Dr Susan Marian Young

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Social Science (Anthropology and Sociology) WAIT (1978), BSW UWA (1987), PhD UWA (1999)
 
Research Interests:

Community practice and child protection, counter oppressive practice, cross-cultural social work, social policy, whiteness and social work
 
Teaching Interests:

Community development, Social policy, Field work integration, Counter-oppressive practice, Postgraduate supervision

Profile:

I graduated in social work from UWA in 1988, after having worked for the (now) Department for Community Development in remote and rural WA and Metropolitan Perth for 16years. During that time I developed an interest and gained experience in developmental processes with isolated and remote communities, Aboriginal groups and communities and families from varied backgrounds. Working from the (then) Head Office providing services to remote regions assisted me to develop training skills which were then employed in working with members of the voluntary sector, before coming to UWA to teach part time in the Social Work programme in 1994. I have spent some years also teaching in the rural and remote social work course at Edith Cowan University in Bunbury where I was able to extend and consolidate my interest in rural and remote social work practice. I am now involved across most areas of the social work course here at UWA with special interests in teaching community practice and social policy, and working with postgraduate students in their research.

Publications:

“Creating Bi-cultural and Cross-Cultural Practice: How beginning Social Workers Make Sense of Working with Differences”, paper presented to Citizenship and the formation of social work in a globalised world, Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Montpellier, France July 15-18. (2002).

“Whiteness and social work practice”, paper presentation to Critical contexts and crucial conversations: Whiteness and race, Coolangatta, Queensland (2002).

“Whiteness: Crossing the unmarked threshold of identity – paper presented at the International conference, Habitus: A sense of place, Perth (2000).

“Not because it’s a bloody black issue! Problematics of cross cultural training” – Chapter in Unmasking whiteness: Race relations and reconciliation. Griffith University, Ed. Belinda McKay (1999).

“Not because it’s a bloody black issue! Problematics of cross cultural training” – presented to Unmasking whiteness: Race relations and reconciliation conference Brisbane. (1998).

“A framework for the use of competencies in rural social work field practice placements”. Joint publication - Australian Social Work Volume 50, No. 1 March (1997).

“An integrative competency based educational framework for culturally appropriate practice in social work field placements” joint article published in Changes, Challenges, Chances Conference proceedings. (1997).

“Constructing whiteness – an examination of different experiences of reality” - presentation to Centre for Aboriginal Studies Seminar Series (1997).

“Women as Unequal Citizens in the Welfare State” - presentation to Women and Citizenship Seminar Series (1997).

“Competencies in rural social work” - presentation to AASWWE National Conference, Melbourne (1996).

“Ethnographic Interviewing” – joint presentation to Qualitative Research Conference, Perth. (1995).

“The Nitty Gritty of Post Feminist Research” - joint presentation to International Qualitative Research Conference, Perth. Publication of above in Research Proceedings (1995).

Education for Diversity. Presented to the Education for Post-Industrial Practice, National Conference, Perth. (1994).

Working with Aboriginal People. Presented to the International Adult Experiential Learning Conference, Washington, D.C. U.S.A. (1994).

A Framework for Community Work Practice With R. Dwyer. Presented to Community Work Colloquium Australian Communities towards the year 2000 Brisbane, Queensland. (1991).

The Aboriginal Participation Project, presented to the Aboriginal Youth Issues conference, Edith Cowan University, Perth. (1991).

The meaning of Community in Thought and Action workshop presented to the National Conference of Rural Welfare Services Practitioners. Kalgoorlie. W.A. (1991).

Developmental Community Work: A Response to Poverty in Western Australia. with R. Dwyer. Presented to the Inter- National Congress of Schools of Social Work, Lima, Peru (1990).

Working with Aboriginal People, a training package produced for the Department for Community Services by the Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University. (1990).

Balancing the One-Legged Stool: Questioning Assumptions in Social Work Practice, with R. Dwyer. Presented to the Australian Anthropological Association National Conference, Perth. (1989).

Handbook on Community Legal Issues to accompany video: "So You Want to Buy a Car" (1989).

Report on Shared Workspaces, published by the Multicultural Shared Workspaces Committee. (1989).

Community Building and Community Social Work - Developmental Approaches presented to AASW Conference, Perth. (1988).

Rural Social Work and Racism an article published in the WA AASW Newsletter. (1988).