Bianca Rizzo

Bianca Rizzo is a Lecturer in Social Work and Workplace Learning Coordinator at Charles Sturt University's School of Social Work and Arts. With over five years of teaching experience, she specializes in field education, diversity, child protection, and restorative justice principles.

• Current roles: Workplace Learning Coordinator, Lecturer in Social Work
• Practice areas: Juvenile justice, trauma-informed case management, child protection
• Key projects: Youth Justice Conferencing, Art Inclusive Project (men on parole), Inner West Boarding House Research

Her research focuses on restorative justice applications in legal systems, trauma-informed social work approaches, and vulnerable youth rehabilitation. She actively supervises social work students during field placements and contributes to curriculum development in practice-based subjects.

Professional affiliations include membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Her career spans roles in juvenile justice counseling, homeless services at Centrelink, and child protection casework for the Department of Communities and Justice.