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Assoc. Prof. Tim Moore Name: Assoc. Prof. Tim Moore
Assoc Profess/Deputy Director
Phone
+613 9230 8101
Organisational Area
Faculty of Education and Arts
Department
Institute of Child Protection Studies
Location
Melbourne
Saint Teresa of Kolkata Building(Bldg.421 - 115B Victoria Parade, Fitzroy VIC 3065)-Level 9-Room9.05
Biographical Information

Associate Professor Tim Moore is Deputy Director at the Institute of Child Protection Studies. Since commencing as a researcher at ICPS in 2005, Tim has conducted a series of research projects, predominantly with children and young people who have experienced childhood trauma or maltreatment or who brush up against the child protection and child, youth and family sectors. His research has explored issues such as homelessness, youth justice, child protection, residential care, young carers, and child sexual abuse prevention.

 
Tim is a sociologist who draws heavily from the disciplines of Sociology of Childhood and Childhood Studies and has a commitment to ethical, participatory and collaborative research with children and young people.
 
 Tim has provided advice to several inquiries and Commissions, including the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and shaped local, national and international initiatives to improve the lives of children, young people and their families.
 
CONTACT TIM via EMAIL: tim.moore@acu.edu.au
Publications

Journal articles

  1. McDougall, S., Moore, T., Cox, S., & Arney, F. (2023). Parenting aspirations of Australian young people who have experienced adversity: &ldquoI&rsquoll work on everything else before working on having a kid.&rdquo Children and Youth Services Review., 145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106715
  2. Robinson, S., Foley, K., Moore, T., Valentine, K., Burton, J., Marshall, A., O&rsquoDonnell, M., & Brebner, C. (2023). Prioritising Children and Young People with Disability in Research About Domestic and Family Violence: Methodological, Ethical and Pragmatic Reflections. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00496-9
  3. Graham, A., Canosa, A., Boyle, T., Moore, T., Taylor, N., Anderson, D., & Robinson, S. (2022). Promoting students&rsquo safety and wellbeing: ethical practice in schools. The Australian Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00567-8
  4. Moore, T., Bourke?Taylor, H. M., Greenland, N., McDougall, S., Robinson, L., Brown, T., & Bromfield, L. (2022). Young carers and educational engagement: Quantitative analysis of bursary applications in Australia. Health & Social Care in the Community., 30(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13589
  5. Robinson, S., Graham, A., Canosa, A., Moore, T., Taylor, N., & Boyle, T. (2022). Ethical Practice in Disability Services: Views of Young People and Staff. Ethics & Social Welfare., 16(4), 412&ndash431. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2022.2072519
  6. Taplin, S., Chalmers, J., Brown, J., Moore, T., Graham, A., & McArthur, M. (2022). How do Research Ethics Committee Members Respond to Hypothetical Studies with Children? Results from the MESSI Study. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics., 17(3), 254&ndash266. https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646221087530
  7. Taplin, S., Chalmers, J., Brown, J., Moore, T., Graham, A., & McArthur, M. (2022). Human Research Ethics Committee Experiences and Views About Children&rsquos Participation in Research: Results From the MESSI Study. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics., 17(1-2), 70&ndash83. https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646211048294
  8. Death, J., T. Moore, M. McArthur, S. Roche and C. Tilbury (2021). "Young People&rsquos Perceptions of Sexual Assault in Residential Care: &ldquoIt Does Happen a Lot&rdquo. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse: 1-17.
  9. Moore, T., Bourke?Taylor, H. M., Greenland, N., McDougall, S., Robinson, L., Brown, T., & Bromfield, L. (2021). Young carers and educational engagement: Quantitative analysis of bursary applications in Australia. Health & Social Care in the Community.
  10. Moore, T., McArthur, M., Graham, A., Chalmers, J., Powell, M. A., & Taplin, S. (2021). Children and young people&rsquos decision-making in social research about sensitive issues. Children's geographies, 19(6), 689-704.
  11. Noble-Carr, D., Moore, T., & McArthur, M. (2019). The Nature and Extent of Qualitative Research Conducted With Children About Their Experiences of Domestic Violence: Findings From a Meta-Synthesis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
