STAFF PROFILE
Dr Chris Maylea
Position:
Lecturer - ECDF
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
Global, Urban and Social Studies
Phone:
+61 3 9925 3951
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
- Laing, M.,Maylea, C. (2018). ''They burn brightly, but only for a short time": the role of social workers in companion animal grief and loss In: Anthrozo�s, 31, 221 - 232
- Maylea, C.,Jorgensen, A.,Matta, S.,Ogilvie, K.,Wallin, P. (2018). Consumers' experiences of mental health advance statements In: Laws, 7, 1 - 16
- Maylea, C. (2017). A rejection of involuntary treatment in mental health social work In: Ethics and Social Welfare, 11, 336 - 352
- Maylea, C.,Hirsch, A. (2017). Social workers as collaborators? The ethics of working within Australia's asylum system In: Ethics and Social Welfare, 12, 160 - 178
- Maylea, C. (2017). Minimising coerciveness in coercion: a case study of social work powers under the Victorian Mental Health Act In: Australian Social Work, 70, 465 - 476
- David, C.,Nipperess, S.,Maylea, C. (2017). Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into Transitional Arrangements for the National Disability Insurance Scheme In: Refugee Council of Australia Canberra, Australia
- Maylea, C.,Hirsch, A. (2017). The right to refuse: The Victorian Mental Health Act 2014 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities In: Alternative Law Journal, 42, 149 - 155
- Roberts, R.,Maylea, C. (2017). Australian mental health workforce: State and national policy imperatives and implications for workforce development In: 18th International Mental Health Conference, Gold Coast, 21-23 August 2017
- Maylea, C.,Ryan, C. (2017). Decision-making capacity and the Victorian Mental Health Tribunal In: International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law, 24, 87 - 108
- Hirsch, A.,Maylea, C. (2016). Education denied: people seeking asylum and refugees trapped in limbo In: New Community Quarterly Journal for Social Justice, Sustainability, Community Development and Human Rights, 14, 19 - 24
1 PhD Current Supervisions
- 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)