STAFF PROFILE
Dr Chris Maylea
Position:
Senior Lecturer, Social Work
College / Portfolio:
Global, Urban and Social Studies
School / Department:
Social Work and Human Services
Phone:
99253951
Email:
chris.maylea@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne 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
- Papadopoulos, A.,Maylea, C. (2020). Medicare Funded Mental Health Social Work: Better Access to What? In: Australian Social Work, 73, 137 - 148
- 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
- Maylea, C.,Alvarez-Vasquez, S.,Dale, M.,Hill, N.,Johnson, B.,Martin, J.,Thomas, S.,Weller, P. (2019). Evaluation of the Independent Mental Health Advocacy Service (IMHA) In: Victoria Legal Aid Melbourne
- Weller, P.,Alvarez-Vasquez, S.,Dale, M.,Hill, N.,Johnson, B.,Martin, J.,Maylea, C.,Thomas, S. (2019). The need for independent advocacy for people subject to mental health community treatment orders In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 66, 1 - 9
- Maylea, C.,Roberts, R.,Craik, C. (2019). (In Press) The Role of Social Workers in Improving the Physical Health of People Who Use Mental Health Services In: Australian Social Work, , 1 - 10
- Maylea, C. (2019). The capacity to consent to sex in mental health inpatient units In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53, 1070 - 1079
- 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)
- 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)