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Papers

(The median citation count of Australian Social Work is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Applying Human-Centred Design Tools in Social Work Research: A Desire-Centred Approach	45
Fragmented Justice: The Role of Social Work in Addressing Risks to Children Navigating Parallel Legal Systems in Australia	23
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	22
Managing Risk and Child Participation in Out-Of-Home Care: Practitioner Perspectives	17
Voices from the Frontline: Insights on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Advocacy	15
Announcement of Australian Social Work Journal Awards 2025	15
Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations	15
The S.E.L.F. Framework for Keeping Children Connected to Their Culture in Out-of-Home Care	14
Silent Ripples: Understanding the Impact of Student Suicide on University Counsellors	14
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward	14
Australian Social Work: Looking Back and Looking Ahead	13
Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Australian Social Work Journal	13
Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care	13
Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work: Research and Stories from Practice	11
Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services	10
The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT): Creating More Culturally Responsive Social Workers	10
Announcement of Journal Awards 2023	10
The Non-Indigenous Educator Teaching Australian Aboriginal Content in Social Work Education	10
Recognising and Responding to Burnout: Insights From Social Work Managers and Supervisors in Australia	10
Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: An EPIC Model for Practice	10
Australian Mental Health Social Workers’ Experiences of Burnout	10
Transitioning to Professional Practice: Experiences of International Master of Social Work [MSW] Graduates from Australian Programs	10
Secondary Traumatisation of Social Workers Supporting Traumatised Children and Their Families: A Preliminary Qualitative Inquiry	9
Qualitative Social Research: Critical Methods for Social Change	9
Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation	9

Barriers to Studying Social Work in Australia for Unvaccinated People	9
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service	8
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas: An Autoethnographic Perspective	8
Enduring Familial Relationships and Identity Preservation Make Simple Adoption the Preferred Permanency Option for Children in Out-of-Home Care	7
Telehealth in Mental Health Social Work: Benefits and Limitations within Practice	7
Living with Experience in the Academy: Pressures to Disclose in Routine Research Activities	7
Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision	7
The Consideration of Animals Within Australian Social Work Curriculum	7
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?	6
Trauma-Informed Mental Health: Supporting Young People Involved With Child Protection Services	6
Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic	6
Empathy in Social Work: A Critical Appraisal of Simulation Theory	5
Social Work Perspectives: Conceptualising Youth Mental Health Through Trauma-Informed Systems Thinking	5
Transformative Social Work Practices for Academic Settings	5
Developing a Prioritisation Framework for Social Work Referrals in Australian Hospitals: A Modified Delphi Study	5
A Novel Extended Support Model for Leaving Care and Youth Homelessness Services	5
Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology	5
Community Service Perspectives on Climate Change and Social Justice in Western Australia	5
Kinship and Cultural Strengths—Learning from an Aboriginal Perspective	5
Equipped for the Frontline? Alcohol and other Drug-Related Competencies among Australian Social Workers	5
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care	5
Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review	5
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	4
Homelessness	4
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense	4
Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Educators, Students and Practitioners	4
Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice	4
Do You See Us, Social Work: Lived Experience of Australian Young Widows	4
Mental Health Service Staff on Sharing Lived Experience in the Workplace	4
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott: in appreciation	4
Professional Development Needs of Social Work Field Education Supervisors in Australia	3
Reflections from a Community Capacity Building Forum to Support People Bereaved by Suicide	3
Carer Wellbeing and Reflective Capacity: Supporting Children in Care With Complex Mental Health Needs	3
Therapeutic Gardening Groups with Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Maltreatment	3
Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-Imagining the New Normal	3
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons: A Social Work Perspective	3
Journal Publication Awards	3
Expression of Interest: Editorial Board Chair Australian Social Work	3
Individual Responsibility and Disconnection: Practitioner Experiences of the First Wave COVID19 Lockdown	3
Perceptions of Mental Health Recovery among Social Work Students: A Descriptive Qualitative Study	3
Indigenisation, (De)Colonisation, and Whiteness: Dismantling Social Work Education	3
Building Social Work Practitioner Research Capacity in a Health Service: An Inquiry	3
Developing an Intake Assessment for Domestic and Family Violence Supported Accommodation	3
The Diversity of International Students in Australian Social Work Courses	3
A Grounded Theory of Living in Two Worlds: Torres Strait Islanders’ Experience of Contemporary Migration	3
Insights from Refugee Men as They Navigate Intersecting Settlement Challenges and Renegotiate Gender Identities	3
The Cubbies: The Battle for Australia's First Adventure Playground	3
Supporting Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness	2
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: What Can Yarning Teach Us?	2
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Social Work in Australia	2

