Carmela Bastian
Biographic Data
| ID | 4774079 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carmela Bastian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carmela |
| FAMILY NAME | Bastian |
| SIGNATURE | BASTIAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6982-4804 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Enabling collaboration through co-design: Insights from child protection and domestic and family violence practice
Cross-sector collaboration between statutory child protection and domestic and family violence services (DFV) is recognised as a best social work practice to improve the safety of women and children. However, there are many challenges in establishing collaborative service-delivery, particularly between statutory child protection and non-statutory specialist DFV agencies and there has been extremely limited research in this context. Addressing thi…
Shifting Child Protection Assessments From a Deficit Focus to Assessments Informed by Strengths and Protective Factors: Translating Research Knowledge to Practice
Child protection systems play a critical role in preventing and responding to child maltreatment, yet practices are often predominantly deficit focused. This paper presents a rapid literature review on the strengths, protective factors, and cultural considerations to inform child protection assessment. Searches were conducted across key databases, alongside grey literature from key Australian organisations, and consultation with Aboriginal and Co…
Thriving kinship care: Navigating the boundaries between child protection system and family life
Objective This study offers a preliminary exploration into the meaning of success in statutory kinship care, with a focus on critically analyzing the conceptualization of kinship care as a complex form of family care, extending beyond child protection service provision. Background Kinship care in Australia is increasingly considered the preferred option for children within the out‐of‐home care system. Although the capacity of kinship care to supp…
Collaboration at the intersection of domestic and family violence and child protection: Enablers and barriers
Collaboration is hindered by conflicting paradigms, crisis-driven service delivery, and lack of shared decision-making, compounded by systemic issues like high workloads and underreported DFV. • Co-located, cross-sector roles enhance collaboration between DFV services and child protection agencies by improving communication, transparency, and bridging knowledge gaps. • Developing a shared language for risk and safety assessments aligns DFV and ch…
Understanding services provided to children in DFV shelters: Exposing the ‘invisible’ work
This study examines practice responses for children who reside in the context of domestic and family violence (DFV) shelters in Australia. DFV is a recognized form of child abuse and identified as such in child protection legislations, policies, and practice guidelines. The prevalence of children who experience DFV is unknown and underestimated. DFV shelters that provide crisis accommodation and case management services were traditionally establi…
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward
Domestic and family violence experienced by women and children is a significant social issue. Children and young people's exposure to domestic and family violence is a recognised form of child abuse and neglect nationally and internationally reflected in child protection legislations and practice guidelines. There is an increasing imperative to ensure effective responses are provided to children and young people, however there are significant ser…
Passing the torch or breaking a cycle of intergenerational transmission of child labour: Reflections from the lived experiences of children
Child labour is theorized to be influenced by social and cultural norms that legitimise child labour activities. While research has documented the nature of child labour, in terms of what activities children are engaged in as well as the impact it could have on children’s development, not much is known about the pathways that lead to the normalisation of child labour. In this narrative qualitative study, we explored the pathways to normalising ch…
Collaboration Between Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence: A Case File Review
Collaboration across child protection and domestic and family violence sectors has been identified as central to responding to complexities experienced by families within these practice fields. However, there is little research that explores how collaboration happens and what outcomes are produced. This paper reports on a study that reviewed 21 case files between 2015 and 2019 to identify the indicators of collaboration when domestic and family v…
Aboriginal Cultural Safety: A Case Study of Collaborative Practice at the Intersection of Family Violence and Child Protection
There has been little research into what enables culturally safe collaboration between Aboriginal services and statutory child protection organisations, particularly when family violence is a concern. This article reports on a qualitative study that analysed working group data from practice between KWY Family Safety Services and the Department for Child Protection, South Australia, who came together to build culturally safe collaboration when wor…
Being child‐centred: Factors that facilitate professional judgement and decision‐making in child protection
This paper presents findings from a qualitative study that focused on factors that facilitate professional judgement and decision‐making that is child‐centred. Appreciative inquiry informed the methodology that enabled four focus groups ( n = 50) with child protection practitioners who worked with children and young people living out‐of‐home care. The study found that, firstly, child protection practitioners had clear conceptualizations of what c…
