Margarita Frederico
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4413282 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Margarita Frederico |
| NOMBRES | Margarita |
| APELLIDO | Frederico |
| FIRMA | FREDERICO M |
| AFILIACIONES | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9028-7823 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1987 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Talaingod Manobos Indigenous practice framework
Indigenous peoples are considered the most marginalized communities in the Philippines, and these communities are the recipients of various government social welfare programs. The design and delivery of these programs rarely involves consultation with Indigenous communities to determine what the communities want. Social workers frequently work in the programs often without adequate knowledge of Indigenous culture as Indigenous knowledge has been …
Adversity, Trauma Symptoms and the Effectiveness of an Australian Individualised Developmental Trauma Intervention Program
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a therapeutic intervention program Take Two; designed to address developmental trauma experienced by Child Protection clients in Victoria, Australia. Replicating a 2010 evaluation study of the program, we utilised a Time 1-Time 2 design to identify the impact of tailored Take Two treatments informed by the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics' (NMTTM). Change in the overall sample was measured by the Tra…
Social Work and Aboriginal Australians
The social work profession is rightly criticised for past and present wrongdoing against Aboriginal Australians. Non-Aboriginal social workers have significant contact with Aboriginal peoples but despite their guidance, social workers can struggle to engage effectively. Whilst this work is complex, little is known about the challenges non-Aboriginal social workers encounter, and how they might be navigated better. To address this gap, this articl…
Aboriginal Australians’ Perceptions of Non-Aboriginal Social Workers
Sensory Processing Assessment and Feedback in the Treatment of Complex Developmental Trauma
Exploring the effects of a graduate level trauma-informed care education program for child welfare professionals
The national child welfare agency in Ireland identified the integration of trauma-informed practices as a service need, in the current significantly challenging practice climate. A promising program that meets the need of child welfare professionals to support need has been developed and is reported on in this paper. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a newly developed post-graduate level trauma-informed care program for professionals in…
Integrating trauma-informed practices in child welfare
This study explored the experiences of child welfare professionals who participated in a graduate level Trauma-informed Care program in Ireland. Through three focus groups, thematic analysis revealed four overarching themes: 1. Program Acceptability; 2. Learning to Weave the Old with the New; 3. Integration into Practice and 4. Sustaining New Ground. Findings suggest participants experienced a process of change that led to knowledge integration w…
Kinship care in the welfare system
Protective indigenous collective value of Ubuntu and child neglect
Theories on collective efficacy and social support suggest that indigenous values that support collective practices and sanction community obligations to childcare would be protective against child neglect. Likewise, new qualitative findings show that collective values are stronger in rural areas than in urban. This study tested the claims that the value of Ubuntu, which is a symbolic cultural value of ‘being for others’, will be protective again…
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons
Internal displacement caused by armed conflict has a lasting impact on the lives of those affected. Re-establishing stability after the cessation of conflict is a difficult and complex task. To date, the contribution of social work values and knowledge to this task has received limited attention. This study uses the principles and values of social work as a framework for analysing an intervention that was undertaken to address the impact of displ…
Safeguarding the welfare of refugee children in Ghana
Prevalence of intimate partner violence among Saudi Arabian international students and their spouses
This study investigated the experience of IPV amongst married Saudi Arabian international students and their partners in Australia. The research explored the prevalence of IPV, the types of IPV, and gender differences in IPV experienced. A sample of 508 adult Saudi Arabian university students report of their own IPV experiences. The findings suggested gender differences in the context of IPV. The study can inform culturally appropriate interventi…
Evaluation of a brief carer support intervention
There is international evidence that informal or unpaid carers have poorer mental health and experience higher levels of isolation and stress than others in the population. Identifying approaches that promote carer well-being is critical to supporting this essential role in the community. This study presents the findings of the evaluation of a brief carer intervention designed to improve carers’ well-being delivered by a community service organis…
Australian Maltreated Infants and Young Children Can Achieve Positive Relational Health With Neurodevelopmentally- and Trauma-Informed Interventions Provided Within Relationally-Positive and Stable En…
Background: Childhood maltreatment such as abuse, neglect and family violence has a profound impact on children's psychological and relational functioning and their lifelong trajectory, with associated adverse physical and mental health outcomes, higher mortality rates and reduced socioeconomic opportunities. The aim of the study was to explore the impact of neurodevelopmentally- and trauma-informed interventions on the relational health of child…
The Experience of the Infant Entering Refuge (Shelter) Setting with Their Mothers After Fleeing Family Violence
Messages for Good Practice
This article reports the findings of a study about the work of Aboriginal hospital liaison officers (AHLOs) and hospital social workers in Victoria. Guided by an Aboriginal Critical Reference Group, in-depth interviews were held with nine AHLOs, 10 social workers, and three Aboriginal health policy and program informants. Telephone focus groups held with study participants confirmed an analysis of the narratives of good practice and themes identi…
Creating ‘Deep Knowledge’ and Transformative Change
In a context of rapidly changing social and economic conditions and increasing practice complexity, critical research perspectives can create in-depth explanatory knowledge for social work practice. Drawing on a broader knowledge base, these approaches provide a comprehensive view of social phenomena and the causes of personal and social harm. They also offer a framework to guide ethical intervention based on principles of collaboration, social j…
Moving towards independent living in Ghana
INTRODUCTION: In most sub-Saharan African countries, studies on the impact of out-of-home care experience on the transition of young adults leaving care are limited to those leaving institutional or foster care with no empirical evidence on the experiences of those moving out of kinship care. This study reports findings from interviews with young adults with experience of kinship care in Ghana, about what lessons their kinship care experiences pr…
Enhancing Direct Practice with Forgotten Australians
The term “Forgotten Australians” refers to adults who as children were placed in out-of-home care in Australia between 1920 and 1989. Following the Australian Government’s apology to Forgotten Australians in 2009, the Federal and State Governments funded specific services to address the lifelong consequences of abuse and neglect inflicted upon Forgotten Australians. The impacts include difficulty forming and maintaining relationships, poor educat…
Spirituality Across Disciplines
Promoting the function of spirituality and its value to individual and community well-being is an underlying objective of this collection of articles on the research and practice of spirituality wi
Infant-led Research
The subjective experience of infants is seldom considered in research directly concerning them. Commonly, infants are not believed to possess self-agency or innate communicative abilities, obscuring space for researchers to consider the infant’s subjectivity. Rather, measuring and coding behaviour or seeking the parent’s perspective is privileged. Making meaning is not limited to the capacity to verbalise; as meaning encompasses feelings, behavio…
Healing through Connection
The wrongs experienced by Aboriginal people have caused life-long and intergenerational impacts that demand culturally grounded healing approaches, yet this is not experienced by Aboriginal people in mainstream services. This article details a culturally informed approach by sharing the findings of a Cultural Healing Program (CHP) designed, developed and delivered by an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. The program was for Aboriginal …
Supporting Implementation of Innovative Social Work Practice
Achieving client outcomes is understood as a complex, dynamic interplay of elements including the client, worker/s, programme setting and practice approach. How an organisation supports or constrains implementation of innovative social work practice is worthy of research attention. The emergence of frameworks for translating evidence-based practice into health and mental health settings reflects increasing interest in implementation. However, the…
Listening to child protection workers in Saudi Arabia
The protection of children at risk of abuse and neglect requires engagement of the whole community. In this article, child protection managers and direct service workers in Saudi Arabia report their experiences in implementing new policies. Findings of the study showed that early improvements to child protection policies and programs led to confusion among workers regarding their role and were perceived by the workers to be placing children at ri…
Improving outcomes for children in out‐of‐home care
How best to support children and young people in foster care remains a challenge for child welfare. There has been little Australian research on the outcomes for children and young people placed in therapeutic foster care (TFC). This article aims to address this knowledge gap, presenting the evaluation of a state‐wide model of TFC known as the Circle Program operating in Victoria, Australia. Data sources for the study were case assessment analysi…
