Qualifications
Bachelor of Social Work (Hons, First Class)
University of Sydney
Doctoral candidate (social work)
University of Sydney
Biography
I am a Social Work Lecturer in the Master of Social Work (Qualifying) program at ACAP University College in Sydney. I coordinate the unit SWSP6313 Interpersonal, Family and Structural Violence and am a member of the teaching team for SWSP6123 Research Methods.
I am also a PhD candidate in Social Work at the University of Sydney. My research examines the lived experiences of ethnically marginalised men of colour who use family violence. Parts of this work have been published in local and international academic journals. I am currently a recipient of the University of Sydney Postgraduate Award. I completed my Bachelor of Social Work with First Class Honours at the University of Sydney.
My social work background includes extensive frontline experience in refugee settlement, child protection, and family violence. Throughout my career, I have held roles across the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), the Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV), and various non-government organisations. In 2018, I received the Department’s (then FaCS) Excellence in Practice Award for my work with fathers who use family violence.
Publications
- Al-Omari, R. (2024). Men of colour, family violence and the global North: A critical interpretive synthesis. Social Work & Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory, 7(1).
- Al-Omari, R. (2025). Do gender roles matter? Exploring the perspectives of men of colour who use family violence. Partner abuse, 17(1).
- Al-Omari, R. (2025). Doing qualitative interviews with men of colour who use family violence: Reflexive narrative analysis for social work research. Journal Social Work, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173251384001