Ciara Smyth
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 265125 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ciara Smyth |
| NOMBRES | Ciara |
| APELLIDO | Smyth |
| FIRMA | SMYTH C |
| AFILIACIONES | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1991-5780 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 168 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Disability-inclusive iterative workshops as a co-design method
People with cognitive disability are subject to harm in their daily interactions, such as being ignored, humiliated and disrespected. Our study sought to explore this ‘everyday harm’ empirically. This article presents a case study of the use of disability-inclusive iterative workshops as a co-design method. The workshop method had two key outcomes. First, it confirmed that participants were very familiar with the concept (everyday harm) that the …
Developing an evidence‐based model to implement co‐governance
Governments are seeking innovative ways to address complex policy issues in increasingly fragmented and fiscally constrained service contexts. Co‐governance is a relatively new mechanism for facilitating collective decision‐making between government and other stakeholders. Effective co‐governance can be difficult to establish and resource‐ and time‐intensive to implement. This article presents findings from a study that aimed to develop a model f…
Understanding everyday harm between young people with cognitive disability and support workers
This article develops a typology of everyday harm from empirical data to understand the many, often subtle, ways that people with cognitive disability experience harm in their relationships with paid support workers. The analysis draws on the concepts of recognition and misrecognition to highlight how interpersonal relationships and organisational environments (policies and culture) interrelate and influence harm occurring in everyday interaction…
Activity‐Based Funding in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services
Policy representation of everyday harm experienced by people with disability
People with disability are at heightened risk of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation (VANE) with policy geared towards responding to and eliminating VANE harm. Yet not all harm experienced by people with disability is captured within the VANE harm. Many people also experience harm in everyday interactions that leave them feeling uncomfortable, devalued, disrespected, threatened or silenced. Our multi‐method study begins with the term ‘every…
Specialist Financial Counseling for Women Affected by Domestic and Family Violence
This article examines staff and client perspectives on an initiative providing co-located specialist Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) financial counseling in women's legal services. An exploratory mixed-method study in five service locations captured perspectives via a client survey ( n = 42), online interviews with staff ( n = 15), and a review of services’ progress reports. For staff and clients, integrating financial counseling into women's …
Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place‐based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study
The value of place‐based initiatives in the design and delivery of human services has long been recognised, but the need for hybrid service delivery to clients—that is any combination of online and in‐person modalities—has become more apparent in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. At face value, there may be a perceived contradiction between the reliance on geographical place in place‐based initiatives and online service delivery. Yet, it is inev…
The Human Rights Approach to ‘Persecution’ and Its Child Rights Discontents
The longstanding debate in refugee law about the meaning of persecution has been largely resolved in favour of the human rights approach – the idea that basic human rights serve as an objective yardstick for evaluating whether a particular act might constitute persecution. However, the human rights approach produces several dilemmas, not least the question of which human rights are ‘basic’ human rights, and how to ascertain whether a given human …
Covid‐19 lockdowns, intimate partner violence and coercive control
2020 was a year like no other, with the COVID‐19 virus upending life as we know it. When governments around the world imposed lockdown measures to curb the spread of COVID‐19, advocates in the domestic and family violence (DFV) sector recognised that these measures were likely to result in increases in violence against women, particularly intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV can take many forms, including physical, emotional, psychological, finan…
Adapting Service Delivery during Covid-19
COVID-19 rapidly altered patterns of domestic and family violence, increasing the complexity of women’s needs, and presenting new barriers to service use. This article examines service responses in Australia, exploring practitioners' accounts of adapting service delivery models in the early months of the pandemic. Data from a qualitatively enriched online survey of practitioners (n = 100) show the ways services rapidly shifted to engage with clie…
University staff and flexible work
In 2020, COVID-19 triggered rapid growth in the use of flexible work arrangements (FWA) in universities. While the impacts of this shift are still emerging, this article contributes analysis of the ways university staff experienced FWAs prior to the pandemic. In-depth discussions with sixty staff across eight focus groups highlighted substantial inequalities in access to and take-up of FWAs. Staff described different levels of access to flexibili…
Towards a Complete Prohibition on the Immigration Detention of Children
The legal position on the immigration detention of children is unclear: is it permissible, subject to the ultima ratio (last resort) principle, or is it prohibited outright? International opinion is divided, with different human rights bodies favouring one or the other position. In November 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families issued a…
Good enough’ parenting
Changing practice cultures in statutory child protection
