Associate Professor Chris Trotter

Co-ordinator Honours Program

Profile

Dr Trotter worked for almost 20 years as a social worker and a regional manager in child protection and corrections prior to his appointment to Monash University in 1991.

He has published widely on the subject of 'effective social work' particularly in public welfare settings. His research on the relationship between worker intervention styles and client outcome has achieved international recognition and the intervention model developed in his research is being used in several countries.

In recent years Dr Trotter has received a number of research grants to continue his work and he has been in demand, both in Australia and overseas, for papers and consultancies.

He has two commercial books, "Working with Involuntary Clients" and "Helping Abused Children and their Families" published by Allen and Unwin in Australia and by Sage internationally.