Marty Grace
Biographic Data
| ID | 3915606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marty Grace |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marty |
| FAMILY NAME | Grace |
| SIGNATURE | GRACE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dementia Patients’ Transition to Residential Aged Care: Carers’ and Social Workers’ Experiences
Many people with dementia eventually require residential aged care, frequently preceded by a hospital admission. Family carers often find the process challenging and disempowering, as they are expected to move their family member to residential aged care quickly. This article reports on findings from a small Australian qualitative study focusing on the provision of information, support and resources, and discusses the findings in relation to pers…
Demystifying Power in Community Development Practice
This article seeks to understand the issue of power as the root-concept of empowerment as the main objective of community development practices.The empowerment objective requires distribution of power to powerless people or community.This could be problematic if community development practitioners already have power over communities, including a mining company.This study examines to what extent the idea of empowerment could be embraced by the min…
Vulnerability and Post-Stroke Experiences of Working-Age Survivors During Recovery
Survivors who experience stroke of mild to moderate severity are typically discharged home quickly, with only minimal referral for rehabilitation follow-up or support to meet specific needs in recovery. Particular vulnerabilities of younger, higher functioning stroke survivors have received some recognition in international literature in recent years. This article reports on findings of a small Australian qualitative study focusing on recovery an…
Wand: An Activity Program for Women in a Rooming House
Rooming houses are often considered last resort accommodation for people affected by homelessness. However, some rooming houses aspire to provide safe, affordable, good-quality accommodation. This article reports on research into an activity program Women Achieving New Directions (WAND) in one such rooming house for women in Melbourne, Australia. Women-only homelessness programs are important because of women’s specific, gendered experiences of h…
Client-centred Case Management: How Much Makes a Difference to Outcomes for Homeless Jobseekers
Case management has become the predominant model for attempting to improve outcomes for young adults experiencing both homelessness and unemployment. However, there is little evidence-based knowledge about how young adults respond to case management, and how much intervention is needed to be effective. This Australian study utilised quantitative government data to investigate the effects of the amount of case management on key outcomes. With a pu…
Improving Outcomes for Unemployed and Homeless Young People: Findings of the YP 4 Clinical Controlled Trial of Joined Up Case Management
The YP4 study was a clinical controlled trial (CCT) of joined up services for young people experiencing both homelessness and unemployment in Victoria, Australia. The joined up service delivery (J group, n = 222) participants were offered intensive client-centred case management, involving direct provision of a range of services as well as the brokering of additional services. The standard services (S group, n = 174) participants remained eligibl…
Narrating complex identities: Contemporary women and craft
Reciprocity and cultural diversity: Creating Successful Field Education Placements
Challenges to Employment in Newly Emerging African Communities in Australia: A Review of the Literature
Newly emerging African communities (NEAC) in Australia face challenges in accessing employment, with consequences for both the immigrant and Australian host communities. This article presents a review of the literature on challenges to employment for NEAC in Australia. It gathers together, synthesises, and analyses previously fragmented evidence that should be used to inform social policy change and social program improvement. It focuses on Afric…
Supply and demand: A study of labour market trends and the employment of new social work graduates in victoria
At a time of significant restructuring in the community services labour market, it is particularly pertinent to analyse the current labour market opportunities available to new social work graduates. In 1995, using a small RMIT-funded (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) research grant, five schools of social work in Victoria collaborated to pilot a survey of the employment paths of the previous year's social work graduates. The survey was r…
The work of caring for young children
Supply and demand: A study of labour market trends and the employment of new social work graduates in victoria
At a time of significant restructuring in the community services labour market, it is particularly pertinent to analyse the current labour market opportunities available to new social work graduates. In 1995, using a small RMIT-funded (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) research grant, five schools of social work in Victoria collaborated to pilot a survey of the employment paths of the previous year's social work graduates. The survey was r…
The work of caring for young children
Dementia Patients’ Transition to Residential Aged Care: Carers’ and Social Workers’ Experiences
Many people with dementia eventually require residential aged care, frequently preceded by a hospital admission. Family carers often find the process challenging and disempowering, as they are expected to move their family member to residential aged care quickly. This article reports on findings from a small Australian qualitative study focusing on the provision of information, support and resources, and discusses the findings in relation to pers…
Wand: An Activity Program for Women in a Rooming House
