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MsRebekah Omond

Lecturer, Social Work

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development

  • Lecturer, Social Work
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development
  • +61 3 522 73405 (Work)
  • Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria 3220

BIO

I am a Social Worker lecturer and PhD student specialising in neurodiversity (I am neurodivergent). My PhD is exploring the experiences of neurodivergent social workers. 

 

I have 15 years experience working first in child protection and then forced migration, specifically with people seeking asylum in Australia. I have also practiced in the child protection sector in the United Kingdom and in international development in Cambodia. 

I work in collaboration with other researchers at Deakin and am keen to broaden my research experience both in neurodivergence and forced migration.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Lecturer, Social Work
    Deakin University, School of Health and Social Development

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Member
    Deakin University, Institute for Health Transformation, Geelong, Australia2024 - present

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Social Work
    UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia2001 - 2005
  • Master in Development Studies
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia2010 - 2010
  • Honours in Criminology
    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia2018 - 2018
  • PhD, Social Work
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia2023 - present
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning and Teaching)
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia2024 - present

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Social work
  • Public health
  • People with disability

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Health and Social Development