Supporting Implementation of Innovative Social Work Practice
Achieving client outcomes is understood as a complex, dynamic interplay of elements including the client, worker/s, programme setting and practice approach. How an organisation supports or constrains implementation of innovative social work practice is worthy of research attention. The emergence of frameworks for translating evidence-based practice into health and mental health settings reflects increasing interest in implementation. However, the…
Safety as a Fifth Dimension in Supervision
Child and family practice is recognised as a field of social work that has become increasingly complex. While evidence is growing in relation to effective supervision, there has been little research about the attributes of an effective supervisor, or the components of effective supervision. This paper reports on research undertaken in Victoria, Australia, which explored practitioners’ and supervisors’ experiences of effective supervision in this …
Building community following displacement due to armed conflict
English Facilitating participation with people displaced due to internal armed conflict is a core challenge in community building. The case study presented in this article identifies the elements of a community-building approach which achieved sustainable outcomes for individuals and communities in Mindanao, Philippines where hundreds of thousands of people were displaced during armed conflict between 2000 and 2003. French Inciter la participatio…
Examining Rural Welfare Practice
A substantial prescriptive literature on welfare practice in rural areas has been written over the years. This literature suggests rural practitioners are generalists, as they must utilise a number of roles in practice, that they must use and nurture informal helping networks, and that clientele of rural agencies exhibit numerous social problems. An empirical survey compares differences between urban and rural welfare workers on these dimensions.…
Healing through Connection
The wrongs experienced by Aboriginal people have caused life-long and intergenerational impacts that demand culturally grounded healing approaches, yet this is not experienced by Aboriginal people in mainstream services. This article details a culturally informed approach by sharing the findings of a Cultural Healing Program (CHP) designed, developed and delivered by an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. The program was for Aboriginal …
Improving outcomes for children in out‐of‐home care
How best to support children and young people in foster care remains a challenge for child welfare. There has been little Australian research on the outcomes for children and young people placed in therapeutic foster care (TFC). This article aims to address this knowledge gap, presenting the evaluation of a state‐wide model of TFC known as the Circle Program operating in Victoria, Australia. Data sources for the study were case assessment analysi…
Exploring outcomes in a therapeutic service response to the emotional and mental health needs of children who have experienced abuse and neglect in Victoria, Australia
Children in the protection and care system are highly vulnerable and need more than protection and physical care. This paper outlines elements of an innovative therapeutic programme, Take Two, which combines trauma and attachment‐informed practice with a clinical outcomes focus. An important feature was the embedding of a research and evaluation partnership between the programme and a university. The paper discusses the challenges of implementing…
Understanding the impact of abuse and neglect on children and young people referred to a therapeutic program
Until recently there has been insufficient attention to the impact of child abuse and neglect on children's development and wellbeing. This paper explores children's experiences of maltreatment and the range of consequences on many areas of their lives. This study is located within the Take Two program, a Victorian statewide developmental therapeutic service for child protection clients aged between 0 to18 years of age who have suffered serious a…
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons
Internal displacement caused by armed conflict has a lasting impact on the lives of those affected. Re-establishing stability after the cessation of conflict is a difficult and complex task. To date, the contribution of social work values and knowledge to this task has received limited attention. This study uses the principles and values of social work as a framework for analysing an intervention that was undertaken to address the impact of displ…
Enhancing Direct Practice with Forgotten Australians
The term “Forgotten Australians” refers to adults who as children were placed in out-of-home care in Australia between 1920 and 1989. Following the Australian Government’s apology to Forgotten Australians in 2009, the Federal and State Governments funded specific services to address the lifelong consequences of abuse and neglect inflicted upon Forgotten Australians. The impacts include difficulty forming and maintaining relationships, poor educat…
Listening to child protection workers in Saudi Arabia