Rooming houses are often considered last resort accommodation for people affected by homelessness. However, some rooming houses aspire to provide safe, affordable, good-quality accommodation. This article reports on research into an activity program Women Achieving New Directions (WAND) in one such rooming house for women in Melbourne, Australia. Women-only homelessness programs are important because of women’s specific, gendered experiences of h…
Client-centred Case Management: How Much Makes a Difference to Outcomes for Homeless Jobseekers
Case management has become the predominant model for attempting to improve outcomes for young adults experiencing both homelessness and unemployment. However, there is little evidence-based knowledge about how young adults respond to case management, and how much intervention is needed to be effective. This Australian study utilised quantitative government data to investigate the effects of the amount of case management on key outcomes. With a pu…
Improving Outcomes for Unemployed and Homeless Young People: Findings of the YP 4 Clinical Controlled Trial of Joined Up Case Management
The YP4 study was a clinical controlled trial (CCT) of joined up services for young people experiencing both homelessness and unemployment in Victoria, Australia. The joined up service delivery (J group, n = 222) participants were offered intensive client-centred case management, involving direct provision of a range of services as well as the brokering of additional services. The standard services (S group, n = 174) participants remained eligibl…
The work of caring for young children
Supply and demand: A study of labour market trends and the employment of new social work graduates in victoria
At a time of significant restructuring in the community services labour market, it is particularly pertinent to analyse the current labour market opportunities available to new social work graduates. In 1995, using a small RMIT-funded (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) research grant, five schools of social work in Victoria collaborated to pilot a survey of the employment paths of the previous year's social work graduates. The survey was r…
Challenges to Employment in Newly Emerging African Communities in Australia: A Review of the Literature
Newly emerging African communities (NEAC) in Australia face challenges in accessing employment, with consequences for both the immigrant and Australian host communities. This article presents a review of the literature on challenges to employment for NEAC in Australia. It gathers together, synthesises, and analyses previously fragmented evidence that should be used to inform social policy change and social program improvement. It focuses on Afric…
Reciprocity and cultural diversity: Creating Successful Field Education Placements
Improving Outcomes for Unemployed and Homeless Young People: Findings of the YP 4 Clinical Controlled Trial of Joined Up Case Management
The YP4 study was a clinical controlled trial (CCT) of joined up services for young people experiencing both homelessness and unemployment in Victoria, Australia. The joined up service delivery (J group, n = 222) participants were offered intensive client-centred case management, involving direct provision of a range of services as well as the brokering of additional services. The standard services (S group, n = 174) participants remained eligibl…
Narrating complex identities: Contemporary women and craft
Vulnerability and Post-Stroke Experiences of Working-Age Survivors During Recovery
Survivors who experience stroke of mild to moderate severity are typically discharged home quickly, with only minimal referral for rehabilitation follow-up or support to meet specific needs in recovery. Particular vulnerabilities of younger, higher functioning stroke survivors have received some recognition in international literature in recent years. This article reports on findings of a small Australian qualitative study focusing on recovery an…
Wand: An Activity Program for Women in a Rooming House
Rooming houses are often considered last resort accommodation for people affected by homelessness. However, some rooming houses aspire to provide safe, affordable, good-quality accommodation. This article reports on research into an activity program Women Achieving New Directions (WAND) in one such rooming house for women in Melbourne, Australia. Women-only homelessness programs are important because of women’s specific, gendered experiences of h…
Client-centred Case Management: How Much Makes a Difference to Outcomes for Homeless Jobseekers
Case management has become the predominant model for attempting to improve outcomes for young adults experiencing both homelessness and unemployment. However, there is little evidence-based knowledge about how young adults respond to case management, and how much intervention is needed to be effective. This Australian study utilised quantitative government data to investigate the effects of the amount of case management on key outcomes. With a pu…
Dementia Patients’ Transition to Residential Aged Care: Carers’ and Social Workers’ Experiences
Many people with dementia eventually require residential aged care, frequently preceded by a hospital admission. Family carers often find the process challenging and disempowering, as they are expected to move their family member to residential aged care quickly. This article reports on findings from a small Australian qualitative study focusing on the provision of information, support and resources, and discusses the findings in relation to pers…
Demystifying Power in Community Development Practice
This article seeks to understand the issue of power as the root-concept of empowerment as the main objective of community development practices.The empowerment objective requires distribution of power to powerless people or community.This could be problematic if community development practitioners already have power over communities, including a mining company.This study examines to what extent the idea of empowerment could be embraced by the min…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (4 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (4 works)