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Recent Examples : Suzi's
Research and Writing
These include worker training kits,
research papers,
journal articles,
organisational review/development, client
targeted resources, staff/organisational
resources, international/United Nations
submissions, government submissions and
reports, marketing and editing
for publication.
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Worker
Training Kits |
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Ethical Youth Work: A DIY Guide for Developing Your Ethical Base
(2009), Youth Affairs Council of South Australia, Adelaide. (71
pages) - A practical resource which includes a variety of
ethical development processes, case studies and exercises. It also
includes background information on ethics and youth work, ongoing debates
in the sector nationally and resources for independent learning.
Purchase through:
www.yacsa.com.au
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Working with Women
With Lived Prison Experience: A Starting Point
(2007), Sisters Inside Inc.,
South Brisbane, Qld. (190 pages)
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A
national
experiential learning resource targeted at new workers with women pre and
post imprisonment. Includes: characteristics of criminalised
women, understanding daily prison life/culture, issues for women
post-release, values and ethics, practical approaches/models and a checklist
for a new worker’s first month. Purchase through:
www.sistersinside.com.au |
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Working with People
with Disabilities: NCSS Social Service Fundamentals Program for Vocational
Staff (2003),
National Council of Social Service in conjunction with Nanyang
Polytechnic, Singapore (53 pages). A
kit designed for
new workers in the disability field. The handbook focuses on case
studies, resource materials/video reviews and values-exploration
questionnaires. |
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Research Papers/ Journal Articles |
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Rethinking Youth
Remand & Enhancing Community Safety: A Discussion Paper
(2008), Campaign
Against Inappropriate Remand (CAIR), Brisbane (58 pages). Compilation and analysis of existing research, and emerging
recommendations. Download from:
www.yanq.org.au |
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What is a Peak
Body? Summary and Analysis of Key Documents 1995 - 2005
(2006), Youth Affairs
Network of Queensland, West End, Qld. (33 pages; a 7 page abridged version
also available).
Draws on existing research and
independent thinking and analysis.
Download
from:
www.yanq.org.au |
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Conservatising
Youth Work? Dangers of Adopting a Code of Ethics
(2007), Youth Affairs Network of Queensland, West End, Qld. (43 pages).
Co-authored with Siyavash Doostkhah.
Download from:
www.yanq.org.au |
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The Future of
Volunteering in
Singapore – Ideas from Oz.
Article in
Journal On Active CommUnity, Vol 2, No 2, August 2001.
This journal is
published by NACLI (National Community Leadership Institute) for the
People’s Association, Singapore. |
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Organisational Development |
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Outcomes of a Consultancy to
identify Competencies Required in the GMH Team (2009), AIDS Council of
SA, Adelaide (63 pages). Participatory review
including development of new Job Descriptions and program structure for
Gay Men's Health. |
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Responding to the needs of
GLBTI Communities: A Report to WIO Committee of Management (2009),
Working It Out, Hobart (59 pages). A comprehensive
needs analysis which includes recommendations for organisational
improvements within existing resources, and identifies additional
resources required to meet the needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender and intersex communities in Tasmania. Download from:
workingitout.org.au |
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Client-targeted Resources |
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Human Rights IN Action: A Resource for Women in Prison (and their
advocates)
(2009), Sisters Inside, South Brisbane, Qld. (178 pages).
A comprehensive guide to women's rights in prison, and the
current policies and regulations in Queensland prisons.
Co-authored with
Debbie Kilroy, Reeanna Maloney, Kobie Mulligan and Kate Warner.
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Everything You
Need to Know About Brisbane Homeless Service Centre … If You are Homeless…
or Nearly Homeless
(2006), Micah Projects,
Brisbane (16 x A5 pages). Draft, ready-to-print
client pamphlet. |
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Understanding the
Queensland Women in Prison Report
(2006), Sisters
Inside, South Brisbane, Qld. (57pp) - Plain English
summary of Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland report, written for
women in prison. Download from:
www.sistersinside.com.au |
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Staff/Organisational Resources |
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Understanding the
Queensland Women in Prison Report: A Detailed Analysis
(2006), Sisters
Inside, South Brisbane, Qld. (77 pages).