  12. Powell, M. A., A. Graham, A. Canosa, D. Anderson, N. Taylor, S. Robinson, T. Moore and N. P. Thomas (2021). "Children and safety in Australian policy: Implications for organisations and practitioners." Australian Journal of Social Issues 56(1): 17-41.
  13. Taplin, S., Chalmers, J., Brown, J., Moore, T., Graham, A., & McArthur, M. (2021). Human Research Ethics Committee Experiences and Views About Children&rsquos Participation in Research: Results from the MESSI Study. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 15562646211048294.
  14. Moore, T., M. McArthur and J. Death (2020). "Brutal Bullies and Protective Peers: How Young People Help or Hinder Each Other&rsquos Safety in Residential Care." Residential Treatment for Children & Youth 37(2): 108-135.
  15. Noble?Carr, D.,  Moore, T., and M. McArthur (2020). "Children's experiences and needs in relation to domestic and family violence: Findings from a meta?synthesis." Child & Family Social Work 25(1): 182-191.
  16. Powell, M. A., A. Graham, A. Canosa, D. Anderson, Moore, T., S. Robinson, N. P. Thomas and N. Taylor (2020). "Child safety in policy: Who is being kept safe and from what?" Social Policy & Administration. 54(7), 1160-1178.
  17. Woodman, E., Roche, S., McArthur, M., & Moore, T. (2018). Child protection practitioners: Including children in decision making. Child & Family Social Work, 23(3), 475-484.
  18. Moore, T., McArthur, M., Death, J., Tilbury, C., & Roche, S. (2018). Sticking with us through it all: The importance of trustworthy relationships for children and young people in residential care. Children and Youth Services Review, 84, 68-75.
  19. Moore, T (2017) Children and young people&rsquos views on institutional safety: It&rsquos not just because we&rsquore little Child Abuse & Neglect, 64, 73-85
  20. Moore, T, McArthur, M, Death, J., Tilbury, C & Roche, S (2017) Young people's views on safety and preventing abuse and harm in residential care: &ldquoIt's got to be better than home&rdquo. Children and Youth Services Review 81, 212-219
  21. Moore, T. & M. McArthur, (2017) &lsquoYou Feel It in Your Body&rsquo: How Australian Children and Young People Think about and Experience Feeling and Being Safe. Children & Society, 31(3): p. 206-218.
  22. Moore, T., Noble-Carr, D., & McArthur, M. (2016). Changing things for the better: the use of children and young people's reference groups in social research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 19(2), 241-256.
  23. Saunders, V., McArthur, M., & Moore, T. (2015a). Not seen and not heard: Ethical considerations of research with children of prisoners. Law Context: A Socio-Legal J., 32, 108.
  24. Moore, T., & McArthur, M. (2014). If only I, they, we had done things differently: Young people talk about school difficulties and crime. Children and Youth Services Review, 44, 249.
  25. Moore, T., McArthur, M., & Saunders, V. (2013). Young People Talk about Transitioning from Youth Detention to the Community: Making Good. Australian Social Work, 66(3), 328-343.
  26. Moore, T., & McArthur, M. (2011). 'Good for kids': Children who have been homeless talk about school. Australian Journal of Education, 55(2), 147-160.
  27. Moore, T., McArthur, M., & Noble-Carr, D. (2011). Different but the same? Exploring the experiences of young people caring for a parent with an alcohol or other drug issue. Journal of Youth Studies, 14(2), 161-177.
  28. Moore, T., McArthur, M., & Noble?Carr, D. (2011). Lessons learned from children who have experienced homelessness: What services need to know. Children & Society, 25(2), 115-126.
  29. Moore, T., Saunders, V., & McArthur, M. (2011). Championing choice&mdashLessons learned from children and young people about research and their involvement. Child Indicators Research, 4(2), 249-267.
  30. Moore, T., Noble-Carr, D., & McArthur, M. (2010). Who cares? Young people with parents who use alcohol or other drugs talk about their experiences with services. Youth Studies Australia, 29(4), 60-61.
  31. Moore, T., McArthur, M., & Morrow, R. (2009). Attendance, achievement and participation: Young carers' experiences of school in Australia. Australian Journal of Education, 53(1), 5-18.
  32. Moore, T., McArthur, M., & Noble-Carr, D. (2008). Little voices and big ideas: Lessons learned from children about research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 7(2), 77-91.
  33. Moore, T., McArthur, M., & Noble-Carr, D. (2008). Stuff you'd never think of: Children talk about homelessness and how they'd like to be supported. Family Matters(78), 36.
  34. Moore, T., & McArthur, M. (2007). We&rsquore all in it together: Supporting young carers and their families in Australia. Health & Social Care in the Community, 15(6), 561-568.
  35. Moore, T. (2005). Young carers and education: Identifying the barriers to satisfactory education for young carers. Youth Studies Australia, 24(4), 50

