Dr Sue Moore ~ Lecturer, Social Work

Sue Moore is a social work practitioner, educator, researcher, and human services leader.  She has worked across State, Territory, and Australian Government Departments with a specific focus on children, families, and communities with a specific professional focus on regional and remote populations.

Sue's professional experience has been scaffolded by an ongoing commitment to postgraduate studies, bringing a unique blend of a contemporary, evidence-informed approach to practice and leadership. 

With a strong commitment to social justice through critical thinking and innovative service design, Sue's approach to complex social challenges examines the strengths of individuals, families, and community networks in conjunction with formal service systems, legislation, and policy to redefine problems and their solutions. 

Through her current role as Social Worker Lecture at JCU, Sue is committed to establishing and supporting pathways through education and research to ensure social work and human services graduates contribute to transformative, innovative, and generational social change.  

Teaching

• WS1006: Foundations of Social Work (Level 1; TSV)
• WS1008: Social Policy and Social Work (Level 1; TSV)
• WS2513: Community Work (Level 2; TSV)
• WS5611: Professional Development for Social Work Practice (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Counselling child and adult survivors of sexual assault
• Human Services worker professional supervision

Research

• Child sexual abuse prevention, intervention and recovery
• Community capacity building for addressing complex social challenges
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community - led solutions
• The role of family and social networks in mental health care

Teaching

• Social Work skills development within BSW and MSW (PQ)
• Community Work

Experience

• 2020 to 2023 - Honarary Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research (Darwin, NT)
• 2020 to 2022 - Director, Child Safety, Northern Territory Government (Darwin, NT)
• 2013 to 2020 - Snr Lecturer, Social Work, Charles Darwin University (Darwin, NT)
• 2011 to 2012 - Executive Director, Care and Protection Policy and Program Development, Northern Territory Government (Darwin, NT)
• 2006 to 2011 - Snr Social Worker, A/Business Manager, Social Work, Australian Government, Centrelink (Darwin, NT)
• 2000 to 2006 - Counsellor, Coordinator and Manager Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Northern Territory Government (Darwin, NT)
• 1996 to 2000 - Family Court Counsellor, Family Court of Australia (Darwin, NT)
• 1993 to 1996 - Social Worker, Community Development, Australian Defence Force Family Liaison Service (Darwin, NT)
• 1989 to 1993 - Snr Social Worker, Child Protection and Out of Home Care, Western Australian Government (Karratha/West Pilbara, WA)
• 1986 to 1989 - District Officer, Child Protection, NSW Government (Sydney, NSW)

Research Disciplines

• Social work (4409)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing (4504)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services (2101)

Fellowships

• 2020 - Fellowship UK Higher Education Academy
• 2020 to 2023 - Honorary Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research

Other

• 2015 to 2022 - Scholarship Part time PhD Candidature, Charles Sturt University

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Journal Articles

• Moore S, Condon J, He V, Stothers K, Williams T and Guthridge S (2022) The extent of violence inflicted on adolescent Aboriginal girls in the Northern Territory. BMC Public Health, 22.

Other research outputs

• Moore S (2021) Embracing the Knot: The Importance of Personal Risk-Taking Within Intercultural Research in Aboriginal Australia. In: Researchers at Risk: Precarity, Jeopardy and Uncertainty in Academia. Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 209-230