Select Publications
Books
2005, Foster carers in New South Wales: profiles and projections based on ABS data, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, UNSW
,1999, The costs of children: budget standards estimates and the child support scheme SPRC discussion paper no 103m, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney
,1998, The development of indicative budget standards for Australia, Department of Social Security, Canberra
,Book Chapters
2013, 'Single mothers in Australia: Supporting mothers to seek work', in Single Mothers In International Context: Mothers Or Workers?, pp. 149 - 178
,2013, 'Australia and New Zealand: Assessing parenting capacity in kinship care', in Inside kinship care: Understanding family dynamics and providing effective support, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, United Kingdom, http://www.jkp.com/
,2012, 'Costs and consequences for carers of vulnerable children in Australia', in Mayers D; Thomson M (ed.), The Costs of Children, Edward Elgar, UK, pp. 221 - 249
,1999, 'Indicators for different purposes: budget standards, the costs of children and the costs of foster care', in Made to measure: counting and costing in human services, Council of Social Services of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 11 - 24
,Journal articles
2015, 'New South Wales intensive foster care program survey findings', Developing Practice: The Child Youth and Family Work Journal, pp. 17 - 32
,2011, 'A Review of Foster Carer Allowances:Responding to Recommendation 16.9 of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection (NSW)', Children Australia, 36, pp. 18 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/jcas.36.1.18
,2009, 'Shifting the child protection juggernaut to earlier intervention', Children Australia, 34, pp. 5 - 9
,2007, 'Indirect costs of fostering and their impact on carers', Communities, Children and Families Australia, 2 (1), pp. 73 - 85
,2006, 'Exploring the dimensions of professional fostering: carers` perceptions of their fostering role', Children Australia, 31 (1), pp. 12 - 20
,2005, 'Foster carers in New South Wales: profile and projections based on ABS Census data', Children Australia, 30, pp. 17 - 24
,2003, 'A further perspective on kinship foster care', Developing Practice, 8, pp. 14 - 29
,Conference Papers
2011, 'Overview of current Australian kinship care research: Situating Victoria in the national context', pp. 1 - 18
,2010, 'Overview of current Australian Kinship Care Research: Situating Victoria in the national context', Monee Ponds, Melbourne, pp. 1 - 18, presented at Victorian Kinship Care Forum, Monee Ponds, Melbourne, 08 October 2010
,2005, 'Exploring the dimensions of professionalising fostering: Carers’ perceptions of their fostering role', Melbourne, Australia, presented at 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 09 February 2005 - 11 February 2005
,Conference Presentations
2011, 'Levels of Subsidies for all States & Territories and Foster Care Estimates 2000-2009', presented at Australian Kinship and Foster Care Partnership Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 27 August 2011 - 29 August 2011
,2010, 'Levels of Subsidies for all States & Territories and Foster Care Estimates 2000-2009', presented at National Foster Care Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 27 August 2010 - 29 August 2010
,2010, 'Elements of a Framework of Practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statutory Kinship Care', presented at ACWA Conference, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 02 August 2010 - 04 August 2010
,2010, 'Elements of a Framework of Practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statutory Kinship Care', presented at SNAICC Conference, Alice Springs, 27 July 2010 - 29 July 2010
,2010, 'Out-of-Home Care Policy & Practice Australia: Getting it Right for Statutory Kinship Carers’,', presented at Canadian Webinar for PART (Practice and research Together) Forum, Toronto Canada, 17 March 2010
,2005, 'Exploring the dimensions of professionalising fostering: Carers’ perceptions of their fostering role', presented at Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 09 February 2005 - 11 February 2005
,Reports
2018, Literature Review: Factors Influencing the Outcomes of Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care, NSW Family and Community Services, Sydney, Report Number 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27697, https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/download?file=656569
,2014, Victoria's Declining FosterCare Allowances: A Comparative Analysis, SPRC, UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25982
,2013, An exploratory study of risks to stability in foster and kinship care in NSW - final report, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, 19/2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25902, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/1_Exploratory_study_of_risks_to_stability_in_foster_and_kinship_care_in_NSW_Final_Report.pdf
,2013, Grandparents raising grandchildren: towards recognition, respect and reward, 14/2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25903, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Grandparents_Raising_Garndchildren__Towards_Recognition_Respect_and_Reward.pdf
,2011, Financial and Non-Financial Support to Formal and Informal Out of Home Carers, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, 3/11, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/File/Report3_2011.pdf
,2011, Keep Them Safe evaluation framework: Final report. Report for: the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet, Social Policy Research Centre and Australian Institute of Family Studies, Sydney and Melbourne, http://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/125144/Keep_Them_Safe_Evaluation_Framework_Volume_1.pdf
,2009, Brighter Futures Early Intervention Program: Interim evaluation, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, 11/2009, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/
,2004, The Availability of Foster Carers
,2000, The link between children's services and child protection (final report), 1/2000
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