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Dr Marilyn McHugh
Honorary Lecturer

Dr Marilyn McHugh

BSW Syd. PhD UNSW

Arts,Design & Architecture
Social Policy Research Centre

 

Marilyn McHugh gained a BSW (first class honours) from Sydney University and a PhD from UNSW. She has conducted numerous research studies, with foster and kinship carers, for state and national government departments and for non-government agencies.

Her most recent projects include:

  1.  Projected Downstream Savings to Government: Foster Care Integrated Model (2013) for Berry Street, Victoria;
  2. (with A. Pell) Foster Care Integrated Funding Model (2013); for Berry Street, Victoria
  3. An Exploratory Study of Stability in Foster & Kinship Care in NSW (2013) SPRC, UNSW; and, 
  4. (with Brennan, D., Cass, B., Flaxman, S., Hill, T., Jenkins, B., Purcal, C. & valentine, k.) Grandparents raising grandchildren: Towards recognition, respect and reward (2013) SPRC, UNSW.

Marilyn is the Patron of the Australian Foster and Kinship Carer Partnership and is a member of Reference/Working Groups related to projects on OOHC and budget standards research. She has been a keynote speaker and presenter at numerous national and international Conferences/Forums.

 
Phone
+61 2 9385 7829
E-mail
M.McHugh@unsw.edu.au
Location
201 Goodsell Building
  • Books | 2005
    Siminski P; Chalmers JJ; Mchugh MH, 2005, Foster carers in New South Wales: profiles and projections based on ABS data, 3, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, UNSW, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1035077200010786
    Books | 1999
    Mchugh MH, 1999, The costs of children: budget standards estimates and the child support scheme SPRC discussion paper no 103m, Original, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney
    Books | 1998
    Saunders PG; Chalmers JJ; Mchugh MH; Murray CL; Bittman MP; Bradbury BW, 1998, The development of indicative budget standards for Australia, Original, Department of Social Security, Canberra
  • Book Chapters | 2013
    McHugh M; Hayden P, 2013, 'Australia and New Zealand: Assessing parenting capacity in kinship care', in Inside kinship care: Understanding family dynamics and providing effective support, edn. 1st, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, United Kingdom, http://www.jkp.com/
    Book Chapters | 2013
    McHugh M; Millar J, 2013, 'Single mothers in Australia: Supporting mothers to seek work', in Single Mothers In International Context: Mothers Or Workers?, pp. 149 - 178
    Book Chapters | 2012
    McHugh MH, 2012, 'Costs and consequences for carers of vulnerable children in Australia', in Mayers D; Thomson M (ed.), The Costs of Children, edn. 1st, Edward Elgar, UK, pp. 221 - 249
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Mchugh MH, 1999, 'Indicators for different purposes: budget standards, the costs of children and the costs of foster care', in Made to measure: counting and costing in human services, edn. Original, Council of Social Services of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 11 - 24
  • Journal articles | 2015
    McHugh M, 2015, 'New South Wales intensive foster care program survey findings', Developing Practice: The Child Youth and Family Work Journal, pp. 17 - 32
    Journal articles | 2011
    McHugh MH, 2011, 'A Review of Foster Carer Allowances:Responding to Recommendation 16.9 of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection (NSW)', Children Australia, 36, pp. 18 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/jcas.36.1.18
    Journal articles | 2009
    Humphreys C; Harries M; Healy K; Lonne B; Mendes P; McHugh MH; Sheenan R, 2009, 'Shifting the child protection juggernaut to earlier intervention', Children Australia, 34, pp. 5 - 9
    Journal articles | 2007
    Mchugh MH, 2007, 'Indirect costs of fostering and their impact on carers', Communities, Children and Families Australia, 2 (1), pp. 73 - 85
    Journal articles | 2006
    Smyth C; Mchugh MH, 2006, 'Exploring the dimensions of professional fostering: carers` perceptions of their fostering role', Children Australia, 31 (1), pp. 12 - 20
    Journal articles | 2005
    Siminski P; Chalmers JJ; Mchugh MH, 2005, 'Foster carers in New South Wales: profile and projections based on ABS Census data', Children Australia, 30, pp. 17 - 24
    Journal articles | 2003
    Mchugh MH, 2003, 'A further perspective on kinship foster care', Developing Practice, 8, pp. 14 - 29
  • Reports | 2018
    Walsh P; McHugh M; Blunden H; Katz I, 2018, Literature Review: Factors Influencing the Outcomes of Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care, NSW Family and Community Services, Sydney, Report Number 6, https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/download?file=656569
    Reports | 2014
    McHugh M, 2014, Victoria's Declining FosterCare Allowances: A Comparative Analysis, SPRC, UNSW, Sydney, SPRC Report 18/2014
    Reports | 2013
