Dr Judith Burton
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Personal details
Keywords
Child and Family services, Prevention and intervention in child abuse and neglect, Cross cultural child welfare, Evaluation
Research field
Social Work, Sociology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Education (In-service) (Uni of South Australia)
Teaching
Teaching areas Judith teaches two units focused on services for children and families. She also provides guest lecturers in a number of units. Postgraduate supervision: Judith is also on the supervision team of a number of postgraduate student projects including a qualitative study of family communication in Saudi Arabia, an examination of placement trajectories for children and young people in care, and legal decision making regarding children's participation in family law matters.
Publications
- Hu, Y., Lonne, R. & Burton, J. (2014). Enhancing the capacity of kin caregivers and their families to meet the needs of children left behind. China Journal of Social Work, 7(2), 131–144. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74806
- Hu, Y., Lonne, R. & Burton, J. (2014). Informal kinship care in rural China: the influence of Confucianism and attachment. Families, Relationships and Societies, 3(2), 287–302. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66656
- Crane, P., Kaur, J. & Burton, J. (2014). Homelessness and leaving care: The experiences of young adults in Queensland and Victoria, and implications for practice. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74794
- Withington, T., Burton, J. & Lonne, R. (2013). Placement trajectory: Mapping the journeys of children and young people in out-of-home care. Communities, Children and Families Australia, 7(1), 21–34. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66608
- Crane, P., Burton, J. & Kaur, J. (2013). A better future for young people leaving care. Parity, 26(8), 11–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66768
- Burton, J. & van den Broek, D. (2009). Accountable and countable: Information management systems and the bureaucratization of social work. British Journal of Social Work, 39(7), 1326–1342. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/13930
- Burton, J. & Van Der Broek, D. (2006). Information Management Systems and Human Service Work. Social Change in the 21st Century 2006 Conference Proceedings, 1–14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/6079
- Burton, J., (2005). Learning from Practice Dilemmas in the Human Services: The Case of Children's Contact Centres. Social Change in the 21st Century Conference Proceedings 2005, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/3506
- Burton, J., (2003). In the Child's Best Interests: Strategies Workers Use to Make Supervised Contact with Non-Residential Parents a Positive Experience For Children. Social Change in the 21st Century 2003 Conference Refereed Proceedings, 1–11. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/116
- Petrie, A. & Burton, J. (2000). Empowerment and Entrapment: Women Workers in Home-Based and Center-Based Settings. In Landscapes In Early Childhood Education: Cross-national Perspectives On Empowerment, A Guide For The New Millenium (pp. 205–218). Peter Lang Publishing.
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Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Constructions of Children's needs in Informal Kinship Care in Rural China (2013)
- Reinvigorating the Domestic Violence Sector: Systemically addressing conflict, power and practitioner turnover (2012)
- The global division of labour and the division in global labour (2011)
- A Critical Analysis of Sperm Donation Practices: the personal and social effects of disrupting the unity of Biological and Social Relatedness for the Offspring (2009)
- The Praxis of Voluntary Service: an investigation of the logic of service in Rotary and Zonta (2008)
- The Development of a Professional Framework for Practice (2007)