Building Collaboration with Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence Sectors: Trialling a Living Lab Approach
Collaboration across child protection and domestic and family violence (DFV) sectors have long been sought despite the competing priorities found in these practice fields. This article describes a research partnership that aimed to explore the competing priorities by focusing on how workers interact across child protection and DFV specialist agencies. Using a Living Lab Approach, enabled twelve focus groups with child protection and DFV social wo…
The child in child protection: Invisible and unheard
The paper presents findings from a qualitative study of four child death reviews published in Australia. The study was informed by the theoretical concept of childism. A critical social research methodology facilitated the exposure of childist dynamics in statutory child protection. The transformation of child protection practices and systems has traditionally relied on the imposition of never‐ending structural changes, policies, and procedures. …
Raising Real People: Creating a Resilient Family, Second edition
The child in child protection: Invisible and unheard
The paper presents findings from a qualitative study of four child death reviews published in Australia. The study was informed by the theoretical concept of childism. A critical social research methodology facilitated the exposure of childist dynamics in statutory child protection. The transformation of child protection practices and systems has traditionally relied on the imposition of never‐ending structural changes, policies, and procedures. …
Being child‐centred: Factors that facilitate professional judgement and decision‐making in child protection
This paper presents findings from a qualitative study that focused on factors that facilitate professional judgement and decision‐making that is child‐centred. Appreciative inquiry informed the methodology that enabled four focus groups ( n = 50) with child protection practitioners who worked with children and young people living out‐of‐home care. The study found that, firstly, child protection practitioners had clear conceptualizations of what c…
Collaboration Between Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence: A Case File Review
Collaboration across child protection and domestic and family violence sectors has been identified as central to responding to complexities experienced by families within these practice fields. However, there is little research that explores how collaboration happens and what outcomes are produced. This paper reports on a study that reviewed 21 case files between 2015 and 2019 to identify the indicators of collaboration when domestic and family v…
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward
Domestic and family violence experienced by women and children is a significant social issue. Children and young people's exposure to domestic and family violence is a recognised form of child abuse and neglect nationally and internationally reflected in child protection legislations and practice guidelines. There is an increasing imperative to ensure effective responses are provided to children and young people, however there are significant ser…
Aboriginal Cultural Safety: A Case Study of Collaborative Practice at the Intersection of Family Violence and Child Protection
There has been little research into what enables culturally safe collaboration between Aboriginal services and statutory child protection organisations, particularly when family violence is a concern. This article reports on a qualitative study that analysed working group data from practice between KWY Family Safety Services and the Department for Child Protection, South Australia, who came together to build culturally safe collaboration when wor…
Building Collaboration with Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence Sectors: Trialling a Living Lab Approach
Collaboration across child protection and domestic and family violence (DFV) sectors have long been sought despite the competing priorities found in these practice fields. This article describes a research partnership that aimed to explore the competing priorities by focusing on how workers interact across child protection and DFV specialist agencies. Using a Living Lab Approach, enabled twelve focus groups with child protection and DFV social wo…
Raising Real People: Creating a Resilient Family, Second edition
The child in child protection: Invisible and unheard
The paper presents findings from a qualitative study of four child death reviews published in Australia. The study was informed by the theoretical concept of childism. A critical social research methodology facilitated the exposure of childist dynamics in statutory child protection. The transformation of child protection practices and systems has traditionally relied on the imposition of never‐ending structural changes, policies, and procedures. …
Being child‐centred: Factors that facilitate professional judgement and decision‐making in child protection
This paper presents findings from a qualitative study that focused on factors that facilitate professional judgement and decision‐making that is child‐centred. Appreciative inquiry informed the methodology that enabled four focus groups ( n = 50) with child protection practitioners who worked with children and young people living out‐of‐home care. The study found that, firstly, child protection practitioners had clear conceptualizations of what c…
Building Collaboration with Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence Sectors: Trialling a Living Lab Approach
