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walkerBA MCApSc DipSocS (Otago)

Associate Professor in Social Work

Contact details

Room 102, 280 Leith Walk
Tel +64 3 479 5271
Email shayne.walker@otago.ac.nz

Teaching areas

  • SOWK 111 Working with People: The New Zealand Context
  • SOWK 236 The Treaty and Social Services

Research interests

  • Māori social services development; alternative care; social service agencies.
  • Care and protection.

Publications

Paki Paki, N., King, P. T., Lewis, L., Walker, S., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Anderson, D., … Kemp, S. P. (2023). Identifying key dimensions of indigenous led child welfare services: A qualitative literature review. Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13100 Journal - Research Article

Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Koi te matapunenga maianga i te matapuuioio: See the unseen, feel the unfelt, believe in the impossible: Courageous and loving practice in a Māta Waka social service provider. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 12(1), 3-27. Journal - Research Article

Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Ka mua, ka muri: Walking backwards into the future: Partnering with mainstream child protection services as a community-based Māta Waka organisation. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 35(1), 5-20. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol35iss1id1016 Journal - Research Article

Ballantyne, N., Beddoe, L., Hay, K., Maidment, J., Walker, S., & Merriman, C. (2022). Introducing a professional capabilities framework for social work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 34(4), 61-75. Journal - Research Article

Ballantyne, N., Beddoe, L., Hay, K., Maidment, J., Walker, S., & Merriman, C. (2022). The development of a professional capabilities framework for social work in Aotearoa New Zealand [Research brief]. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 34(2), 81-89. Journal - Research Other

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