BJ Newton is a proud Wiradjuri woman and mother to three children. BJ specialises in Indigenous research methods and child protection research and policy. Her research focuses on working in partnership with Aboriginal organisations to build evidence and support Aboriginal families interfacing with child protection systems.
BJ's current research, Bring them home, keep them home investigates the rates, outcomes and experiences of successful and sustainable restoration for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care. This is a four-year research project running from mid to mid in partnership with Aboriginal organisations in NSW.
BJ was the inaugural Associate Dean Indigenous of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, a position held from January August when she accepted the Scientia academic position which enables her to focus on her research and impact. Bring them home, keep them home: charting the experiences, successful pathways and outcomes of Aboriginal families whose children have been restored from Out-of-Home Care ARC Discovery Indigenous- Lead Chief Investigator. Exploring how parental and family characteristics influences child protection reporting and removal, and out-of-home care experiences for Aboriginal children under two years of age NSW Department of Communities and Justice- Lead Chief Investigator.
Exploring the experiences of Aboriginal girls that go missing from out-of-home care then have contact with the criminal justice system NSW Department of Communities and Justice- Chief Investigator. Selected previous grants:. Nellie Pollard-Wharton, Masters in Public Health- Co-designed Aboriginal led community solutions to prevent unintentional child injury.
Type in a search term. Back to. Follow me Follow me. Book Chapters Journal articles Newton BJ , , 'Aboriginal parents' experiences of having their children removed by statutory child protection services' , Child and Family Social Work , 25 , pp. Newton BJ , , 'Understanding child neglect in Aboriginal families and communities in the context of trauma' , Child and Family Social Work , 24 , pp.
