Associate Professor Mike Clare

Qualifications:

BA (Hons) Sociology (Sussex), MSW (Sussex), Cert Ed (London)
 
Research Interests:

Family centred social work, foster care policy and practice, professional supervision in social work, child welfare policy and practice, social work and organisations, teaching and learning in social work education.
 
Teaching Interests:

Community & Organisation Practice, Social Work in Public Welfare Settings

Profile:

I worked as a primary and secondary school teacher for 5 years before studying Sociology at Sussex University from 1966 to 1969 – interesting times ! I studied Social Work at Sussex and then worked as a social worker in a Child Guidance Clinic where I could integrate my commitment to education and to social work. I was very fortunate to be appointed as a Lecturer on the professional social work programme at Sussex – including 5 years as Course Director.

I emigrated to Perth in 1987 to take up a Lectureship in Social Work and Social Administration at UWA. I have enjoyed opportunities to teach, to develop new courses, to try to enhance the quality of fieldwork education and to work with colleagues in a range of local agencies on research and consultancy projects. Since 2000 I have been the Head of Department – now the Discipline Chair – of Social Work and Social Policy and working with my colleagues to develop teaching and research links with colleagues from within UWA and from government and non-government agencies. In all of our efforts, I was delighted to learn that the BSW programme at UWA was viewed by recent graduates as a very successful programme in the most recent Course Experience Questionnaire study.

Publications:

Clare, M. (2006)  Personal reflections on needs and services for young people leaving care: From local to international to national (1996-2005), Children Australia, 31(3) 11-17

Clare, M. (2005)  Child Protection is Everyone's Business, National Child Protection Week, Albany. (Conference Proceedings). Click here to view

Clare, M. (2001) Operationalising Professional Supervision in this Age of Accountabilities, Australian Social Work, 54(2) 69-79

Clare, M. (2001) ”Not with a bang but a whimper”- Reflections on Leaving Care Policy and Practice. Paper presented at the Pomor-Project Closing Conference, Professionalisation of Social Work – Same Concepts in Different Contexts ? held in Bodo, Norway (Conference Proceedings)

Clare, M. (2001) Developments in Child Welfare Policy and Practice in Australia, Keynote Address at the World Vision Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Taiwan(Conference Proceedings)

Clare, M. (2001) Leaving Care for In(ter?)dependent Living – Issues of Equity and Access,. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Social Workers (WA) State Conference, “Social Work in the Market-Place”, Perth (Conference Proceedings)

Clare, M. (2001) The Looking After Children Project – Review of International Evaluation Studies, Keynote Address at the Face to Face Conference, Quality Improvement in Out-of-Home Care, Sydney (Conference Proceedings)

Clare, M. (2001) Thinking Systemically About Fieldwork Education – A Third Way. Australian Social Work, 54(1) 53-66.

Clare, M. and Murphy P (2001) Looking After Corporate Children : A Role for School-Based Police Officers ? Paper presented at the International School-Based Police Officers Conference, “Early Intervention : Does It Work ?”, Fremantle

Issues of Cross-Cultural Practice. Occasional Paper, School of Social Work (U.W.A.)

Clare, M. (2000). ‘Educating Family Group Conference Coordinators – A 'Family of Origin' Perspective’. Children Australia, 25 (2); 21-27.

Clare, M. and Murphy, P (2000) Peer Mentors as Partners in the Leaving Care Process; Evaluation of a Western Australian Initiative, A document prepared as part of the Australia and New Zealand Bank Leaving Care Project which includes a full national and international literature review and a draft policy framework.

Clare, M., Murphy, P. and Moschini, H. (2000) ‘Leaving Care: Preparation for In(ter)dependent Living - A West Australian Project’. Conference Proceedings of the Seventh Australasian Child Abuse and Neglect Conference, Perth

Clare, M. (1999). ‘Developing Effective Partnerships in Fieldwork Education - A Case Study’. Conference Proceedings of the Practicum Colloquium - Working to Learn in Higher Education, Flinders University of South Australia.

Clare, M. (1997). ‘The UK 'Looking After Children' Project - Fit for Out-of-Home Care Practice in Australia?’ Children Australia 22 (1); 29-35.

Clare, M. (1996) ‘Building Protective Systems - From Small Beginnings in Social Work Training’. Conference Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Dublin, Ireland.

Clare, M. (1996) ‘The Looking After Children Project in Western Australia - Choosing Better Practice’. Conference Proceedings of the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Biennial Conference, Sydney, New South Wales.

Clare, M. (1995) ‘The Looking After Children Project in Western Australia’. Conference Proceedings of the 5th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Melbourne, Victoria

Clare, M. (1993) ‘From Time to Tasks - Recent Developments in Social Work Education’ in WA. In A. Hermann and C. Latchem.(Eds) Conference Proceedings of the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference

Clare, M. (1993) ‘Could There Be a Community Development Model of Child Protection Practice?’ Children at Risk - The Politics of Practice (75-90). Advisory and Co-ordinating Committee on Child Abuse (Perth)

Clare, M. (1993) ‘From Time to Tasks" - The Development of a Fieldwork Syllabus for Practicum in WA’ in J. Gaha (Ed) Conference Proceedings of the 23rd. Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Social Workers (44-48).

Clare, M. (1991) ‘Preparation for Family-Centred Social Work - A Case Study Approach’. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Social Work 1 (2), 7-16.

Clare, M. (1992) ‘Working With the Aged - Beyond Common Sense?’ Australian Social Work 45 (3), 3-11.

Clare, M. (1991) ‘Family Systems Thinking and Adoption Practice’ Australian Social Work 44(3), 3-13.

Clare, M. (1991) Fieldwork Education in Western Australia. Australian Association of Social Workers (WA Branch)

Clare, M. (1991) 'Supervision-and-Consultation' in Social Work’ - A Manageable Responsibility?' Australian Social Work 44(1), 3-10.

Clare, M. (1990) 'Anti-Racist or Multi-Cultural Social Work Education and Practice?'

Clare, M. (1989) 'Family of Origin - Reply to Bor.’ Issues in Social Work Education 8(2), 149-168.

Clare, M. (1989) 'Understanding the Family - A Case-Study Approach'. In D. James and T. Vinson (Eds) Advances in Social Work Education (48-58). Heads of Schools of Social Work in Australia.

Clare, M. (1988) "Be Prepared!” - Social Work With Families. Occasional Paper No. 3; Department of Social Work and Social Administration (U.W.A.)

Clare, M. (1988) 'Supervision, Role Strain and the Social Services Department'. British Journal of Social Work 18 (6), 489-507.

Clare, M. (1985) ‘Staff Supervision’ in Decision-Making in Child Care. East Sussex Consultancy and Training Association ( UK)

Clare, M. (1981) Final Report - Neighbourhood Intermediate Treatment Project.- West Sussex Social Services Department and Knowles Tooth IT Centre.

Publications in Progress:

Clare, M. (Ed) Living and Leaving - The Care Experience. This book addresses practice and policy issues in Out-of-Home Care and Preparation for In(ter)dependent Living.

Affiliations:

Young Person's Member of the Children and Advisory Committee (State Government)

Member of AASW Panel of Visitors accrediting Schools of Social Work

Member of the Board of Wanslea Family Services

Member of the Research Advisory Committee of The Lotteries Commission