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Dr. Prue Atkins is a Senior Lecturer and First Year Coordinator in Social Work and Social Policy at La Trobe University's School of Allied Health Human Services & Sport, with over 30 years of combined academic and practitioner experience in child and family social work. Her current role involves comprehensive curriculum development for the BSW Hons and MSW Q programs since 2019.
Her research portfolio demonstrates sustained focus on practice innovation implementation, organizational influences on social work, and family violence program design. Key thematic areas include knowledge translation mechanisms, frontline management roles, and children's experiences in institutional settings like organized sports. Her work bridges academic theory with practical application through extensive consultancy and organizational development experience.
Major funded research includes the NSW Department of Family and Community Services project on substance use outcomes for youth in out-of-home care. Her publication record shows consistent output in high-impact social work journals with particular emphasis on collaborative assessment methodologies and green social work frameworks.
- Nancy Millis Medal for outstanding PhD thesis
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK)
As an active educator, she coordinates multiple subjects across all years of the social work program and contributes to scholarship of teaching through innovative assessment designs. Her professional activities include committee memberships in the Global Implementation Society and peer review for leading journals including British Journal of Social Work.
