Neil Barber
Lecturer
BA (Com.Soc.Serv.) RMIHE, M.Child and Adol’.Welf’. CSU
Neil Barber
Bio
I graduated from Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education in 1987 and later completed my Masters degree in Child and Adolescent Welfare at CSU in 1999. I am about to commence doctoral studies through CSU in 2008. I am originally from Wagga Wagga and have worked in rural Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales in child, youth and family health and welfare roles, including direct prractice, management and policy and planning roles. I am father of 3 daughters, my dog is a labrador and my football team are the South Sydney Rabbitohs. My other interests include cooking, reading literature, music and science of space (astronomy, geography, etc).
Teaching
Under graduate degree programs;
- HCS102 Communication and Human Services
- HCS205 Child Abuse and Child Protection
- HCS304 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 (interventions)
- HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
- I also participate in the Professional Field Education Program for HCS303/402 and SWK430 Social Work Honours as a supervisor
Post graduate coursework programs;
- HCS521 Practice Leadership in Human Services
- HCS531 Leading Service Development in Human Services
- WEL420 Working in Child Protection
Research
- Rural community and social service practice and program development
- Role of men in community and social service work
- Youth experiences of personal and family violence in rural communities
- Men and effective parenting.
Research projects
- Evaluation of Rural Beginnings Early Intervention Project for Kurrajong Early Intervention Service (KEIS) 2004 – 2008 (with M.Alston & S.Mlcek)
- Growing a Community Youth Services network responding to mental health and alcohol and other drug use for Riverina Division Of General Practice and Primary Health and Community Youth Services Consortia. 2005 - 2007 (with D.Maybery)
Recent publications
Barber, N. & Mlcek, S. (2005) Using the 'nesting dolls' analogy to reconceptualise
communication for sustainability in the human services industry, in J. Searle, F. Beven and D. Roebuck, eds., Vocational Learning: Transitions, Interrelationships, Partnerships and Sustainable Futures, Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference on Post-compulsory Education and Training, Australian Academic Press, Brisbane.
Barber, N (2005) Risking optimism: practioner interpretations of strengths based practice in statutory child protection work, in Child Abuse Prevention Newsletter Vol. 13. No. 2 pp 10 -15. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies
