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Dr

Margaret Kertesz

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Social Work
family support
Intersection between DFV and Child Protection
out of home care
program evaluation
Child Protection
whole of family approaches
social work
social sciences
out-of-home care
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Dr

Margaret Kertesz

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Domestic and Family Violence
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Projects

Displaying the 7 most recent projects by Margaret Kertesz.

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Women who use force agency collaborative agreement - extension

2019 - 2021
Active
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SAFE AND TOGETHER ADDRESSING COMPLEXITY FOCUSING ON CHILDREN

2019 - 2020
Active
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Women who use force agency collaborative agreement

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Women who use force subcontract with Curtin Univ.

2018 - 2019
Completed
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CMIM Evaluation

2018 - 2019
Completed
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Women who use force agency collaborative agreement

2018 - 2019
Completed
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2018-2180 PERPETRATOR PACKAGE - FEMALE PERPETRATORS

2018 - 2019
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

6

Research Contracts

1

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Margaret Kertesz.

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

Cathy Humphreys, Margaret Kertesz, Lucy Healey, David Mandel

Book Chapter  |  2019

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

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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

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Independent Evaluation of SHIFT at Tarrengower Prison.

Margaret Kertesz, Georgia Ovenden

Report  |  2019

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Children and Mothers in Mind Independent Evaluation 2018-19 Participant and Facilitator Feedback: Final Report

Margaret Kertesz, Ashrita Ramamurthy, Larissa Fogden, Cathy Humphreys

Report  |  2019

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Tilting our Practice: A Theoretical Model for Family Violence.

Margaret Kertesz, Cathy Humphreys, Marie Connolly

Report  |  2018

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Mothers in Mind: Independent Evaluation 2016-17

larissa Fogden, Margaret Kertesz, Cathy Humphreys

Report  |  2018

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Who Makes Decisions for Vulnerable Young People? Shifting Sands and Murky Waters

Margaret Kertesz, Merle Spriggs, Cathy Humphreys

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL WORK

This paper discusses the existing guidance in Australian legislative and regulatory frameworks to inform the process of young peop..

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Interventions to improve supervised contact visits between children in out of home care and their parents: a systematic review

Tracey Bullen, Stephanie Taplin, Morag McArthur, Cathy Humphreys, Margaret Kertesz

Journal article  |  2017  |  Child & Family Social Work

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KContact, an enhanced intervention for contact between children in out-of-home care and their parents: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Stephanie Taplin, Tracey Bullen, Morag McArthur, Cathy Humphreys, Margaret Kertesz, Timothy Dobbins

Journal article  |  2015  |  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

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Making Records Meaningful: Creating an Identity Resource for Young People in Care

Cathy Humphreys, Margaret Kertesz

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australian Social Work

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Social Work
Community Service (excl. Work)
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Health and Support Services
Historical Studies
Other Medical and Health Sciences
Understanding Past Societies
Expanding Knowledge

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

Team Member

University of Melbourne MDHS Award for Excellence in Team-based Research Programs
2010

for project: Who am I? Making Records Meaningful: research to support archiving and record keeping in Victorian out-of-home care

University of Melbourne Engagement Excellence Award
1987

Australian Postgraduate Award

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Social Work

Member

Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)

Member

Australian Association of Social Workers

Education

Bachelor of Social Work

Monash University

Doctorate in History

University of Sussex

Master of Arts (History)

University of Sussex

Bachelor of Arts (History & German)

Monash University

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