Cliff Picton, MSW - Member

Mr. Picton is the Ombudsman of La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and the former Associate Dean (International) of the Faculty of Health Sciences as well as Director of the Regional Centre for Social Development in the Department of Social Work and Social Policy at that same university. He headed the Graduate School of Social Work at La Trobe for several years. Previously, he served on the faculty of Monash University in Melbourne and before that Leicester University in the United Kingdom. Born in Wales and a citizen of both the United Kingdom and Australia, Mr. Picton obtained his education at the University of Wales and the University of Liverpool and, following migration to Australia, a master's degree in social work at Monash University. Mr. Picton's areas of expertise include social development, ageing, and child and family welfare. He has served as Secretary-General of the International Federation on Ageing; Editor of three journals - the Journal of Family Studies, Australian Journal of Child and Family Welfare and Australian Journal on Ageing; and author of many publications on social work education, ageing, and inter-country adoption. Mr. Picton has travelled extensive on behalf of La Trobe University and served as a consultant to the International Labour Organization. He has been relating to CFSI since 1999 and was elected to the Board in 2005.

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