With over 14 years’ experience working with communities and individuals all over Australia, Shelley has worked with and alongside people who strive for justice and equity in all its forms.
She is passionate about grassroots, strength based activation and applying creativity to find solutions for some of the world’s trickiest challenges.
She has been a Teaching Focused Academic at VU since 2017 and has taught and designed unit content across year levels from second to final year within the Bachelor of Social Work program. She currently balances her teaching role while also managing the Working Together with Men project which is a sector initiate to prevent violence against women for HealthWest Partnership.
Shelley is an innovative project and program designer, who is also known for implementing ideas that have never been done before or ideas that seem impossible.
Teaching responsibilities
Coordination
ASW2103 - Social Welfare: History and Current Context
ASW3096 - Understanding and Responding to Family Violence
Teaching
ASW2103 - Human Development in Social Context
ASW2104 – Critical Social Work Theories
ASW2202 – Social Work Theories
ASW3097 – Social Work & Trauma Informed Care
ASW3101 – Skills for Social Work Direct Practice
ASW2103 - Social Welfare: History and Current Context
ASW3096 – Understanding and Responding to Family Violence
Publications
Other publications
Hewson, S. (2020) HealthWest Partnership Victoria Working Together With Men: How to Create Male Allies for Gender Equity in Your Community
Portfolios
Areas of expertise
- Family violence
- Preventing violence against women
- Working with men and transformational masculinities
- Gender equity
- Community development
- Creativity in recovery
- Arts & narrative-based approaches
- Community action research & new emerging evaluation techniques
