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Australian social worker and health researcher

Sarah Wayland is an Australian social worker and health researcher. Her research focuses on the areas of missing persons, ambiguous loss, grief and suicide bereavement. She is Associate Professor in the School of Health at the University of New England and a Senior Research Fellow for Manna Institute.

Education and career

Wayland worked as a social worker from 1998-2010 in the fields of child protection and victims of crime. In 2005, she received a Churchill Fellowship to study "the international approach to counselling for families of missing persons focusing on the concept of unresolved loss".

She obtained her PhD from the University of New England in 2015, studying hope and ambiguous loss, and was awarded the Chancellors Medal for Doctoral Research.

In 2019, she collaborated with the Australian Federal Police National Missing Persons Coordination Centre to publish "Acknowledging the Empty Space", a resource for those supporting people whose loved one is missing.

She is a regular contributor to The Conversation, ABC News and Radio, and SBS.

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Wayland". The Conversation. 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  2. ^ "56,000 people were reported missing in Australia last year. The families of those who haven't come home never stop searching". ABC News. 2024-06-29. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  3. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. "Suicide bereavement – when and how to help". Manna Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. England, University of New. "Sarah Wayland". www.une.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  6. "Sarah Wayland - Churchill Trust". www.churchilltrust.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. Wayland, Sarah Louise; Maple, Myfanwy; McKay, Kathryn; Glassock, Geoffrey (2015). ""I still hope, but what I hope for now has changed": A narrative inquiry study of hope and ambiguous loss when someone is missing". Thesis Doctoral.
  8. "AFP launch updated framework to support those with a missing loved one". National Missing Persons Coordination Centre. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  9. "In limbo: the pendulum between hope and grief". ABC listen. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  10. "Inside the 'ambiguous loss' felt by families of missing people". ABC listen. 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  11. "Welcome home: Here's why we need to hear from missing persons who return". SBS Voices. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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