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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Philip Mendes teaches Social Policy and Community Development, and is the Director of the Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit in the Department of Social Work. His key research areas include young people transitioning from out-home-care, income support including compulsory income management, social workers and policy practice, illicit drugs policy, Indigenous social policy, and Jewish community responses to institutional child sexual abuse. He is a member of the Transitions to Adulthood for Young People Leaving Public Care International Research Group, and won the 2019 Faculty of Medicine Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Impact. He is the author or editor of 12 books, and the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed academic journal articles and book chapters. His latest books include the 3rd edition of the popular textbook, Australia's Welfare Wars, published by UNSW Press in 2017, and Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State (Routledge, 2019).
Research area keywords
- social policy
- welfare state
- young people transitioning from out of home care
- community development
- income security
- Indigenous social policy
- illicit drugs policy
- social work activism
Network
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Transitioning from out of home care: A longitudinal population-based study
Chung, D., Cordier, R., Mendes, P., Thoresen, S., O'Donnell, M., Martin, R., Stratton, K. & Lund, S.
Project: Research
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Enhancing the Educational Experiences of children in out-of-home care
Berger, E., Mendes, P., Baidawi, S. & D'Souza, L.
1/07/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Accommodating transition: improving housing outcomes for young people leaving out of home care
Martin, R., Mendes, P., Ferrante, A. M., Cordier, R., Liddiard, M., Chung, D., Johnson, G. & Randall, S. M.
1/08/19 → 30/08/20
Project: Research
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Agency and autonomy: a cross-national study of compulsory income management policies
Marston, G., Mendes, P., Bielefeld, S. & Humpage, L.
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Rights in records by design
Evans, J., Bone, J., McKemmish, S., Mendes, P., Reeves, K. J. & Wilson, J. Z.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, University of Ballarat
8/05/17 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Ending Australia’s Status as a “Leaving Care Laggard”: The Case for a National Extended Care Framework to Lift the Outcomes for Young People Transitioning From Out-of-Home Care
Mendes, P., 2022, In: Australian Social Work. 75, 1, p. 122-132 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Toward a livable life: A 21st century agenda for social work
Mendes, P., Jan 2022, In: International Journal of Social Welfare. 31, 1, p. 130-131 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Review › Other › peer-review
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Beyond care: Identities, transitions and outcomes
Mendes, P. & Philp, J. P., 2021, Child protection and the protective care continuum. Fernandez, E. & Delfabbro, P. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 252-268 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Child Protection Hypothetical Case Studies for a Virtual Archive: Professional Perspectives Versus the Lived Experience and Expertise of Care Leavers in Victoria, Australia
Mendes, P., Wilson, J. Z. & Golding, F., 1 Oct 2021, In: British Journal of Social Work. 51, 7, p. 2626-2644 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Conditionalising the unemployed: Why have consecutive Australian governments refused to increase the inadequate Newstart Allowance?
Mendes, P., Mar 2021, In: Australian Journal of Social Issues. 56, 1, p. 42-53 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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National Conference of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) 2019
Rachel Standfield (Speaker), Philip Mendes (Speaker), Jacinta Walsh (Speaker) & Emily Armstrong (Speaker)
3 Sep 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference