Kate Seymour
Biographic Data
| ID | 3920803 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Seymour |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Seymour |
| SIGNATURE | SEYMOUR K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4902-7776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What does home mean for young people in foster care?
Home has a cultural and personal significance extending beyond physical accommodation. However, young people’s understandings of home when living in out-of-home care have not been the subject of dedicated research. These young people may navigate multiple dwellings, unfamiliar household practices and transient relationships. Even in placement stability, they have typically experienced little say in where and with whom they live. In such contexts,…
‘None of this is homely’: The absence of home in residential care
In Residential Care, there was an absence of the experience of ‘home’ as a result of systemic limitations. • Young people with pets in residential care were provided a source of companionship, familiarity, unconditional love (intimacy) and relationship • Greater recognition is needed of the tensions in residential care as both home and workplace, with consideration for how the concept of ‘home’ might temper the presence of the workplace’s presenc…
Gendered work, gendered violence: Men and women working in Men’s Behaviour Change Programs
This article explores the differential, gendered impacts of work with perpetrators of domestic and family violence (DFV) in the context of Men’s Behaviour Change Programs (MBCPs). Drawing on qualitative data generated by interviews and focus groups with 117 Australian DFV workers, this article proposes that perpetrator intervention work is specifically and substantially gendered, demanding different things of men and women. In exploring men and w…
A Rapid Review of Wellbeing, Offending & Successful Matching in mentoring for ‘at-risk’ young people
Mentoring promotes certainty by providing predictability through structured frameworks, establishing emotional ties and support networks, and prioritising enduring, longer-term relationships. • Mentoring outcomes significantly diminished after cessation of the relationship. • Employing ‘at-risk’ to describe the young people targeted by mentoring programs not only overlooks the complexity of their lives, but it obscures this context and individual…
The obligations and opportunities of ‘friendship as method’ in youth mentoring research: Investigating the intersections with youth work epistemologies
Making, Unmaking and Remaking Home: Foster Carers' Home Practices Within Australia's Child Protection System
This paper draws from interviews with 16 foster carers to explore their efforts to make and remake a sense of home for young people in out‐of‐home care. Our findings highlight home as an important idea and a challenge for carers. Home was a deliberate achievement, created through practices that responded to each young person as an individual. Home was also often unstable, unmade through young people's responses to seemingly mundane elements of th…
National Registration for Social Workers: Getting our Act(s) Together
Aboriginal Women Sharing Their Work: Conversations Inside a Women’s Domestic and Family Violence Shelter
Using creative methods in understanding lesbian/queer women sex worker identities in South Australia
Historically, medical discourses have dominated sex work research alongside assumptions of heterosexuality. Lesbian sex workers, that is, lesbians or queer women who provide sex work services to men, remain a neglected cohort in research. This article seeks to contribute to the epistemic break that has characterised sex work research over the past decade or so in line with the shift towards better understanding sex workers' experiences and demedi…
Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations
Circling the divide: Gendered invisibility, precarity, and professional service work in a UK business school
Within UK business schools, there are large numbers of female and feminized white‐collar professional service (PS) employees in disproportionately low‐paid, low‐status roles, but surprisingly, they are largely invisible within the literature on sexism and gender inequalities in academia. This paper conceptualizes PS experiences by examining how forms of gendered invisibility affect professional staff working in the hybrid “third” space between ac…
First Contact Social Work: Responding to Domestic and Family Violence
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a pervasive social problem that social workers often encounter in practice. Responses to DFV require specialist and non-specialist services. Research suggests that first contact social workers can experience a lack of confidence, both in engaging with men who use violence and working with women and children who disclose experiencing violence. This article reports on the findings of an Australian survey (N = 1…
Workplace Violence Against Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workers: A Gendered, Settings-Based Approach
Violence against social workers and other social service practitioners is prevalent across countries and service delivery settings, often accepted as implicit in working with vulnerable clients. A corresponding scholarly focus on workplace violence, and the factors that affect it, is, however, still developing. This is particularly stark in the domestic and family violence (DFV) and sexual assault (SA) sectors. To address this gap, this article e…
Changed Men? Men Talking about Violence and Change in Domestic and Family Violence Perpetrator Intervention Programs
This article critically interrogates the ways in which men's talk about domestic and family violence (DFV) and change reproduce gender hierarchies which are themselves productive of violence. Drawing on interviews with men who have completed a perpetrator program and building on the work of Hearn (1998), we show that these men's conceptualizations of change both reflect and contribute to the discursive construction of masculinity, responsibility,…
Which Models of Supervision Help Retain Staff? Findings From Australia’s Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workforces
