STAFF PROFILE
Dr Chris Maylea
Position:
Senior Lecturer, Social Work
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School of GUSS
Email:
chris.maylea@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Chris is a member of the Centre for Applied Social Research. He is a lawyer, social worker, consultant and academic.
Chris lectures in social work at RMIT University in Melbourne, researching in the areas of mental health law and working with new and expectant fathers.- Doctor of Social Work
- Juris Doctor
- Master of Human Services Management and Policy
- Bachelor of Social Work (Hons 1st Class)
- Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
- Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management
By appointment
Chris is a qualified lawyer and provides pro bono legal services through the Mental Health Legal Centre. In the past he has managed community mental health and injury management services, and worked extensively in youth homelessness.
Mental health law, Mental health social work, Coercive social work, Involuntary mental health treatment, Social work with fathers, Program management and evaluation, Mental health management, Critical social work
- Maylea, C. (2021). The end of social work In: British Journal of Social Work, 51, 772 - 789
- Maylea, C.,Alvarez-Vasquez, S.,Bashfield, L.,Dale M, et al, . (2021). Evaluation of Integrated Chronic Care Pilot Midterm Report In: EquallyWell Australia
- Katterl, S.,Maylea, C. (2021). Keeping human rights in mind: embedding the Victorian Charter of Human Rights into the public mental health system In: Australian Journal of Human Rights, , 1 - 20
- Papadopoulos, A.,Maylea, C. (2020). Medicare Funded Mental Health Social Work: Better Access to What? In: Australian Social Work, 73, 137 - 148
- Maylea, C.,Roberts, R.,Craik, C. (2020). The Role of Social Workers in Improving the Physical Health of People Who Use Mental Health Services In: Australian Social Work, 73, 490 - 498
- Maylea, C. (2020). Social Work and the Law, Red Globe Press, United Kingdom
- Watson, J.,Maylea, C.,Roberts, R.,Hill, N.,McCallum, S. (2020). Preventing gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units In: Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety Limited (ANROWS) Orange, Australia
- Maylea, C.,Makregiorgos, H.,Martin, J.,Alvarez-Vasquez, S.,Dale, M.,Hill, N.,Johnson, B.,Thomas, S.,Weller, P. (2020). Independent Mental Health Advocacy: A Model of Social Work Advocacy? In: Australian Social Work, 73, 334 - 346
- Maylea, C.,Thomas, S.,Bashfield, L.,Kuyini, B.,Costello, S.,Singh, M. (2020). Midterm Evaluation of Independent Family Advocacy and Support (IFAS) pilot In: Victoria Legal Aid Melbourne
- Roberts, R.,Maylea, C. (2019). Is rural mental health workforce a policy imperative? In: Australian Journal of Rural Health, 27, 454 - 458
1 PhD Current Supervisions
- Equally Well Healthtalk: Physical Health Among People with Lived Experience of Mental Illness online resource.. Funded by: National Mental Health Commission from (2020 to 2022)
- Evaluation of the Integrated Chronic Care Programs in North West Melbourne. Funded by: Neami - Contract from (2020 to 2021)
- Preventing gender-based violence in inpatient mental health units. Funded by: 098-ANROWS Research Priorities Open Grants 2017-2019 from (2017 to 2019)
- Ian Potter Travel Grant - to attend the XXXVth International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Funded by: Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant 2017 Round 1 from (2017 to 2017)