Other Non-Traditional Research outputs

  1. Moore, T., & McArthur, M., (2023). Take notice, believe us and act! Exploring the safety of children and young people in government run organisations. Melbourne: Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University. DOI: 10.24268/acu.8xw6w
  2. Graham, A., Robinson, S., Moore, T., Anderson, D., Thomas, N.P., Taylor, N., Powell, M. A., Canosa, A., & Meiksans, J. (2022). Beyond safety: Ethical practice involving children - Phase 1: Policy analysis. Lismore: Centre for Children & Young People, Southern Cross University.
  3. Graham, A., Robinson, S., Moore, T., Anderson, D. L., Thomas, N.P., Taylor, N., Canosa, A., Powell, M. A., Boyle, T., & Meiksans, J. (2022). Beyond safety: Ethical practice involving children - Phase 2: Interviews and focus groups. Lismore: Centre for Children & Young People, Southern Cross University.
  4. Graham, A., Anderson, D. L., Robinson, S., Moore, T., Thomas, P., Taylor, N., Canosa, A., & Boyle, T. (2022). Beyond safety: Ethical practice involving children &ndash Summary of research findings: Phase 3 Survey Results. https://doi.org/10.25918/report.98 Lismore: Centre for Children & Young People, Southern Cross University.
  5. Moore, T., McArthur, M., Cahill, A & Trew, S., (2022) What we Learned: Findings from the From Strength to Strength Project. Melbourne: Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University.
  6. Moore, T., Cahill, A., & McDougall, S., (2022). I wasn&rsquot quite ready: The aspirations and pathways to parenting of young people who are parents. Melbourne: Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University.
  7. Moore, T., Cahill, A., & McDougall, S., (2022). Missed opportunities for support: Preventing pregnancy for young people not ready or willing to become young parents. Melbourne: Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University.
  8. Octoman, O., Hawkes, M., Lima, F., O&rsquoDonnell, M., Orr, C., Arney, F., Moore, T., Robinson, S., valentine, k., Marshall, A., Burton, J., & Brebner, C. (2022). The nature and extent of domestic and family violence exposure for children and young people with disability (Research report, 16/2022). ANROWS.
  9. Robinson, S., valentine, k., Marshall, A., Burton, J., Moore, T., Brebner, C., O&rsquoDonnell, M., & Smyth, C. (2022). Connecting the dots: Understanding the domestic and family violence experiences of children and young people with disability within and across sectors: Final report (Research report, 17/2022). ANROWS.
  10. McDougall, S., Moore, T., Cox, S., & Arney, F. (2023). Parenting aspirations of Australian young people who have experienced adversity: &ldquoI&rsquoll work on everything else before working on having a kid.&rdquo Children and Youth Services Review., 145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106715
  11. Robinson, S., Foley, K., Moore, T., Valentine, K., Burton, J., Marshall, A., O&rsquoDonnell, M., & Brebner, C. (2023). Prioritising Children and Young People with Disability in Research About Domestic and Family Violence: Methodological, Ethical and Pragmatic Reflections. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00496-9
  12. Graham, A., Canosa, A., Boyle, T., Moore, T., Taylor, N., Anderson, D., & Robinson, S. (2022). Promoting students&rsquo safety and wellbeing: ethical practice in schools. The Australian Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00567-8
  13. Moore, T., Bourke?Taylor, H. M., Greenland, N., McDougall, S., Robinson, L., Brown, T., & Bromfield, L. (2022). Young carers and educational engagement: Quantitative analysis of bursary applications in Australia. Health & Social Care in the Community., 30(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13589
  14. Robinson, S., Graham, A., Canosa, A., Moore, T., Taylor, N., & Boyle, T. (2022). Ethical Practice in Disability Services: Views of Young People and Staff. Ethics & Social Welfare., 16(4), 412&ndash431. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2022.2072519
  15. Taplin, S., Chalmers, J., Brown, J., Moore, T., Graham, A., & McArthur, M. (2022). How do Research Ethics Committee Members Respond to Hypothetical Studies with Children? Results from the MESSI Study. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics., 17(3), 254&ndash266. https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646221087530
  16. Taplin, S., Chalmers, J., Brown, J., Moore, T., Graham, A., & McArthur, M. (2022). Human Research Ethics Committee Experiences and Views About Children&rsquos Participation in Research: Results From the MESSI Study. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics., 17(1-2), 70&ndash83. https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646211048294
  17. Moore, T., Arney, F., Buchanan, F., Chung, D., Chong, A., Fernandes, C., Hawkes, M., Meiksans, J., Moulding, N., Martin, R. and Schulze, D. (2020). Enhancing safety in work with families affected by family and domestic violence: findings from practitioner focus groups. Adelaide: Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia
  18. Moore, T., Buchanan, F., Chung, D., Chong, A., Fernandes, C., Hawkes, M Meiksans, J., Moulding, N., Martin, R., & Schulze, D. (2020) Fostering safety in families reunifying after violence: Findings from a participatory study with young people and families. Adelaide: Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia
  19. Moore, T., Bourke-Taylor, H., Greenland, N., McDougall, S., Bromfield, L., Robinson, L, & Brown, T., (2020). Young carers and their engagement with education: &lsquoNo space in my brain to learn&rsquo.  Adelaide, SA: University of South Australia.
  20. Finan, S., Bromfield, L., Arney, F., & Moore, T. (2018). Assessing the quality and comprehensiveness of child protection practice frameworks. Adelaide: Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia.
  21. Moore, T (2017). Protection through participation: involving children and young people in child-safe organisations, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australia.
  22. Moore, T., McArthur., M., Heerde, J., Roche, S., & O'Leary, P. (2016). Our safety counts: Children and young people's perceptions of safety and institutional responses to their safety concerns. Melbourne: Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University.
  23. Moore, T., McArthur, M., Roche, S., Death, J., & Tilbury, C. (2016). Safe and sound: Exploring the safety of young people in residential care. Melbourne: Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University. Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney.
  24. Moore, T., McArthur, M, Noble-Carr, D and Harcourt D. (2015) Taking Us Seriously: Children and young people talk about safety and institutional responses to their safety concerns - a report for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Melbourne: Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University. Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney.
 

