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Professor Barbara Fawcett

Professor of Social Work and Policy

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Phone: +61 2 9036 9316

Fax: +61 2 9351 3783

Building.Room: A35.918

Research interests

Social work and social policy

  • Social policy

Keywords

postmodern feminisms, mental health, disability, participatory action research


Professional biography

Barbara Fawcett spent thirteen years in professional practice operating as a senior practitioner, a manager, a research consultant and a senior manager before turning to academia. Prior to joining the University of Sydney she was Head of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Bradford in the UK.


Professional and community roles


Current research students

Project title Degree Research student
TBA PhD Ian Watson
How a new mother acquires a diagnosis of mental illness. DSW Kirsten Burriel
Dementia and Guardianship: Challenges in alternative decision making and social work practice in a health care setting. PhD Margaret Mills
The provision of a holistic therapeutic social work approach focussed on case management as well as counselling in working with long term MS patients in a hospital setting as one of the primary factors in reducing patients’ hospital admissions in the long term. DSW Prithi Pather
TBA MPhil Sarah Runcie
Voices for change: Participatory action research in partnership with young adults with Down Syndrome in NSW. PhD Miriam Stevenson
The factors that impact upon adult resilience following experience of trauma. PhD Susannah Tobin
An Investigation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Conceptualising Complexity PhD Gloria Wright

Selected publications

Books

  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B, Nicholson, S, Weber, Z. (2010). Mental Health: The International Landscape: Challenges and Change. Basingstoke/Melbourne: Palgrave.
  • Fawcett, B, Goodwin, S, Meagher, G, Phillips, R. (2009). Social Policy for Social Change. Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B, Waugh, F. (2008). Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges. New York London: Routledge.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B, Karban, K. (2005). Contemporary Theory, Policy and Practice in Mental Health. London: Routledge.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B, Featherstone, B, Goddard, J. (2004). Contemporary Child Care Policy and Practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Fawcett, B. (2000). Feminist Perspectives on Disability. Harlow: Prentice Hall.
  • Fawcett, B, Featherstone, B, Fook, J, and Rossiter, A. (Eds). (2000). Research and Practice in Social Work: Postmodern Feminist Perspectives. London: Routledge.
  • Fawcett, B, Featherstone, B, Hearn, J, and Toft, C. (Eds). (1995). Violence and Gender Relations: Theories and Interventions. London: Sage.

Book chapters

  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2009). Mental Health and Inequality: Indigenous and Black Men and Women in the Mental Health Systems in Australia and in England and Wales. In M. Payne (Ed.), Social Work and Health Inequalities: International Perspectives Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Fawcett, B. . (2009). Long Term Illness and Disability: Conflicts and Challenges . In P.Bywaters, E.McCleod and L.Napier (Eds.), Social Work and Global Health Inequalities: Practice and Policy Developments (pp. 119–131), Bristol: Policy Press.: 119 – 131, ISBN 9781847421951.
  • Fawcett, B. (2009). Postmodernism. In S. Webb and M. Gray (Eds.), Social Work Theories and Methods, ISBN 978 – 1 – 4129 – 4740 – 4 and ISBN 978 – 1 – 4129 – 4741 – 1pbk. (pp. 119–128), London/Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2008). Poststructuralism. In L.M.Given (Ed.), Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Vol. 2, pp. 666–670), not known: Not Known.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2008). Structuralism. In L.M.Given (Ed.), Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Vol. 2, pp. 834–835), not known: Not Known.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2008). Women and Violence. In Barbara Fawcett and Fran Waugh (Eds.), Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges (pp. 7–16), New York London: Routledge.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2008). Disability and violence. In Barbara Fawcett and Fran Waugh (Eds.), Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges (pp. 155–162), New York London: Routledge.

Journal articles

  • Meagher, G., Connell, R. and Fawcett, B. . (in press). Editors for Special Edition of the Journal of Sociology ‘Human Service Professionals and the New Public Management’. Journal of Sociology.
  • Fawcett, B. and Hanlon, M . (in press). The Return to Community Collaboration: Spatial Analysis and Social Entrepreneurship,. Journal of Sociology.
  • Fawcett, B. and Hanlon, M. (2009). Child sexual abuse and indigenous communities in Australia: a case study of non-inclusive government intervention. European Journal of Social Work, 12(1), 87–100. DOI:10.1080/13691450802221048
  • Fawcett, B. . (2009). Vulnerability: Questioning the Certainties in Social Work and Health. International Journal of Social Work.. DOI:10.1177/0020872809104251.
  • Fawcett, B. and Reynolds, J. (2009). Mental Health and Older Women: The Challenges for Social Perspectives and Asset Orientated Community Capacity Building. British Journal of Social Work,, April 9t. DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcp042.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2007). Domestic Violence: A Global Perspective . The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, 41(1/2), 25–37.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2006). Consistencies and inconsistencies: Mental health, compulsory treatment and community capacity building in England, Wales and Australia. British Journal of Social Work, online 2(doi 10.1), doi 10.1–doi 10.1.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B, South, J. (2005). Community involvement and Primary Care Trusts: The case for social entrepreneurship. Critical Public Health, 15(2), 191–204.

Conference papers

  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2007). Child Sexual Abuse and Indigenous Communities in Australia: Separating fact from fiction and the impact of ‘shock and awe’ tactics on brutalized and disadvantaged communities’. In Child Sexual Abuse and Indigenous Communities in Australia: Separating fact from fiction and the impact of ‘shock and awe’ tactics on brutalized and disadvantaged communities’. university of york, 19th september.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2006). Mental Health, Citizenship and the Social Justice Agenda: The Issue of Compulsory Treatment. In 18th Asia Pacific Social Work Conference: Challenges and Responses of Social Work: Towards New Asia Pacific Paradigms. Seoul, Korea, 21 – 24 September 2005..
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2006). Mental Health and Older Women: The Challenges for Social Perspectives and Asset Orientated Community Capacity Building. In 33rd International Congress of Schools of Social Work. Santiago, Chile, Aug 28th – 1st September 2006..
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2006). Understanding Evaluative Research. In 3rd Annual Conference of Social Workers Working in the Field of Disability. Macquarie Bank, Bond Street, Sydney, 7 September 2005.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2006). Abuse and Disabled Women: The Contribution of Feminist Analyses. In 5th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health. Hong Kong, 10 – 14 December 2006.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2006). Practitioner Research and Evaluation. In Royal North Shore Hospital Social Work Research into Practice Symposium. North Ryde Hospital, Sydney, 11 November 2006.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2006). Domestic Violence: A Global Perspective. In Symposium on Domestic Violence-Welfare of Children and Families. Hong Kong, 13 October 2006.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2006). Mental Health: A Comparison of Policy between Australia and the UK. In Charles Sturt University/University of Sydney Seminar. University of Sydney, 21st October 2005.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2005). Involving Practitioners and Service Users in Evaluative Research: The Ongoing Discussion. In 5th International Conference on Evaluation for Practice . University of Huddersfield, UK, 28th – 29 June 2005.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2005). Mental Distress and Compulsory Treatment: A Comparative Exploration of Policy Developments in England, Wales and Australia. In SPA Conference 27 – 29th June 2005, Bath.. Bath, England UK, 27 – 29th June 2005.
  • Fawcett (Hanlon), B. (2005). Social Work and Mental Health. In Social Work and Mental Health Summit. La Trobe City Campus, 14th November 2005.
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