Many child protection systems struggle to implement effective models of frontline practice in the context of high caseloads, increasing costs, and compliance‐focused bureaucratic cultures. This article discusses changes brought about by “Practice First,” a framework for practice introduced to improve the quality and effectiveness of child protection work in New South Wales, Australia. Findings drawn from quantitative and qualitative research with…
Chronicle of a Reform Process
The Irish system of international protection (refugee and subsidiary protection) is broadly recognized to be dysfunctional, with endemic delays in the status-determination procedure and applicants living for years in institutionalized accommodation never designed for long-term residence or family life. Towards the end of 2014, the Irish government created a Working Group on Protection to investigate and report on how the protection system, includ…
Getting Ahead in the Preschool Years
It has been argued that middle-class parents engage in the 'concerted cultivation' of their children with a view to securing their future status. One aspect of this 'concerted cultivation' entails the enrolment of children in organised enrichment activities. While scholars have focused on the 'enrichment' market for school-aged children, few have examined the preschool market. This article presents an analysis of a Sydney-based Australian parenti…
Conforming to intensive parenting ideals
It is widely argued that parenting has intensified in recent decades and that family life has become increasingly child-centred. Intensive parenting represents a cultural shift in parenting behaviour that requires enactment at the individual level. Moreover, adherence to intensive parenting standards is often presented as a conscious/willing adoption, whereby parents choose to parent in a particular way. This article explores why parents conform …
Boost your preschooler's brain power! An analysis of advice to parents from an Australian government-funded website
Towards intensive parenting? Changes in the composition and determinants of mothers' and fathers' time with children 1992-2006
Contemporary expectations of good parenting hold that focused, intensive parental attention is essential to children's development. Parental input is viewed as a key determinant in children's social, psychological and educational outcomes, with the early years particularly crucial. However, increased rates of maternal employment mean that more parents are juggling work and family commitments and have less non-work time available to devote to chil…
Children and young people as active agents in care-giving
Exploring Young Carers’ Agency
The recognition of children and young people as active agents, not merely passive subjects, has become a cornerstone of much research undertaken in the social sciences over the last three decades. Reflecting on research with young carers, this paper describes the research techniques employed to actively engage these children and young people in order to gain insight into their experiences of providing care. It concludes with a discussion of the b…
So that's how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life’. Identifying and supporting hidden young carers
A common theme in the literature on care-giving is the issue of ‘hidden’ carers, that is, people who undertake caring roles and responsibilities, yet do not identify themselves as carers. One reason people do not recognise themselves as carers relates to the nature of the caring relationship. When providing care for a family member, intra-familial bonds of love and reciprocity do not encourage parties to view the relationship as anything other th…
Towards intensive parenting? Changes in the composition and determinants of mothers' and fathers' time with children 1992-2006
Contemporary expectations of good parenting hold that focused, intensive parental attention is essential to children's development. Parental input is viewed as a key determinant in children's social, psychological and educational outcomes, with the early years particularly crucial. However, increased rates of maternal employment mean that more parents are juggling work and family commitments and have less non-work time available to devote to chil…
Conforming to intensive parenting ideals
It is widely argued that parenting has intensified in recent decades and that family life has become increasingly child-centred. Intensive parenting represents a cultural shift in parenting behaviour that requires enactment at the individual level. Moreover, adherence to intensive parenting standards is often presented as a conscious/willing adoption, whereby parents choose to parent in a particular way. This article explores why parents conform …
So that's how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life’. Identifying and supporting hidden young carers
A common theme in the literature on care-giving is the issue of ‘hidden’ carers, that is, people who undertake caring roles and responsibilities, yet do not identify themselves as carers. One reason people do not recognise themselves as carers relates to the nature of the caring relationship. When providing care for a family member, intra-familial bonds of love and reciprocity do not encourage parties to view the relationship as anything other th…
Boost your preschooler's brain power! An analysis of advice to parents from an Australian government-funded website
Adapting Service Delivery during Covid-19
COVID-19 rapidly altered patterns of domestic and family violence, increasing the complexity of women’s needs, and presenting new barriers to service use. This article examines service responses in Australia, exploring practitioners' accounts of adapting service delivery models in the early months of the pandemic. Data from a qualitatively enriched online survey of practitioners (n = 100) show the ways services rapidly shifted to engage with clie…
Children and young people as active agents in care-giving
Covid‐19 lockdowns, intimate partner violence and coercive control
2020 was a year like no other, with the COVID‐19 virus upending life as we know it. When governments around the world imposed lockdown measures to curb the spread of COVID‐19, advocates in the domestic and family violence (DFV) sector recognised that these measures were likely to result in increases in violence against women, particularly intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV can take many forms, including physical, emotional, psychological, finan…
University staff and flexible work
In 2020, COVID-19 triggered rapid growth in the use of flexible work arrangements (FWA) in universities. While the impacts of this shift are still emerging, this article contributes analysis of the ways university staff experienced FWAs prior to the pandemic. In-depth discussions with sixty staff across eight focus groups highlighted substantial inequalities in access to and take-up of FWAs. Staff described different levels of access to flexibili…
Changing practice cultures in statutory child protection
Many child protection systems struggle to implement effective models of frontline practice in the context of high caseloads, increasing costs, and compliance‐focused bureaucratic cultures. This article discusses changes brought about by “Practice First,” a framework for practice introduced to improve the quality and effectiveness of child protection work in New South Wales, Australia. Findings drawn from quantitative and qualitative research with…
Getting Ahead in the Preschool Years
It has been argued that middle-class parents engage in the 'concerted cultivation' of their children with a view to securing their future status. One aspect of this 'concerted cultivation' entails the enrolment of children in organised enrichment activities. While scholars have focused on the 'enrichment' market for school-aged children, few have examined the preschool market. This article presents an analysis of a Sydney-based Australian parenti…
Chronicle of a Reform Process
The Irish system of international protection (refugee and subsidiary protection) is broadly recognized to be dysfunctional, with endemic delays in the status-determination procedure and applicants living for years in institutionalized accommodation never designed for long-term residence or family life. Towards the end of 2014, the Irish government created a Working Group on Protection to investigate and report on how the protection system, includ…
Specialist Financial Counseling for Women Affected by Domestic and Family Violence
This article examines staff and client perspectives on an initiative providing co-located specialist Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) financial counseling in women's legal services. An exploratory mixed-method study in five service locations captured perspectives via a client survey ( n = 42), online interviews with staff ( n = 15), and a review of services’ progress reports. For staff and clients, integrating financial counseling into women's …
Exploring Young Carers’ Agency
The recognition of children and young people as active agents, not merely passive subjects, has become a cornerstone of much research undertaken in the social sciences over the last three decades. Reflecting on research with young carers, this paper describes the research techniques employed to actively engage these children and young people in order to gain insight into their experiences of providing care. It concludes with a discussion of the b…
Exploring Young Carers’ Agency
The recognition of children and young people as active agents, not merely passive subjects, has become a cornerstone of much research undertaken in the social sciences over the last three decades. Reflecting on research with young carers, this paper describes the research techniques employed to actively engage these children and young people in order to gain insight into their experiences of providing care. It concludes with a discussion of the b…
So that's how I found out I was a young carer and that I actually had been a carer most of my life’. Identifying and supporting hidden young carers
A common theme in the literature on care-giving is the issue of ‘hidden’ carers, that is, people who undertake caring roles and responsibilities, yet do not identify themselves as carers. One reason people do not recognise themselves as carers relates to the nature of the caring relationship. When providing care for a family member, intra-familial bonds of love and reciprocity do not encourage parties to view the relationship as anything other th…
Children and young people as active agents in care-giving
Boost your preschooler's brain power! An analysis of advice to parents from an Australian government-funded website
Towards intensive parenting? Changes in the composition and determinants of mothers' and fathers' time with children 1992-2006
Contemporary expectations of good parenting hold that focused, intensive parental attention is essential to children's development. Parental input is viewed as a key determinant in children's social, psychological and educational outcomes, with the early years particularly crucial. However, increased rates of maternal employment mean that more parents are juggling work and family commitments and have less non-work time available to devote to chil…
Conforming to intensive parenting ideals
It is widely argued that parenting has intensified in recent decades and that family life has become increasingly child-centred. Intensive parenting represents a cultural shift in parenting behaviour that requires enactment at the individual level. Moreover, adherence to intensive parenting standards is often presented as a conscious/willing adoption, whereby parents choose to parent in a particular way. This article explores why parents conform …
Chronicle of a Reform Process
The Irish system of international protection (refugee and subsidiary protection) is broadly recognized to be dysfunctional, with endemic delays in the status-determination procedure and applicants living for years in institutionalized accommodation never designed for long-term residence or family life. Towards the end of 2014, the Irish government created a Working Group on Protection to investigate and report on how the protection system, includ…
Getting Ahead in the Preschool Years
It has been argued that middle-class parents engage in the 'concerted cultivation' of their children with a view to securing their future status. One aspect of this 'concerted cultivation' entails the enrolment of children in organised enrichment activities. While scholars have focused on the 'enrichment' market for school-aged children, few have examined the preschool market. This article presents an analysis of a Sydney-based Australian parenti…