Refereed book chapters

  1. Higgins, D & Moore, T (2019) Keeping our eye on sex, power, relationships and institutional contexts in preventing institutional child sexual abuse. In Bryce, I., Robinson, Y., & Petherick, W. (Eds) Child Abuse and Neglect: Forensic issues in evidence, impact and Management.  London: Elsevier 
  2. Buckley, H., McArthur, M., Moore, T., Russ, E., & Withington, T. (2019). Stakeholder&rsquos experiences of the forensic child protection paradigm. In Re-visioning public health approaches for protecting children (pp. 19-33). Springer, Cham.
  3. Moore, T. (2015). Keeping them in Mind. In G. Schweiger & G. Graf (Eds.), The Well-Being of Children: Philosophical and Social Scientific Approaches (pp. 49-67): De Gruyter Open.

 

 

Research
Assoc Prof Tim Moore works with partners inside ICPS and ACU as well as colleagues across Australia and the globe to conduct participatory research that aims to understand how children experience services and systems to inform the ways that they are supported through policy and practice.
 
Tim has expertise in conducting research focused on child protection practice, child abuse prevention, institutional child sexual abuse, 'child safety' and child centred practice.
 
Some of his recent work focusing on Children's Safety include:
-  Children&rsquos Safety in Tasmanian organisations (acu.edu.au) (conducted for the Tasmanian Commission of Inquiry)
- Young South Australians Aspirations for Parenting (conducted for the SA Department of Human Services)
- From Strength to Strength: Supporting Young People from OOHC in the ACT (conducted for the ACT Community Services Directorate)
- Supporting Kinship Carers in the ACT (conducted for the ACT Community Services Directorate)
 
 
Currently, Tim is engaged in a number of studies at ACU including:
 
1. Beyond Safety: Ethical Practice with Children
 
Child safety is now a national policy priority in Australia. Beyond important and appropriate governance, policy and procedural responses, little is known about what constitutes ethical practice with children and young people, nor how this contributes to cultural conditions that promote their safety and wellbeing.
 
This Australian Research Council (ARC) funded study (DP180100465) aims to strengthen knowledge, policy and practice concerning &lsquochild-safe&rsquo organisations by examining the role of ethical practice in improving children and young people&rsquos safety and wellbeing. Ethical understandings and practice are being explored in three institutional contexts &ndash schools, residential care and disability services. 
 
 
2.Strengthening connections and relationships for young people in therapeutic residential care
 
Young people in residential care face major challenges that can prevent them from forming healthy relationships and a strong personal identity, which are critical building blocks for their wellbeing and safety. For the first time in a large-scale mixed-methods study, we will listen to young people living in therapeutic residential care, staff and managers across NSW about current practice and how it can be improved.
 
This Australian Research Council-funded project aims to understand the practices that help young people living in therapeutic residential care to form strong, healthy relationships have a positive self-identity.
 
The Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care (CETC), a division of the Australian Childhood Foundation, has partnered with Southern Cross University to co-fund and to co-investigate this critical area of practice.
 
 
 
Professional Memberships

Board Membership

Tim sits on the Boards of Families Australia and Carers Victoria.

 

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