A detailed summary of the findings of the Anti-Discrimination Commission
Queensland, targeted at interested professionals. Download
from:
www.sistersinside.com.au |
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Staff Policy &
Procedures Manual: Brisbane Homeless
Service Centre
(2006), Micah
Projects, Brisbane (Draft - 32 pages). A set of working
policies for this newly established service. |
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United Nations
Submissions |
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Draft Alternate International Rules to Address the Rights of Criminalised
and Imprisoned Women: A
joint CAEFS/SIS submission to the open-ended intergovernmental expert
group meeting established to respond to the Draft United
Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial
Measures for Women Offenders (2009),
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies & Sisters Inside
(61 pages). Includes
detailed critique of draft rules, and a full set of alternate,
human-rights driven, rules. Submitted to the meeting convened by the
Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime and hosted by the
Government of Thailand (Bangkok, November 2009) to develop supplementary
rules specific to criminalised women.
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Prisoners' Right to
Education: Submission to the UN Human Rights Council (2008), Sisters
Inside, South Brisbane, Qld. (38 pages). A
contribution to a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Education.
Includes a compilation of existing data on breaches of women and child
prisoners' right to education in Queensland and some original
participatory research with women with lived prison experience.
Download from:
www.sistersinside.com.au |
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Government Submissions & Reports |
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Rights of Women
Prisoners: Submission to the National Human Rights Consultation
(2009), Sisters Inside, South Brisbane, Qld. (93 pages). Details
recent reviews of women prisoners' rights throughout Australia, includes a
comprehensive analysis of breaches of women prisoners' human rights and
proposes legislative and policy responses to address these human rights
violations. Download
from:
www.sistersinside.com.au |
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Improving
Family Safety: Submission to the National Council to Reduce Violence
against Women and Children (2008), Sisters Inside, South Brisbane,
Qld. (28 pages). Addresses causes and effects of
family violence, and proposes social policy and service delivery responses
to these.
Download from:
www.sistersinside.com.au |
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Responding to Homelessness: Submission in Response
to the FAHCSIA Green Paper (2008), Sisters Inside, South Brisbane,
Qld. (18 pages).
Proposes policies, a model of service and wider service delivery
priorities in response to the national homelessness crisis. Download
from:
www.sistersinside.com.au |
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Sisters Inside Inc:
Submission to the Review of the Juvenile Justice Act 1992
(2007), Sisters Inside, West End, Qld. (39 pages).
A submission based on the organisation's values and existing policy positions,
and relevant research. Download from:
www.sistersinside.com.au |
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Final Report: A
Place to Call Home Pilot Project
(2007), Sisters Inside, West End, Qld. (51 pages)
Report to the Demonstration Project Fund, National Homelessness
Strategy, Commonwealth Department of Families, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs. Co-authored with Debbie Kilroy and Pam Searle. |
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Marketing |
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Black Bream
Consultancy: Information Kit
(2007), Pilawuk, Adelaide (12 pages). A marketing tool
for Pilawuk's new business. Accompanied by business card, letterhead, job/feedback/case
study formats and income and expenditure categories. |
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Women4Women
Pamphlet (2009), Women4Women, Adelaide
(8 x A5 pages). Draft,
ready-to-print pamphlet. |
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Editing for Publication |
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Department of Environment & Heritage (October 2009), Community
Consultation (Stage 2) Report - The Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth:
Managing for a Healthy Future, DEH, Adelaide.
Download from:
www.murrayfutures.sa.gov.au |
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Department of Environment & Heritage (June 2009), Community
Consultation Report - The Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth:
Directions for a Healthy Future, DEH, Adelaide.
Download from:
www.murrayfutures.sa.gov.au |
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Kilroy,
Deb (2007), The Silent Scream of Sexual Assault: Counselling Women
in Prison with a History of Sexual Assault, chapter in
Zig Zag Young Women’s
Resource Centre (ed) Lighting the Path: Reflections on
Counselling, Young Women & Sexual Assault, Zig Zag, Brisbane.
Purchase through:
www.yanq.org.au |
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