The protection of children at risk of abuse and neglect requires engagement of the whole community. In this article, child protection managers and direct service workers in Saudi Arabia report their experiences in implementing new policies. Findings of the study showed that early improvements to child protection policies and programs led to confusion among workers regarding their role and were perceived by the workers to be placing children at ri…
Building School, Family, and Community Partnerships
School, family, and community partnerships are among the suite of strategies advocated for improved school outcomes in which social workers can play a valuable role. Such partnerships are complex to implement in practice and there is little systematic research to guide the practitioner. This study evaluated an early intervention partnership program involving school, family, community, and philanthropic partners implemented in two primary schools …
Aboriginal Australians’ Perceptions of Non-Aboriginal Social Workers
Protective indigenous collective value of Ubuntu and child neglect
Theories on collective efficacy and social support suggest that indigenous values that support collective practices and sanction community obligations to childcare would be protective against child neglect. Likewise, new qualitative findings show that collective values are stronger in rural areas than in urban. This study tested the claims that the value of Ubuntu, which is a symbolic cultural value of ‘being for others’, will be protective again…
Messages for Good Practice
This article reports the findings of a study about the work of Aboriginal hospital liaison officers (AHLOs) and hospital social workers in Victoria. Guided by an Aboriginal Critical Reference Group, in-depth interviews were held with nine AHLOs, 10 social workers, and three Aboriginal health policy and program informants. Telephone focus groups held with study participants confirmed an analysis of the narratives of good practice and themes identi…
Creating ‘Deep Knowledge’ and Transformative Change
In a context of rapidly changing social and economic conditions and increasing practice complexity, critical research perspectives can create in-depth explanatory knowledge for social work practice. Drawing on a broader knowledge base, these approaches provide a comprehensive view of social phenomena and the causes of personal and social harm. They also offer a framework to guide ethical intervention based on principles of collaboration, social j…
Infant-led Research
The subjective experience of infants is seldom considered in research directly concerning them. Commonly, infants are not believed to possess self-agency or innate communicative abilities, obscuring space for researchers to consider the infant’s subjectivity. Rather, measuring and coding behaviour or seeking the parent’s perspective is privileged. Making meaning is not limited to the capacity to verbalise; as meaning encompasses feelings, behavio…
Organisational Culture and Human Service Organisations
In this paper the use of an organisational culture perspective to understand human service organisations is explored. A case study is presented to illustrate the organisational culture perspective in the human service organisation. The case presented demonstrates problems which can occur when organisational culture is not managed effectively
Let's Get Political
This paper explores the prescriptive arguments for and against political participation in social work. The literature on political participation is briefly reviewed and data from a survey looking at political participation among social workers is presented. Data analysis on political participation by sex, ethnicity, award, task, years in practice and attitude toward political involvement is presented
Part‐Time Workers in Welfare
This paper reviews the literature on part‐time employment and presents data from a survey of part‐time social workers in Melbourne. Information on part‐time employment by age and gender is presented and industrial issues relevant to part‐time work are discussed. Data on demographic characteristics, working conditions and employer perception of advantages and disadvantages of part‐time social work are presented from a postal survey of Melbourne he…
Let's Get Political
This paper explores the prescriptive arguments for and against political participation in social work. The literature on political participation is briefly reviewed and data from a survey looking at political participation among social workers is presented. Data analysis on political participation by sex, ethnicity, award, task, years in practice and attitude toward political involvement is presented
Locum and Short Term Employment
A neglected area of research in the social work profession is the functioning of the welfare labour market. An important feature of this welfare labour market is casual or locum employment. This paper presents findings from a survey of Melbourne social service agencies on the incidence of locum employment. Information on the characteristics of locums, sources of the locum labour-force, and reasons for employing locums are presented
Examining Rural Welfare Practice
A substantial prescriptive literature on welfare practice in rural areas has been written over the years. This literature suggests rural practitioners are generalists, as they must utilise a number of roles in practice, that they must use and nurture informal helping networks, and that clientele of rural agencies exhibit numerous social problems. An empirical survey compares differences between urban and rural welfare workers on these dimensions.…
Organisational Culture and Human Service Organisations
In this paper the use of an organisational culture perspective to understand human service organisations is explored. A case study is presented to illustrate the organisational culture perspective in the human service organisation. The case presented demonstrates problems which can occur when organisational culture is not managed effectively
Building community following displacement due to armed conflict
English Facilitating participation with people displaced due to internal armed conflict is a core challenge in community building. The case study presented in this article identifies the elements of a community-building approach which achieved sustainable outcomes for individuals and communities in Mindanao, Philippines where hundreds of thousands of people were displaced during armed conflict between 2000 and 2003. French Inciter la participatio…
Understanding the impact of abuse and neglect on children and young people referred to a therapeutic program
Until recently there has been insufficient attention to the impact of child abuse and neglect on children's development and wellbeing. This paper explores children's experiences of maltreatment and the range of consequences on many areas of their lives. This study is located within the Take Two program, a Victorian statewide developmental therapeutic service for child protection clients aged between 0 to18 years of age who have suffered serious a…
Exploring outcomes in a therapeutic service response to the emotional and mental health needs of children who have experienced abuse and neglect in Victoria, Australia
Children in the protection and care system are highly vulnerable and need more than protection and physical care. This paper outlines elements of an innovative therapeutic programme, Take Two, which combines trauma and attachment‐informed practice with a clinical outcomes focus. An important feature was the embedding of a research and evaluation partnership between the programme and a university. The paper discusses the challenges of implementing…
Building School, Family, and Community Partnerships
School, family, and community partnerships are among the suite of strategies advocated for improved school outcomes in which social workers can play a valuable role. Such partnerships are complex to implement in practice and there is little systematic research to guide the practitioner. This study evaluated an early intervention partnership program involving school, family, community, and philanthropic partners implemented in two primary schools …
Safety as a Fifth Dimension in Supervision
Child and family practice is recognised as a field of social work that has become increasingly complex. While evidence is growing in relation to effective supervision, there has been little research about the attributes of an effective supervisor, or the components of effective supervision. This paper reports on research undertaken in Victoria, Australia, which explored practitioners’ and supervisors’ experiences of effective supervision in this …
Improving outcomes for children in out‐of‐home care
How best to support children and young people in foster care remains a challenge for child welfare. There has been little Australian research on the outcomes for children and young people placed in therapeutic foster care (TFC). This article aims to address this knowledge gap, presenting the evaluation of a state‐wide model of TFC known as the Circle Program operating in Victoria, Australia. Data sources for the study were case assessment analysi…
Supporting Implementation of Innovative Social Work Practice
Achieving client outcomes is understood as a complex, dynamic interplay of elements including the client, worker/s, programme setting and practice approach. How an organisation supports or constrains implementation of innovative social work practice is worthy of research attention. The emergence of frameworks for translating evidence-based practice into health and mental health settings reflects increasing interest in implementation. However, the…
Listening to child protection workers in Saudi Arabia
The protection of children at risk of abuse and neglect requires engagement of the whole community. In this article, child protection managers and direct service workers in Saudi Arabia report their experiences in implementing new policies. Findings of the study showed that early improvements to child protection policies and programs led to confusion among workers regarding their role and were perceived by the workers to be placing children at ri…
Spirituality Across Disciplines
Promoting the function of spirituality and its value to individual and community well-being is an underlying objective of this collection of articles on the research and practice of spirituality wi
Infant-led Research