Responding to the Needs of Transgender and Gender Diverse Students in Australian Nongovernment Schools	2
Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions: A Serial Mediation Model	2
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families	2
Safe and Unsafe Housing for Domestic and Family Violence Survivors: Practitioner Perspectives	2
Interprofessional Collaboration to Develop and Deliver Domestic Violence Curriculum to Dental Students	2
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation	2
Elder Abuse in Migrant Communities in Australia: A Scoping Review	2
Aboriginal Women Sharing Their Work: Conversations Inside a Women’s Domestic and Family Violence Shelter	2
Practicing Critical Reflection in Social Care Organisations	2
A Simulated Placement: Using a Mixed-Reality Learning Environment for Social Work Field Education	2
“Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard”	2
The Endometriosis-Related Healthcare Experiences of Regional Australian Women: A Qualitative Systematic Review	2
Call for Reviewers- Australian Social Work	2
Correction	2
Utopian Thinking, Social Work, and Homelessness: Critiquing Ideas Regarding Welfare Dependence	2
Family Violence Presentations to a Metropolitan Emergency Department During COVID-19: A Retrospective Audit	2
Experiences of Mental Health Carers Examined Using a Recovery Framework	2
The Human Services: Practitioners’ Experiences of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s	2
A Structured Template for Social Work Psychosocial Assessments and Formulations in Healthcare	2
The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism	2
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice	2
Enhancing Child Wellbeing Through Trauma-Informed Parenting Practices: A Pilot Study	2
Suicide Prevention Skills, Knowledge and Confidence among Australian Mental Health Social Workers	1
Challenging the Neoliberal Paradigm: Homelessness, Displacement, and the Need for Care	1
An Innovative Approach to Feeding the Hungry with Healthy Meals	1
Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations , by Kate Seymour, Sarah Wendt, and Kris Natalier, Lond	1
Narratives of Domestic Violence: Policing, Identity, and Indexicality	1
Forensic Social Work in Australian Undergraduate Social Work Education: A Generic Practice Versus Specialisation Consideration	1
Love, Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Meeting Emotional Needs and Developmental Trauma	1
AI-Generated Images of Social Workers in Healthcare and Implications for Professional Identity	1
The Prevailing Contexts of Domestic and Family Violence and Child Protection	1
Implementing the Sleeping Dogs Method in Engaging Young People in Residential Care in EMDR	1
Mental Health Carers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: Wellbeing and Recovery	1
Social Impact Bonds and Homelessness: A Review of the Literature	1
A Decolonising Critical Discourse Analysis Framework for Positive Behaviour Support Plans	1
Child Protection Staff Perspectives of the SOFT Program: Touch, Textures, Weights, and Pressures	1
We Come With This Place	1
Sharing the Care: One Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation’s Approach to Out-of-Home Care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children	1
Social Work Practice in Health: An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills	1
The Complexities of Home in Social Work	1
First Nations Children and Families and Permanency Planning Reform: The Evidence Counts	1
Early Intervention Program for High-Risk Youth: Preliminary Evidence on Costs Avoided	1
Addendum	1
An Expressive Arts Approach to Healing Loss and Grief: Working Across the Spectrum of Loss With Individuals and Communities	1
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	1
Advancing Social Work Research in Australia: Experienced Researcher Perspectives	1
Reflecting on Social Work Practice in the Northern Territory, Australia	1
National Registration for Social Workers: Getting our Act(s) Together	1
Reflections on the Social Work in Schools Program: Insights from School Leaders	1
Ethics and Self-Disclosure: How Social Workers Decide What is Appropriate to Share With Young People	1
The Sustainable Development Goals at a Crossroads: Social Work and the Pact for the Future	1
Professional Registration of Social Work: A Blunt Instrument for Creating Professional Identity?	1
Vale Helen Cleak, 1951–2023—An Esteemed Member of Australian Social Work Editorial Board	1
Reconstructing the Bicultural Worker within Health and Human Service Organisations	1
Practising Feminism for Social Welfare: A Global Perspective	1
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Tools and Australian Homelessness Services: A Scoping Review	1
Advancing Trauma-Informed Practices for K–12 Schools and Institutions of Higher Education	1
Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice	1
Special Issue: Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard	1