Staff Profiles - Christine King

I am an Aboriginal woman from the Northern Territory . My mother is a Warumungu woman from the Tennant Creek area and my father was a Larrakia man from the Darwin area. I am a social worker with experience in the areas of Juvenile Justice, Child Protection, Youth Work, Project Management, Community Violence, Community Development, Counselling, Substance Misuse, Aged Care, Policy Development and Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.

I am the Chairperson of the National Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Workers Association and was a key note speaker at the recent Global Social Work Congress 2004, held in Adelaide.