Nada Eltaiba

Mental Health

Culture

Religion 

Teaching Social Work

Ethics

Refugee mental health 

Nada Eltaiba is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the School of Allied Health. Before that, Nada was a Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy. Currently, Nada is employed as an Associate Professor in the Social Work Department at the School of Applied Humanities and Social Sciences (SAHSS) at the German Jordanian University in Jordan. 

Nada's research interests include mental health, cross-cultural practice, religion, and spirituality. She has also conducted research on teaching social work, ethics, and narrative therapy.

Nada has extensive experience as a social work practitioner in health and community settings in Australia, Qatar and Jordan.

Teaching is an area that Nada is passionate about. For Nada, teaching in social work programs is an opportunity to share knowledge and experiences. It is the starting point for developing a professional social work identity.

 Nada has taught in several social work programs in Australia and overseas, including the University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Al-Balqa University in Jordan, Qatar University, and Doha Institute for Graduate Research in Qatar.

“My teaching aspiration is to support social work students to be competent practitioners who appreciate the value of collaboration and are open to learning.” 

2017-present: (WISH) World Innovation Summit for Health & (WEYAK) Mental Health Association. Research Project Titled:  Mental Health Issues amongst Adolescents in Qatar and pathways to improvement,  ($50.000). 

2012  Qatar University internal grant. Research Project Title: Ethics and social work ($20,000)

2010   Start Up grants Qatar University. Research Project Title: inpatient views on mental health services in Qatar. ($7,000).

2010   Research Development Award, The University of Western Australia, Australia, Research Project Title: inpatient views about mental health services, ($5,893).

2008–2009 Equity and Diversity grant, The University of Western Australia, Australia, Research Project Title: Remove the barriers and expand the horizon ($3,000).

2013-2015               Guest editor: “Islam and social work” for International Social Work Journal