School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences
Social Work programs
The Social Work team provides a suite of innovative teaching initiatives in the university’s distinctive Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) program where our academic experts train students for one of the most in demand employment pathways of the future. We've also launched a new Master of Social Work Qualifying and Graduate Certificate in Human and Social Services.
Contact us
For more information about studying Social Work please contact our program convenors.
Ms Emma Sinclair
Lecturer/Casual Academic
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Program Convenor - Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)
Dr Meaghan Katrak Harris
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Program Convenor - Master of Social Work Qualifying and the Graduate Certificate in Human and Social Services
Professor Margaret Alston
Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: climate change; environmental disaster; gender; rural women; social sustainability; violence against women
- margaret.alston@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249216702
Dr Frank Baffour
Honorary Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: decolonisation of the prison; criminal justice social work; criminology theory; crime prevention
Ms Erin Beard
Associate Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Academic
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: social work
Mrs Sue Bennett
Associate Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Academic
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: social work
Dr David Betts
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: gerontology; sexual and gender minorities; social work
- david.betts@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215782
Dr Tamara Blakemore
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: child sexual abuse, family disadvantage, resilience
Assoc Prof Penny Buykx
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: access to treatment; alcohol and substance abuse; public health policy; rural health
Mrs Amanda Gray
Associate Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Academic
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: social work
Assoc Prof Wendy Foote
Associate Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: welfare practice, policy and regulations; vulnerable child and family health; child protection; kinship care
- wendy.foote@newcastle.edu.au
- 0240553041
Dr Meaghan Katrak Harris
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: social work
Miss Jade McKenzie
Associate Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: field education; social work
Mrs Sarah McLean
Placement Coordinator - Social Work
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: field education; social work
- sarah.mclean@newcastle.edu.au
- 0249215595
Dr Karen Menzies
Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: intergenerational trauma; child protection program efficacy; Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families; strong state intervention and the stolen generations
- karen.menzies@newcastle.edu.au
- 0418333822
Ms Emma Sinclair
Lecturer/Casual Academic
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
Social Work
Expertise: social work
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