Dr Fiona Oates ~ Adjunct Research Fellow

Interests

Research

• Child protection practice and systems
• Mental health of professionals who work in trauma-laden environments
• Occupational violence in human services work

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Community services (2301)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services (2101)

Awards

• 2019 - Dean’s Award for Higher Degree by Research Excellence

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Journal Articles

• Oates F and Malthouse K (2021) Working for the welfare: support and supervision needs of Indigenous Australian child protection practitioners. Social Sciences, 10 (8).
• Oates F (2020) Barriers and solutions: Australian Indigenous practitioners on addressing disproportionate representation of Indigenous Australian children known to statutory child protection. Alternative: an international journal of Indigenous peoples, 16 (3). pp. 171-179
• Oates F (2020) Racism as trauma: experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian child protection practitioners. Child Abuse and Neglect, 110 (3).
• Oates F (2019) You are not allowed to tell: organisational culture as a barrier for child protection workers seeking assistance for traumatic stress symptomology. Children Australia, 44 (2). pp. 84-90

Books

• Oates F (2022) Trauma Informed Support and Supervision for Child Protection Professionals: A Model For Those Working With Children Who Have Experienced Trauma, Abuse And Neglect And Their Families. Routledge, Abingdon, UK

Other research outputs

• Oates F (2022) Occupational Trauma Exposure in Child Protection: cause, symptomology, impact and barriers to seeking assistance. [Presented at the NSW Child Protection Legal Conference]. 26-27 May 2022, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Malthouse K and Oates F (2021) Child protection practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities. In: Aboriginal Fields of Practice. Red Globe Press, London, United Kingdom, pp. 161-182
• Oates F (2019) You are not allowed to tell: organisational culture as a barrier to child protection workers seeking assistance with traumatic stress. [Presented at the Child Aware Conference]. In: CA2019: Child Aware Conference, 16-17 May 2019, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
• Oates F (2016) Support and supervision for Indigenous child protection workers: a critical examination. [Presented at the Congress of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect]. In: ISPCAN: 21st Congress of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, 28-31 August 2016, Calgary, Canada
• Oates F (2015) Working for the welfare: exploring the lived experiences of Indigenous child protection workers. [Presented at the Australian Association of Social Workers National Symposium]. In: Australian Association of Social Workers National Symposium 2015, 27-28 November 2015, Sydney, NSW, Australia