The contribution professional supervision makes to quality services, staff satisfaction, and retention is well recognised across social work and human service settings. Yet frequent supervision is difficult to provide where organisational resources are limited and urgent client-related tasks must take priority. In these contexts, group-based supervision may offer an alternative to traditional individual approaches, yet its impacts have been infre…
Women’s Perceptions of Safety After Domestic Violence: Exploring Experiences of a Safety Contact Program
This article explores women’s experiences of the women’s safety services associated with a South Australian integrated program for male perpetrators of domestic and family violence. As small scale and exploratory, the study aimed to understand impact of such services on women’s perceptions of safety. Interviews were conducted by telephone, using a semi-structured format, with 14 women whose partners or ex-partners had been referred to a perpetrat…
Strengthening the Domestic and Family Violence Workforce: Key Questions
The significant impact of domestic and family violence in Australia calls for a workforce that is both highly skilled and capable of meeting the demands of complex and challenging jobs. Yet despite the increasingly national visibility of domestic violence, the workers—and work itself—have largely remained invisible. We argue for a shift in conversation, highlighting the need for a workforce approach that is not only strategic but that also applie…
Respect for each gender”: Gender, equity and backlash in Australia's male health policy
Australia is one of the few countries which has specific health policies for boys/men and girls/women as distinct groups. In this article I present an analysis of the discourses of gender, equity and disadvantage drawn upon in Australia's men's health policy. Through comparison with the women's health policy, I show that a dual focus on the essential differences between men and women and the ways in which the health system has failed men contribu…
(In)Visibility and recognition: Australian policy responses to ‘domestic violence
This article explores representations of gender and violence in Australia’s National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children. The Plan’s neglect of violence in the context of LGB relationships is discussed as indicative of the Plan’s implicit heteronormativity and its uncritical reliance on dominant discourses of gender and violence. In its failure to engage with the diverse complexities of gender and violence, I argue that the Plan pe…
Feminist Practice: Who I am or What I do
This article delves into a relatively neglected aspect of feminist, or anti-oppressive practice, namely that of practitioners’ experiences of this work, and specifically, their personal and professional identifications with feminism. It explores the question: is feminism, in the context of feminist practice, something one does, a professional “persona” adopted at particular times and for particular purposes at work, or something one is, transcend…
Women, Gendered Work and Gendered Violence: So Much More than a Job
This article explores the experiences of individuals who work with men who are violent, focusing in particular on the differential gendered impacts of this area of practice. Violence intervention is widely recognized as work that is difficult, demanding and, frequently, confronting. It is less often recognized that such work is not only experienced differently by men and women, but significantly, that it may weigh more heavily, with impacts that …
Imprisoning masculinity
(In)Visibility and recognition: Australian policy responses to ‘domestic violence
This article explores representations of gender and violence in Australia’s National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children. The Plan’s neglect of violence in the context of LGB relationships is discussed as indicative of the Plan’s implicit heteronormativity and its uncritical reliance on dominant discourses of gender and violence. In its failure to engage with the diverse complexities of gender and violence, I argue that the Plan pe…
Strengthening the Domestic and Family Violence Workforce: Key Questions
The significant impact of domestic and family violence in Australia calls for a workforce that is both highly skilled and capable of meeting the demands of complex and challenging jobs. Yet despite the increasingly national visibility of domestic violence, the workers—and work itself—have largely remained invisible. We argue for a shift in conversation, highlighting the need for a workforce approach that is not only strategic but that also applie…
Women, Gendered Work and Gendered Violence: So Much More than a Job
This article explores the experiences of individuals who work with men who are violent, focusing in particular on the differential gendered impacts of this area of practice. Violence intervention is widely recognized as work that is difficult, demanding and, frequently, confronting. It is less often recognized that such work is not only experienced differently by men and women, but significantly, that it may weigh more heavily, with impacts that …
Circling the divide: Gendered invisibility, precarity, and professional service work in a UK business school
Within UK business schools, there are large numbers of female and feminized white‐collar professional service (PS) employees in disproportionately low‐paid, low‐status roles, but surprisingly, they are largely invisible within the literature on sexism and gender inequalities in academia. This paper conceptualizes PS experiences by examining how forms of gendered invisibility affect professional staff working in the hybrid “third” space between ac…
First Contact Social Work: Responding to Domestic and Family Violence
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a pervasive social problem that social workers often encounter in practice. Responses to DFV require specialist and non-specialist services. Research suggests that first contact social workers can experience a lack of confidence, both in engaging with men who use violence and working with women and children who disclose experiencing violence. This article reports on the findings of an Australian survey (N = 1…
Changed Men? Men Talking about Violence and Change in Domestic and Family Violence Perpetrator Intervention Programs
This article critically interrogates the ways in which men's talk about domestic and family violence (DFV) and change reproduce gender hierarchies which are themselves productive of violence. Drawing on interviews with men who have completed a perpetrator program and building on the work of Hearn (1998), we show that these men's conceptualizations of change both reflect and contribute to the discursive construction of masculinity, responsibility,…
Imprisoning masculinity
Women’s Perceptions of Safety After Domestic Violence: Exploring Experiences of a Safety Contact Program
This article explores women’s experiences of the women’s safety services associated with a South Australian integrated program for male perpetrators of domestic and family violence. As small scale and exploratory, the study aimed to understand impact of such services on women’s perceptions of safety. Interviews were conducted by telephone, using a semi-structured format, with 14 women whose partners or ex-partners had been referred to a perpetrat…
Which Models of Supervision Help Retain Staff? Findings From Australia’s Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workforces
The contribution professional supervision makes to quality services, staff satisfaction, and retention is well recognised across social work and human service settings. Yet frequent supervision is difficult to provide where organisational resources are limited and urgent client-related tasks must take priority. In these contexts, group-based supervision may offer an alternative to traditional individual approaches, yet its impacts have been infre…
Feminist Practice: Who I am or What I do
This article delves into a relatively neglected aspect of feminist, or anti-oppressive practice, namely that of practitioners’ experiences of this work, and specifically, their personal and professional identifications with feminism. It explores the question: is feminism, in the context of feminist practice, something one does, a professional “persona” adopted at particular times and for particular purposes at work, or something one is, transcend…
Workplace Violence Against Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workers: A Gendered, Settings-Based Approach
Violence against social workers and other social service practitioners is prevalent across countries and service delivery settings, often accepted as implicit in working with vulnerable clients. A corresponding scholarly focus on workplace violence, and the factors that affect it, is, however, still developing. This is particularly stark in the domestic and family violence (DFV) and sexual assault (SA) sectors. To address this gap, this article e…
Imprisoning masculinity
Women, Gendered Work and Gendered Violence: So Much More than a Job
This article explores the experiences of individuals who work with men who are violent, focusing in particular on the differential gendered impacts of this area of practice. Violence intervention is widely recognized as work that is difficult, demanding and, frequently, confronting. It is less often recognized that such work is not only experienced differently by men and women, but significantly, that it may weigh more heavily, with impacts that …
Feminist Practice: Who I am or What I do
This article delves into a relatively neglected aspect of feminist, or anti-oppressive practice, namely that of practitioners’ experiences of this work, and specifically, their personal and professional identifications with feminism. It explores the question: is feminism, in the context of feminist practice, something one does, a professional “persona” adopted at particular times and for particular purposes at work, or something one is, transcend…
(In)Visibility and recognition: Australian policy responses to ‘domestic violence
This article explores representations of gender and violence in Australia’s National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children. The Plan’s neglect of violence in the context of LGB relationships is discussed as indicative of the Plan’s implicit heteronormativity and its uncritical reliance on dominant discourses of gender and violence. In its failure to engage with the diverse complexities of gender and violence, I argue that the Plan pe…
Respect for each gender”: Gender, equity and backlash in Australia's male health policy
Australia is one of the few countries which has specific health policies for boys/men and girls/women as distinct groups. In this article I present an analysis of the discourses of gender, equity and disadvantage drawn upon in Australia's men's health policy. Through comparison with the women's health policy, I show that a dual focus on the essential differences between men and women and the ways in which the health system has failed men contribu…
Women’s Perceptions of Safety After Domestic Violence: Exploring Experiences of a Safety Contact Program
This article explores women’s experiences of the women’s safety services associated with a South Australian integrated program for male perpetrators of domestic and family violence. As small scale and exploratory, the study aimed to understand impact of such services on women’s perceptions of safety. Interviews were conducted by telephone, using a semi-structured format, with 14 women whose partners or ex-partners had been referred to a perpetrat…
Strengthening the Domestic and Family Violence Workforce: Key Questions
The significant impact of domestic and family violence in Australia calls for a workforce that is both highly skilled and capable of meeting the demands of complex and challenging jobs. Yet despite the increasingly national visibility of domestic violence, the workers—and work itself—have largely remained invisible. We argue for a shift in conversation, highlighting the need for a workforce approach that is not only strategic but that also applie…
Which Models of Supervision Help Retain Staff? Findings From Australia’s Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workforces
The contribution professional supervision makes to quality services, staff satisfaction, and retention is well recognised across social work and human service settings. Yet frequent supervision is difficult to provide where organisational resources are limited and urgent client-related tasks must take priority. In these contexts, group-based supervision may offer an alternative to traditional individual approaches, yet its impacts have been infre…
First Contact Social Work: Responding to Domestic and Family Violence
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a pervasive social problem that social workers often encounter in practice. Responses to DFV require specialist and non-specialist services. Research suggests that first contact social workers can experience a lack of confidence, both in engaging with men who use violence and working with women and children who disclose experiencing violence. This article reports on the findings of an Australian survey (N = 1…
Workplace Violence Against Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workers: A Gendered, Settings-Based Approach
Violence against social workers and other social service practitioners is prevalent across countries and service delivery settings, often accepted as implicit in working with vulnerable clients. A corresponding scholarly focus on workplace violence, and the factors that affect it, is, however, still developing. This is particularly stark in the domestic and family violence (DFV) and sexual assault (SA) sectors. To address this gap, this article e…
Changed Men? Men Talking about Violence and Change in Domestic and Family Violence Perpetrator Intervention Programs
This article critically interrogates the ways in which men's talk about domestic and family violence (DFV) and change reproduce gender hierarchies which are themselves productive of violence. Drawing on interviews with men who have completed a perpetrator program and building on the work of Hearn (1998), we show that these men's conceptualizations of change both reflect and contribute to the discursive construction of masculinity, responsibility,…
Circling the divide: Gendered invisibility, precarity, and professional service work in a UK business school
Within UK business schools, there are large numbers of female and feminized white‐collar professional service (PS) employees in disproportionately low‐paid, low‐status roles, but surprisingly, they are largely invisible within the literature on sexism and gender inequalities in academia. This paper conceptualizes PS experiences by examining how forms of gendered invisibility affect professional staff working in the hybrid “third” space between ac…
Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations
Gendered work, gendered violence: Men and women working in Men’s Behaviour Change Programs
This article explores the differential, gendered impacts of work with perpetrators of domestic and family violence (DFV) in the context of Men’s Behaviour Change Programs (MBCPs). Drawing on qualitative data generated by interviews and focus groups with 117 Australian DFV workers, this article proposes that perpetrator intervention work is specifically and substantially gendered, demanding different things of men and women. In exploring men and w…
A Rapid Review of Wellbeing, Offending & Successful Matching in mentoring for ‘at-risk’ young people
Mentoring promotes certainty by providing predictability through structured frameworks, establishing emotional ties and support networks, and prioritising enduring, longer-term relationships. • Mentoring outcomes significantly diminished after cessation of the relationship. • Employing ‘at-risk’ to describe the young people targeted by mentoring programs not only overlooks the complexity of their lives, but it obscures this context and individual…
The obligations and opportunities of ‘friendship as method’ in youth mentoring research: Investigating the intersections with youth work epistemologies
Making, Unmaking and Remaking Home: Foster Carers' Home Practices Within Australia's Child Protection System
This paper draws from interviews with 16 foster carers to explore their efforts to make and remake a sense of home for young people in out‐of‐home care. Our findings highlight home as an important idea and a challenge for carers. Home was a deliberate achievement, created through practices that responded to each young person as an individual. Home was also often unstable, unmade through young people's responses to seemingly mundane elements of th…
National Registration for Social Workers: Getting our Act(s) Together
Aboriginal Women Sharing Their Work: Conversations Inside a Women’s Domestic and Family Violence Shelter
Using creative methods in understanding lesbian/queer women sex worker identities in South Australia
Historically, medical discourses have dominated sex work research alongside assumptions of heterosexuality. Lesbian sex workers, that is, lesbians or queer women who provide sex work services to men, remain a neglected cohort in research. This article seeks to contribute to the epistemic break that has characterised sex work research over the past decade or so in line with the shift towards better understanding sex workers' experiences and demedi…
What does home mean for young people in foster care?
Home has a cultural and personal significance extending beyond physical accommodation. However, young people’s understandings of home when living in out-of-home care have not been the subject of dedicated research. These young people may navigate multiple dwellings, unfamiliar household practices and transient relationships. Even in placement stability, they have typically experienced little say in where and with whom they live. In such contexts,…
‘None of this is homely’: The absence of home in residential care
In Residential Care, there was an absence of the experience of ‘home’ as a result of systemic limitations. • Young people with pets in residential care were provided a source of companionship, familiarity, unconditional love (intimacy) and relationship • Greater recognition is needed of the tensions in residential care as both home and workplace, with consideration for how the concept of ‘home’ might temper the presence of the workplace’s presenc…
Sociology (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Domestic violence (8 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (8 works) · Poison control (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)