Shlomit holds BA, MA, and Ph.D. all from Bar-Ilan University.  Her dissertation titled ‘Child Abuse Therapists: Factors of Secondary Traumatization, Vicarious Post Traumatic Growth and Sense of Treatment Effectiveness among Child Protection Workers in Israel’ done under the supervision of Prof. Haya Itzhaky and Dr. Anat Ben Porat. After completing her PhD Shlomit conducted post-doctorate research at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), hosted by the head of PhD program in the School of social policy, Prof. Ram Cnaan.

 Shlomit practical experience derives from working as a social worker at the social welfare department of Mevaseret Zion where she worked with distressed families, youth at risk, and drug-addicted.

Her current research fields are social policy, poverty, and child welfare policy and practice.