The University of Western Australia

Asst/Prof Katrina Stratton

Assistant Professor
Social Work and Social Policy

Contact details

Address

Social Work and Social Policy
The University of Western Australia (M431)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2994

Fax

6488 1070

Email

katrina.stratton@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room 2.23, Social Sciences Building, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BSW PhD W.Aust.

Biography

Katrina Stratton is a social worker, committed to the social work values of social justice and human dignity and worth. Katrina has had social work experience as practitioner, researcher, consultant and educator. In particular, Katrina has an extensive practice and research history with vulnerable children and families. Katrina holds particular expertise in designing and implementing evaluations of practice-based programmes examining outcomes for children, families and organisations. As an educator Katrina has experience in multiple teaching streams in social work, with a teaching and research interest in Field Education, endeavouring to practice in a way that engages all stakeholders to the Field Education process.

Key research

Mental Health Well Being for Students on Placement

Evaluation of practice based outcomes for users of human services in Western Australia

Use of self in social work practice

Publications

Sole author, Refereed Journals
Textual stories of the art and science of social work: an analysis of texts used in the introductory year to Australian Social Work courses, Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education , 2007, 9(1), pp.82-97.

Before and After Science: Admissions Processes to Australian Universities, Australian Social Work, 2000, 53(3), pp.29-35

First Author, Refereed Journals
A Writers’ Circle: Spiralling into Print, Families in Society, published online January 2009, with Karen Upton-Davis and Carolyn Johnson

Hospital-based interventions at and following miscarriage: Literature to inform a research-practice initiative. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2008, 48(1), pp.5-11, with Libby Lloyd

Giving Parents a Voice: Changes to the Child Disability Allowance, Australian Social Work, 2000, 53(2), pp.5-11, with Joanna Delaney

Professional Publications
Stories of Connection and Community: A history of a partnership between Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Curtin University of Technology, with Victoria Cooke, Nola Kunnen, and Jennifer Utting, distributed with and for the Brownlie Towers community

So, You're a Teenager and a Parent; booklet for parenting adolescents, with Bonita Travers and Tracey Negus

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Katrina Stratton is the Coordinator of Field Education, Discipline of Social Work and Social Policy, School of Population Health. She has held this position since 2010.

Funding received

Diversity Initiatives Fund Grant, 2010/2011, with Drs Susan Young and Susan Bailey

Diversity Initiatives Fund Grant, 2011/2012, with Dr. Susan Bailey

Department for Child Protection, 2010, Evaluation of Mobile Youth Services

Department for Child Protection, 2008, Evaluation and Development of Organisational Standards for the Foster Carer's Association

Department for Child Protection, 2007, Evaluation of Therapeutic Foster Care in Western Australia

Memberships

Chair, Social Worker of the Year Organising Committee

Field Education Sub-Committee, Education Committee, Australian Association of Social Workers

Interschool Field Education Practice Group, Australian Association of Social Workers, WA Branch

Previous positions

Katrina has previously held social work positions at the Department for Child Protection, Fremantle Hospital, King Edward Memorial Hospital and at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children where she was the Coordinator of the Adolescent Diabetes Service. Katrina has worked as a social work educator at Curtin University as well as the University of Western Australia, since 2001.

Teaching

Field Education
Graduate Certificate in Child Protection
Mental Health Well Being

Current projects

A Place for ME: Mental Health Well Being for students on placement at UWA. With Dr Susan Bailey.

Research profile

Research profile and publications