Lester Thompson is a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator at the Southern Cross University (Australia). He currently teaches Human Service, Community Development and Social Work students about advocacy, social policy, social issues, and communit
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Lester Thompson is a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator at the Southern Cross University (Australia). He currently teaches Human Service, Community Development and Social Work students about advocacy, social policy, social issues, and community work in the School of Arts and Social Sciences. He has many years experience working as a Social Worker with Australia's Indigenous peoples and also in social policy administration. As an academic he has had an ongoing interest in analyzing and writing about Indigenous assistance policy in Australia. His current interests relate to social policy analysis, human social need theory, the political context of practice and motivating factors in the helping professions.
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