Profiles And Contributions To This Article
qualifications: Master of International Relations
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: PhD Candidate
qualifications: MSW
contribution: Acquisition of data, Critical revision
position: Research Fellow
Sarah is a social worker and early career academic who also holds a lived-experience of out-of-home care. Sarah holds a passion for incorporating lived-experience within her professional practices, whether that be contributing to academic literature and/or projects, or working collaboratively with organisations to create programs that are trauma-informed and therapeutically aligned.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Critical revision
position: Director of Policy and Research
Nick Halfpenny
qualifications: PhD
contribution: Study conception and design, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Research Fellow
Dr Heather Morris is a Research Fellow at the Health and Social Care Unit Monash University and Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) recipient. Working with community service organisations as a researcher in residence, she aims to get research evidence into practice. She uses her implementation science expertise and a focus on frontline worker knowledge and skills, in tandem with an awareness of systems thinking and complexity science to drive better outcomes for children and families. She has a background in health and health promotion, early childhood education, parenting support, child and family welfare, and trauma informed models of care, and both quantitative and qualitative research experience.