work Education: Assessing Student Competency in Meeting Graduate Attributes0
Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Perspective from China0
Special Issue: Navigating Trauma with Children, Youth and Families: Implications for Social Work Practice0
An Innovative Approach to Feeding the Hungry with Healthy Meals0
Tapping into Practice Wisdom through Research0
Learning About Mental Health Lived Experience in Social Work Education0
Announcement of Journal Awards 20210
Announcement of Journal Awards 20220
Social Work Professional Identity Development in International Students and Graduates0
Challenging the Neoliberal Paradigm: Homelessness, Displacement, and the Need for Care0
Keeping Siblings in Care Connected: Improving Relationship Stability via the Mockingbird Family Model0
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Social Work Practice in Australia: A Narrative Literature Review0
Reflecting on Social Work Practice in the Northern Territory, Australia0
Adding Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy to a Workforce Wellbeing Model0
What Is the Best Thing About Being an Indigenous Father in Australia?0
Staying Connected During a Global Pandemic: Telephone Support for Vulnerable Populations0
Safety Planning for Youth With Suicide Risk: A Clinical Audit0
How Can Social Work Practice Facilitate a Dignified Dying Experience for People With Intellectual Disabilities? A Scoping Review0
For Social Betterment: Social Work Education in Australia0
A Program for Valuing Mental Health Lived Experience in Social Work Education0
Relative Effectiveness of Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Anxious or Depressed Young People: Rapid Review and Meta-analysis0
Children’s Rights to Participate in Out-of-Home Care: International Social Work Contexts0
A Cultural Newsletter: Sharing Information and Embedding Cultural Conversations in Practice0
Social Work in an Online World: A Guide to Digital Practice0
Exploring Older Tenants’ Healthy Ageing in Privately Rented Homes0
Indigenous Research into Mainstream Australian Culture: Shifting the Lens0
From Policy to Practice: The Social Worker's Guide to Neo-liberalism's History0
Service Pathways and Outcomes of Holistic Programs Supporting Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence0
Supporting High-Risk Families Through a Pregnancy Family Conferencing Model: Experiences of Professionals0
Teaching Mental Health Social Work: What Are We Preparing Students for?0
Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice0
Decolonisation: More Than a Trendy Word0
Doing Anti-oppressive Social Work: Rethinking Theory and Practice0
Turning Pages Together: The Power of Book Clubs for People Living with Dementia0
Social Work and Cancer0
Indigenous Ideas Benefit Collaborative Research Partnerships0
Forensic Social Work in Australian Undergraduate Social Work Education: A Generic Practice Versus Specialisation Consideration0
Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives0
Aboriginal Children in Aboriginal Care: A New Approach to Self-determination in the Care and Protection of Children0
EMDR and Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults: Reclaiming Authentic Self and Healthy Attachments0
Social Work Practice in Health: An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills0
Behind Closed Doors: Why We Break Up Families and How to Mend Them0
Analysis of Employment Advertisements Requiring Working With Children Checks in Queensland, Australia0
Interweaving Narratives of Lived Experience in Mental Health Social Work Curriculum0
Correction0
Former Teenage Mothers: Challenging “Your Life Is Over” Discourse and Showcasing Strengths0
How Do We Decolonise the Social Work Curriculum?0
We Come With This Place0
Homeless Services in Australia: Perceptions of Homelessness Services Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic0
Australian Social Workers’ Understandings of Technology in Practice0
Sharing the Care: One Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation’s Approach to Out-of-Home Care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children0
Caring for the Caring Professionals Within a Cancer Hospital: Research into Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Distress0
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing0
Effective Group Therapies for Young Adults Affected by Cancer: Using Support Groups in Clinical Settings in the US0
Transforming Our World: Promoting Dignity, Inclusion, and Systemic Reform0
Social Work Students Respond to Greening Social Work Curriculum: “It is Important to See a Change in the Narrative”0
Hosting Australian Social Work Students on Exchange: The Search for Equity and Mutual Benefit Between the Global South and North0
Innovative Cultural Care for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children in Out-of-Home Care0
Interprofessional Collaboration: How Social Workers, Psychologists, and Teachers Collaborate to Address Student Wellbeing0
Exploring Rural and Regional Social Workers’ Perceptions and Practices of Technology-Facilitated Domestic Abuse0
Afghan Women’s Barriers to Seeking Help for Domestic Violence in Australia0
Decolonial Pathways in Social Work Education0
A Yarn Among Social Workers: Knowing, Being, and Doing Social Work Learning, Expertise, and Practice0
An Indigenous Strengths-based Theoretical Framework0
The Types of Scholarly Publications Produced by Australian Social Work Researchers0
Navigating the Complexities of Social Work in Healthcare and Mental Health0
Mental Health Care: An Introduction for Health Professionals0
Social Work and Human Services Responsibilities in a Time of Climate Change: Country, Community and Complexity0
Child Protection Staff Perspectives of the SOFT Program: Touch, Textures, Weights, and Pressures0
Australian Students’, Educators’, and Practitioners’ Experiences of Modified Field Education Standards During the COVID-19 Pandemic0
Reflecting on Resilience, Recovery, and Needs-Based Service Delivery0
Barriers Preventing Indigenous Women with Violence-related Head Injuries from Accessing Services in Australia0
Future Care Planning of Korean Migrant Parents for Individuals Living With Disabilities in New Zealand: A Cultural Consideration0
Saving Australian Social Work: The Save Social Work Australia Campaign and the Effective Use of Social Media0
Telehealth Services for an Adolescent with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) During the COVID-19 Pandemic0
Reconstructing the Bicultural Worker within Health and Human Service Organisations0
Honouring the Legitimacy and Power of Shared Lived Experience in Social Work0
Social Work Students’ Perceptions of Eco-Social Work in the Curriculum0
Advancing Social Work Research in Australia: Experienced Researcher Perspectives0
Aboriginal Children Placed in Out-of-Home Care: Pathways Through the Child Protection System0
The “Freedom Work” of Feminist Domestic Violence Advocates0
Outcomes for Indigenous Children in Care Presenting at a Specialist Child and Youth Mental Health Service0
Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations , by Kate Seymour, Sarah Wendt, and Kris Natalier, Lond0
Response to Papadopoulos (2022): Social Work After Tehan: Reframing the Scope of Practice0
Telehealth for Social Interventions With Adolescents and Young Adults: Diverse Perspectives0
Professional Registration of Social Work: A Blunt Instrument for Creating Professional Identity?0
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care0
Visual Communication for Social Work Practice: Power, Culture, Analysis0
Addressing Women’s Psychosocial Needs Following an Adverse Prenatal Diagnosis: Qualitative Findings Inform SARF Model Development0
Claiming and Expanding Social Work Knowledge in the International Space0
Mental Health Workers’ Perceptions of Transcultural Practice with Young People and Families0
Developing Social Work Professional Identity Resilience: Seven Protective Factors0
Social Work Education and Homelessness: Mobilising Academia–Industry Partnerships to Create a Homelessness Subject0
At-risk Youth Peer Researchers Highlight Safety and “The Bonds You Make With Staff and Peers”0
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