Margaret Kertesz

Identifying the Patterns of Family Contact for Children in Care

Margaret Kertesz, Cathy Humphreys, Tatiana Corrales

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australian Social Work

Contact between children in care and family members is complex and often emotionally difficult for all concerned. In the context o..

'It's good because my sister is young, and she knows what's going on': Children's views about their young kinship carers

Meredith Kiraly, Margaret Kertesz

Journal article  |  2021  |  Child & Family Social Work

Much literature about kinship care has focused on the issues facing grandparent carers. An Australian research project explored th..

Domestic violence and the impact on children

Margaret Kertesz, Larissa Fogden, Cathy Humphreys

Book Chapter  |  2021

This book makes an important contribution to the international understanding of domestic violence and shares the latest knowledge ..

Interventions for women who use force in a family context: an Australian Practice Framework

Margaret Kertesz, Cathy Humphreys, Lisa Young Larance

Report  |  2021

This Practice Framework isdesigned as a brief guide for practitioners and program designers to the principles and intervention sty..

Unrecognized: Kinship care by young aunts, siblings and other young people

Meredith Kiraly, Cathy Humphreys, Margaret Kertesz

Journal article  |  2020  |  Child & Family Social Work

Much literature about kinship care has focused on grandparents, with limited attention to other kinship carers. This article descr..

Safe & Together Addressing ComplexitY for Children (STACY for Children)

Margaret Kertesz, Cathy Humphreys, Jasmin Isobe, Arno Parolini, Susan Heward-Belle, Menka Tsantefski, Wei TAN, Anna Bornemisza

Report  |  2020

Evaluation of SHIFT: Report October 2020

Margaret Kertesz, Jasmin Isobe, Cathy Humphreys

Report  |  2020

Women who use force: Final Report. Volume 1 – Executive Summary, Positive Shift Program, Evaluation of Positive Shift, and Practice Framework.

Margaret Kertesz, Cathy Humphreys, Georgia Ovenden, Anneliese Spiteri-Staines

Report  |  2020

This is the final report (3 volumes) of a research program that has developed the Australian knowledge base about women who use fo..

Shifting practice in domestic violence: Child protection workers partnering with mothers

C Humphreys, M Kertesz, L Healey, D Mandel

Book Chapter  |  2019

This book presents new interdisciplinary and intersectional research about women as mothers, highlighting that alternative account..

Working with women who use force: a feasibility study protocol of the Positive ( ) SHIFT group work programme in Australia

Margaret Kertesz, Cathy Humphreys, Lisa Young Larance, Dave Vicary, Anneliese Spiteri-Staines, Georgia Ovenden

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: This study assesses the feasibility of the Positive Shift (+SHIFT) programme in the context of legal responses and s..