Collaboration across child protection and domestic and family violence (DFV) sectors have long been sought despite the competing priorities found in these practice fields. This article describes a research partnership that aimed to explore the competing priorities by focusing on how workers interact across child protection and DFV specialist agencies. Using a Living Lab Approach, enabled twelve focus groups with child protection and DFV social wo…
Collaboration Between Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence: A Case File Review
Collaboration across child protection and domestic and family violence sectors has been identified as central to responding to complexities experienced by families within these practice fields. However, there is little research that explores how collaboration happens and what outcomes are produced. This paper reports on a study that reviewed 21 case files between 2015 and 2019 to identify the indicators of collaboration when domestic and family v…
Aboriginal Cultural Safety: A Case Study of Collaborative Practice at the Intersection of Family Violence and Child Protection
There has been little research into what enables culturally safe collaboration between Aboriginal services and statutory child protection organisations, particularly when family violence is a concern. This article reports on a qualitative study that analysed working group data from practice between KWY Family Safety Services and the Department for Child Protection, South Australia, who came together to build culturally safe collaboration when wor…
Passing the torch or breaking a cycle of intergenerational transmission of child labour: Reflections from the lived experiences of children
Child labour is theorized to be influenced by social and cultural norms that legitimise child labour activities. While research has documented the nature of child labour, in terms of what activities children are engaged in as well as the impact it could have on children’s development, not much is known about the pathways that lead to the normalisation of child labour. In this narrative qualitative study, we explored the pathways to normalising ch…
Understanding services provided to children in DFV shelters: Exposing the ‘invisible’ work
This study examines practice responses for children who reside in the context of domestic and family violence (DFV) shelters in Australia. DFV is a recognized form of child abuse and identified as such in child protection legislations, policies, and practice guidelines. The prevalence of children who experience DFV is unknown and underestimated. DFV shelters that provide crisis accommodation and case management services were traditionally establi…
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward
Domestic and family violence experienced by women and children is a significant social issue. Children and young people's exposure to domestic and family violence is a recognised form of child abuse and neglect nationally and internationally reflected in child protection legislations and practice guidelines. There is an increasing imperative to ensure effective responses are provided to children and young people, however there are significant ser…
Enabling collaboration through co-design: Insights from child protection and domestic and family violence practice
Cross-sector collaboration between statutory child protection and domestic and family violence services (DFV) is recognised as a best social work practice to improve the safety of women and children. However, there are many challenges in establishing collaborative service-delivery, particularly between statutory child protection and non-statutory specialist DFV agencies and there has been extremely limited research in this context. Addressing thi…
Shifting Child Protection Assessments From a Deficit Focus to Assessments Informed by Strengths and Protective Factors: Translating Research Knowledge to Practice
Child protection systems play a critical role in preventing and responding to child maltreatment, yet practices are often predominantly deficit focused. This paper presents a rapid literature review on the strengths, protective factors, and cultural considerations to inform child protection assessment. Searches were conducted across key databases, alongside grey literature from key Australian organisations, and consultation with Aboriginal and Co…
Thriving kinship care: Navigating the boundaries between child protection system and family life
Objective This study offers a preliminary exploration into the meaning of success in statutory kinship care, with a focus on critically analyzing the conceptualization of kinship care as a complex form of family care, extending beyond child protection service provision. Background Kinship care in Australia is increasingly considered the preferred option for children within the out‐of‐home care system. Although the capacity of kinship care to supp…
Collaboration at the intersection of domestic and family violence and child protection: Enablers and barriers
Collaboration is hindered by conflicting paradigms, crisis-driven service delivery, and lack of shared decision-making, compounded by systemic issues like high workloads and underreported DFV. • Co-located, cross-sector roles enhance collaboration between DFV services and child protection agencies by improving communication, transparency, and bridging knowledge gaps. • Developing a shared language for risk and safety assessments aligns DFV and ch…
Psychology (9 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (8 works) · Child protection (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Domestic violence (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)