Changing practice cultures in statutory child protection
Many child protection systems struggle to implement effective models of frontline practice in the context of high caseloads, increasing costs, and compliance‐focused bureaucratic cultures. This article discusses changes brought about by “Practice First,” a framework for practice introduced to improve the quality and effectiveness of child protection work in New South Wales, Australia. Findings drawn from quantitative and qualitative research with…
Towards a Complete Prohibition on the Immigration Detention of Children
The legal position on the immigration detention of children is unclear: is it permissible, subject to the ultima ratio (last resort) principle, or is it prohibited outright? International opinion is divided, with different human rights bodies favouring one or the other position. In November 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families issued a…
Good enough’ parenting
The Human Rights Approach to ‘Persecution’ and Its Child Rights Discontents
The longstanding debate in refugee law about the meaning of persecution has been largely resolved in favour of the human rights approach – the idea that basic human rights serve as an objective yardstick for evaluating whether a particular act might constitute persecution. However, the human rights approach produces several dilemmas, not least the question of which human rights are ‘basic’ human rights, and how to ascertain whether a given human …
Covid‐19 lockdowns, intimate partner violence and coercive control
2020 was a year like no other, with the COVID‐19 virus upending life as we know it. When governments around the world imposed lockdown measures to curb the spread of COVID‐19, advocates in the domestic and family violence (DFV) sector recognised that these measures were likely to result in increases in violence against women, particularly intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV can take many forms, including physical, emotional, psychological, finan…
Adapting Service Delivery during Covid-19
COVID-19 rapidly altered patterns of domestic and family violence, increasing the complexity of women’s needs, and presenting new barriers to service use. This article examines service responses in Australia, exploring practitioners' accounts of adapting service delivery models in the early months of the pandemic. Data from a qualitatively enriched online survey of practitioners (n = 100) show the ways services rapidly shifted to engage with clie…
University staff and flexible work
In 2020, COVID-19 triggered rapid growth in the use of flexible work arrangements (FWA) in universities. While the impacts of this shift are still emerging, this article contributes analysis of the ways university staff experienced FWAs prior to the pandemic. In-depth discussions with sixty staff across eight focus groups highlighted substantial inequalities in access to and take-up of FWAs. Staff described different levels of access to flexibili…
Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place‐based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study
The value of place‐based initiatives in the design and delivery of human services has long been recognised, but the need for hybrid service delivery to clients—that is any combination of online and in‐person modalities—has become more apparent in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. At face value, there may be a perceived contradiction between the reliance on geographical place in place‐based initiatives and online service delivery. Yet, it is inev…
Policy representation of everyday harm experienced by people with disability
People with disability are at heightened risk of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation (VANE) with policy geared towards responding to and eliminating VANE harm. Yet not all harm experienced by people with disability is captured within the VANE harm. Many people also experience harm in everyday interactions that leave them feeling uncomfortable, devalued, disrespected, threatened or silenced. Our multi‐method study begins with the term ‘every…
Specialist Financial Counseling for Women Affected by Domestic and Family Violence
This article examines staff and client perspectives on an initiative providing co-located specialist Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) financial counseling in women's legal services. An exploratory mixed-method study in five service locations captured perspectives via a client survey ( n = 42), online interviews with staff ( n = 15), and a review of services’ progress reports. For staff and clients, integrating financial counseling into women's …
Activity‐Based Funding in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services
Disability-inclusive iterative workshops as a co-design method
People with cognitive disability are subject to harm in their daily interactions, such as being ignored, humiliated and disrespected. Our study sought to explore this ‘everyday harm’ empirically. This article presents a case study of the use of disability-inclusive iterative workshops as a co-design method. The workshop method had two key outcomes. First, it confirmed that participants were very familiar with the concept (everyday harm) that the …
Developing an evidence‐based model to implement co‐governance
Governments are seeking innovative ways to address complex policy issues in increasingly fragmented and fiscally constrained service contexts. Co‐governance is a relatively new mechanism for facilitating collective decision‐making between government and other stakeholders. Effective co‐governance can be difficult to establish and resource‐ and time‐intensive to implement. This article presents findings from a study that aimed to develop a model f…
Understanding everyday harm between young people with cognitive disability and support workers
This article develops a typology of everyday harm from empirical data to understand the many, often subtle, ways that people with cognitive disability experience harm in their relationships with paid support workers. The analysis draws on the concepts of recognition and misrecognition to highlight how interpersonal relationships and organisational environments (policies and culture) interrelate and influence harm occurring in everyday interaction…
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