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Biography

Professor Lynne McPherson is the Chair, Out of Home Care Research and Deputy Director Centre for Children and Young People, Faculty of Health ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½. Lynne's program of research has focussed on out of home care: foster care / kinship care /residential care, drawing on participatory methodology. Lynne is interested in looking beyond ‘care’ to ameliorating the impact of adversity- therapeutic models of care. A range of projects over last 10 years-reflect that interest, including her current ARC Linkage Grant 2022-2024 Strengthening Connections and Relationships in Therapeutic Residential Care )

Lynne's work contributes to the following

Prior to becoming an academic, Lynne spent more than 25 years as a senior social work manager and practice leader in child protection and the wider child, youth and family sector. She has undertaken roles as a practitioner, manager, training consultant and senior policy advisor. Lynne became a social work academic just over 15 years ago, initially based in Melbourne at La Trobe University. Lynne joined the School of Arts and Social Sciences at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ in 2016 as an academic who is engaged in teaching and research.