    Brennan D; Cass B; Flaxman S; Hill T; Jenkins B; McHugh M; Purcal C; valentine K, 2013, Grandparents raising grandchildren: towards recognition, respect and reward, 14/2013, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/Grandparents_Raising_Garndchildren__Towards_Recognition_Respect_and_Reward.pdf
    Reports | 2013
    McHugh M, 2013, An exploratory study of risks to stability in foster and kinship care in NSW - final report, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, SPRC Report, 19/2013, https://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/SPRCFile/1_Exploratory_study_of_risks_to_stability_in_foster_and_kinship_care_in_NSW_Final_Report.pdf
    Reports | 2011
    McHugh MH; valentine K, 2011, Financial and Non-Financial Support to Formal and Informal Out of Home Carers, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, SPRC Reports, 3/11, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/File/Report3_2011.pdf
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    McHugh MH, 2011, 'Levels of Subsidies for all States & Territories and Foster Care Estimates 2000-2009', presented at Australian Kinship and Foster Care Partnership Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 27 August 2011 - 29 August 2011
    Conference Papers | 2011
    McHugh MH, 2011, 'Overview of current Australian kinship care research: Situating Victoria in the national context', in Overview of current Australian kinship care research: Situating Victoria in the national context, pp. 1 - 18
    Reports | 2011
    valentine K; Adamson E; Bromfield L; Edwards B; Hilferty F; Katz I; McHugh MH; Gray M; Mcdonald M, 2011, Keep Them Safe evaluation framework: Final report. Report for: the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet, Social Policy Research Centre and Australian Institute of Family Studies, Sydney and Melbourne, http://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/125144/Keep_Them_Safe_Evaluation_Framework_Volume_1.pdf
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    McHugh MH; Hayden P, 2010, 'Elements of a Framework of Practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statutory Kinship Care', presented at ACWA Conference, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 02 August 2010 - 04 August 2010
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    McHugh MH, 2010, 'Out-of-Home Care Policy & Practice Australia: Getting it Right for Statutory Kinship Carers’,', presented at Canadian Webinar for PART (Practice and research Together) Forum, Toronto Canada, 17 March 2010
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    Mchugh MH; Hayden P, 2010, 'Elements of a Framework of Practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statutory Kinship Care', presented at SNAICC Conference, Alice Springs, 27 July 2010 - 29 July 2010
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    Mchugh MH, 2010, 'Levels of Subsidies for all States & Territories and Foster Care Estimates 2000-2009', presented at National Foster Care Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 27 August 2010 - 29 August 2010
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Mchugh MH, 2010, 'Overview of current Australian Kinship Care Research: Situating Victoria in the national context', in Overview of current Australian Kinship Care Research: Situating Victoria in the national context, Victorian Kinship Care Forum, Monee Ponds, Melbourne, pp. 1 - 18, presented at Victorian Kinship Care Forum, Monee Ponds, Melbourne, 08 October 2010
    Reports | 2009
    Tannous KW; Hilferty F; Griffiths MJ; Mchugh MH, 2009, Brighter Futures Early Intervention Program: Interim evaluation, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, SPRC Report, 11/2009, http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/
    Conference Presentations | 2005
    Smyth C; McHugh M, 2005, 'Exploring the dimensions of professionalising fostering: Carers’ perceptions of their fostering role', presented at Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 09 February 2005 - 11 February 2005
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Smyth C; Mchugh MH, 2005, 'Exploring the dimensions of professionalising fostering: Carers’ perceptions of their fostering role', in Exploring the dimensions of professionalising fostering: Carers’ perceptions of their fostering role, 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, presented at 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 09 February 2005 - 11 February 2005
    Reports | 2004
    Mchugh MH; McNab JW; Smyth C; Chalmers JJ; Siminski P; Saunders PG, 2004, The Availability of Foster Carers, Final Report, with ? Prepared for NSW Department of Community Services, May 2004
    Reports | 2000
    Fisher KR; McHugh ; Thomson , 2000, The link between children's services and child protection (final report), 1/2000

My Teaching

HDR Supervision: Child protection, children's' services, foster care costs and kinship care. Marilyn McHugh is currently co-supervising Timothy Broady with Professor Katz.