The subjective experience of infants is seldom considered in research directly concerning them. Commonly, infants are not believed to possess self-agency or innate communicative abilities, obscuring space for researchers to consider the infant’s subjectivity. Rather, measuring and coding behaviour or seeking the parent’s perspective is privileged. Making meaning is not limited to the capacity to verbalise; as meaning encompasses feelings, behavio…
Healing through Connection
The wrongs experienced by Aboriginal people have caused life-long and intergenerational impacts that demand culturally grounded healing approaches, yet this is not experienced by Aboriginal people in mainstream services. This article details a culturally informed approach by sharing the findings of a Cultural Healing Program (CHP) designed, developed and delivered by an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. The program was for Aboriginal …
Moving towards independent living in Ghana
INTRODUCTION: In most sub-Saharan African countries, studies on the impact of out-of-home care experience on the transition of young adults leaving care are limited to those leaving institutional or foster care with no empirical evidence on the experiences of those moving out of kinship care. This study reports findings from interviews with young adults with experience of kinship care in Ghana, about what lessons their kinship care experiences pr…
Enhancing Direct Practice with Forgotten Australians
The term “Forgotten Australians” refers to adults who as children were placed in out-of-home care in Australia between 1920 and 1989. Following the Australian Government’s apology to Forgotten Australians in 2009, the Federal and State Governments funded specific services to address the lifelong consequences of abuse and neglect inflicted upon Forgotten Australians. The impacts include difficulty forming and maintaining relationships, poor educat…
Australian Maltreated Infants and Young Children Can Achieve Positive Relational Health With Neurodevelopmentally- and Trauma-Informed Interventions Provided Within Relationally-Positive and Stable En…
Background: Childhood maltreatment such as abuse, neglect and family violence has a profound impact on children's psychological and relational functioning and their lifelong trajectory, with associated adverse physical and mental health outcomes, higher mortality rates and reduced socioeconomic opportunities. The aim of the study was to explore the impact of neurodevelopmentally- and trauma-informed interventions on the relational health of child…
The Experience of the Infant Entering Refuge (Shelter) Setting with Their Mothers After Fleeing Family Violence
Messages for Good Practice
This article reports the findings of a study about the work of Aboriginal hospital liaison officers (AHLOs) and hospital social workers in Victoria. Guided by an Aboriginal Critical Reference Group, in-depth interviews were held with nine AHLOs, 10 social workers, and three Aboriginal health policy and program informants. Telephone focus groups held with study participants confirmed an analysis of the narratives of good practice and themes identi…
Creating ‘Deep Knowledge’ and Transformative Change
In a context of rapidly changing social and economic conditions and increasing practice complexity, critical research perspectives can create in-depth explanatory knowledge for social work practice. Drawing on a broader knowledge base, these approaches provide a comprehensive view of social phenomena and the causes of personal and social harm. They also offer a framework to guide ethical intervention based on principles of collaboration, social j…
Prevalence of intimate partner violence among Saudi Arabian international students and their spouses
This study investigated the experience of IPV amongst married Saudi Arabian international students and their partners in Australia. The research explored the prevalence of IPV, the types of IPV, and gender differences in IPV experienced. A sample of 508 adult Saudi Arabian university students report of their own IPV experiences. The findings suggested gender differences in the context of IPV. The study can inform culturally appropriate interventi…
Evaluation of a brief carer support intervention
There is international evidence that informal or unpaid carers have poorer mental health and experience higher levels of isolation and stress than others in the population. Identifying approaches that promote carer well-being is critical to supporting this essential role in the community. This study presents the findings of the evaluation of a brief carer intervention designed to improve carers’ well-being delivered by a community service organis…
Protective indigenous collective value of Ubuntu and child neglect
Theories on collective efficacy and social support suggest that indigenous values that support collective practices and sanction community obligations to childcare would be protective against child neglect. Likewise, new qualitative findings show that collective values are stronger in rural areas than in urban. This study tested the claims that the value of Ubuntu, which is a symbolic cultural value of ‘being for others’, will be protective again…
Psychology (26 obras) · Political science (23 obras) · Medicine (21 obras) · Sociology (20 obras) · Nursing (15 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (13 obras) · Public relations (13 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (11 obras) · Child Welfare and Adoption (10 obras) · Social Work (10 obras)