Profiles And Contributions To This Article
‘It was daunting. I was 18 and I left residential care and there was no support whatsoever’: a scoping study into the transition from out-of-home-care process in Tasmania, Australia
Adjunct Professor Dave Vicary is Director of Client Services at Good Shepherd and Adjunct Professor, Health and Social Care Unit, Monash University. Dave is an experienced leader in the human services, not-for-profit, government and tertiary sectors. At Good Shepherd, Dave is responsible for leading the organisation’s client service development, transformation and delivery. Dave is passionate about creating mutually beneficial strategic partnerships and delivering programs and services that are evidence-based, client-centred and sustainable.
Professor Philip Mendes is a nationally and internationally recognised researcher in several social policy areas. His research has had a significant impact on contemporary social policy debates and outcomes through providing an evidence base for informing change. The impact of his work has been especially evident in two areas, namely, young people transitioning from forms of out-of-home care (OOHC) such as foster, kinship and residential care, and social security payments including particularly conditional welfare as manifested in the compulsory income management program.