The research team
The NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) is funding and leading the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study. FACS Analysis and Research has a small team of researchers and statisticians on the study:
- Merran Butler (Chief Investigator)
- Marina Paxman (Project Manager)
- Albert Zhou (Data Manager)
- Dr Robert Wells
- Dr Courtney Breen
- Dr Nafisa Asif
- Sharon Burke
- Henry Durant
- Toula Kypreos.
The study working group
A team of experts are contracted to provide advice on the study design, data collection, data management and undertake longitudinal analysis:
- Professor Judy Cashmore, Law School University of Sydney
- Professor Paul Delfabbro, School of Psychology University of Adelaide
- Professor Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre University of NSW
- Dr Paul Gray, Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat (AbSec)
- Dr Johanna Watson, Research Consultant
- Dr Fred Wulczyn, from the Chapin Hall Centre for Children at the University of Chicago
- Sax Institute, provide data management services and secure storage of the POCLS data in the Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE)
- Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) provided advice on design and data management in the establishment phase
- I-view, an independent social research data collection agency conduct all the face-to-face interviews and on-line surveys
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The advisory group
External agencies in the POCLS Advisory Group include:
- NSW Health
- NSW Department of Education
- NSW Department of Justice
- CREATE Foundation
- Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat
- Connecting Carers NSW
- Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies
- Office of the Children’s Guardian
- NSW Ombudsman
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The support agencies
Participants in the study also receive support from:
If you are part of this Study, please let the researchers at FACS or I-view know if you change your address or phone number so we can keep in contact with you.
Contact us
FACS Insights, Analysis and Research who are leading the study:
Phone: 1800-997-960
Email: Pathways@facs.nsw.gov.au
I-view who are conducting the interviews:
Web page: www.iview.com.au
Phone: 1800-105-088