Ines Zuchowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 3561846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ines Zuchowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ines |
| FAMILY NAME | Zuchowski |
| SIGNATURE | ZUCHOWSKI I |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Cook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1270-203X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Social Workers’ Perspectives on Working in Australian General Practice Settings
Australia’s ageing population and rising chronic and mental health conditions increase pressure on the healthcare system. General Practitioners (GPs) manage increasingly complex health and social needs. Social workers help address social determinants through advocacy, support, and system navigation. Integration of social workers into general practice settings shows promise but requires sustainable models and further research. This study examined …
Social Work Practice Models in General Practice in Australia: Protocol of an Intervention Study
Purpose: This study protocol provides an overview of research that aims to integrate social workers into general practice teams to improve care coordination and reduce the burden of psychosocial issues presented to General Practitioners (GPs). Design/Methodology/Approach: This proof-of-concept study will be conducted in five overlapping phases to implement and evaluate three different models of social worker integration into general practice team…
The Lived Experiences of Youth-Workers: Understanding Service-Delivery Practices Within Queensland Non-Government Residential Youth Care Organisations
Young people under the care of child protection agencies are at increased risk of entering the criminal justice system. Residential youth organisations support young people who are unable to reside with their families or in foster care. Youth workers in these environments ensure the safety and wellbeing of young people in their care, consequently supporting the wellbeing of the overall community. This research explored the views and experiences o…
Professional Development Needs of Social Work Field Education Supervisors in Australia
Curriculum development for social work student placements in primary health care
This paper reports on the curriculum development for social work student placements in primary health care. Social work in General Practice [GP] is an emerging area for social work practice, able to fill a gap in primary health. The inclusion of social work in GP practices can be complex. Social work placements offer an opportunity for students to become familiar with this practice setting and undertake social work relevant learning; however, the…
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice
[Extract] Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice This themed Issue brings together quality articles concerned with the delivery model of social work education and the embedding of core curriculum. Contributions consider, for example, the value of e-portfolios in assessing students’ graduate attributes (Powell et al., 2024) and the use of simulation in field education (Harris & Newcombe, 2024). Several a…
At-risk Youth Peer Researchers Highlight Safety and “The Bonds You Make With Staff and Peers”
The over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the juvenile justice system is an ongoing social justice issue. Here we report on our latest research project within an ongoing industry partnership between staff at The Lighthouse and social work researchers from a regional Queensland University. The Lighthouse is a diversionary service provided by the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (TAIHS) that suppo…
The Importance of Connection: A Quantitative Study of Students’Learning in Placements Completed Remotely from an Organisation
This quantitative study surveyed eighty-two Australian social work students who completed their placement during COVID-19. The delivery of health and welfare services during the pandemic had a significant impact on field education with the result that many placements had to be offered remotely from an organisation. The research was interested in whether this practice learning model can provide quality learning experiences for students by explorin…
Evaluation of Social Work Student Placements in General Practice
Social work and social work student placements in general practice [GP] can contribute to wholistic healthcare. The overall aims of this research were to develop, implement and evaluate a field education placement curriculum for social work student placements in GP clinics. Between December 2021 and June 2022, six students completed their social work placements in four GP practices in North Queensland. Data collection included student records and…
International social work students in field education- considerations for supervision
There is an increase of international students studying social work in Australia. Undertaking the compulsory field work component of social work studies can be particularly complex for international students, as they have to acquire an understanding of social work practice, knowledge and skills in a new cultural context. Prior research has highlighted the importance of supporting students and field educators to ensure successful quality learning …
On a Wing and a Prayer! An Exploration of Students’ Experiences of External Supervision
Field education is a core component of social work courses globally and has been recognised as providing significant learning opportunities to develop professional practice. Evidence highlights the strong correlation between student satisfaction with their supervisory relationship and their satisfaction with placement, but current practices have resulted in more reliance on placements with a variety of supervisory arrangements, which may be compr…
It’s up to you: The need for self-directed learning for social work students on placement during Covid-19
COVID-19 in 2020 took social work programmes by surprise and for many students an e-placement was offered as the only alternative learning opportunity to complete their placement that year. In this article, we report on a mixed method study with data collected via an online survey with quantitative and qualitative questions exploring students’ experiences in e-placements. Eighty-two students who had undertaken an e-placement responded to the surv…
Social Work E-Placements During Covid-19: Learnings of Staff and Students
This paper describes and explores e-placements that engaged social work students in semester 1 of 2020 due to placement disruption after the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded. The term e-placement describes a placement undertaken off-site from the placement organisation or agency. Students at James Cook University [JCU], Queensland, Australia, who could not continue in onsite placements were offered the opportunity to participate in a Community Connecto…
Using Photography to Capture Young People’s Views About Community and Local Service Delivery
Youth offending has received significant attention in recent years in Queensland and across Australia. While the voices of young people who are offending or at risk of offending are evident in some studies, other reports do not identify them as key stakeholders. A recent university–industry research collaboration sought to prioritise the voices of young people engaging with The Lighthouse, a diversionary service within Townsville Aboriginal and I…
Students in Research Placements as Part of Professional Degrees: A Systematic Review
The Voices of “At Risk” Young People About Services They Received: A Systematic Literature Review
In Australia young people who are at risk of offending have attracted much media and policy attention. In recent times, policy reform has seen increased funding for social services delivery to support young people at risk of entering, or are currently in, the juvenile justice system. However, there is limited literature that explores how young people experience services delivered to them. This article reports on a systematic literature review exp…
Mapping Social Work Field Education in the 21st Century: A National Survey of the Australian Context
Field education is a key curriculum component in social work programmes and students identify their placement as central to their transition to practice. Globally, changes in higher education, increasing the complexity of practice and an increasingly diverse student body, are challenging field education programmes to meet these professional and resource challenges. This article reports on Australian research which surveyed social work field educa…
Social Work Research with Industry: A Systematic Literature Review of Engagement and Impact
Current research agendas in developed countries focus on academics engaging collaboratively with communities and industry partners to achieve research outcomes that demonstrate reach and significance. Social work academics are in a prime position to undertake collaborative research that has specific project benefits and wider social impacts. This article reports on a systematic literature review of articles in social work journals that reported o…
In the Firing Line’: Grandparent Carers at Risk of Family Violence
Grandparent Carers, Child Protection Practice, and the Best Interests of Children: A Case Study
Increasingly, grandparents are involved in the care of grandchildren, particularly after child safety concerns. Some grandparents, because of changed circumstances, relationships, or decisions made, can experience reduced or lost contact with grandchildren. A recent qualitative, collaborative study explored how relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child safety concerns. Many grandparents in that stud…
Convenient Yet Neglected: The Role of Grandparent Kinship Carers
Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care and protection of grandchildren. The qualitative Australian study reported here explored how contact between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child-safety concerns. Interviews and focus groups with seventy-seven participants were undertaken in 2016. In total, fifty-one grandparents and aunties in grand parenting roles, twelve parents, six foster-carers and eight child…
Grandparents matter: Optimizing grandparents' involvement after child safety concerns
Across Australia and internationally, growing numbers of grandparents are becoming primary carers for grandchildren, both within and outside of formal state care arrangements. Underlying factors include family breakdown, family circumstances where parents are unable to care for their children, or where there are child safety concerns. Some grandparents report a pattern of initially providing care for grandchildren but then experiencing reduced or…
A National Survey of Australian Social Work Field Education Programs: Innovation with Limited Capacity
Social work field education programs globally are struggling to meet the demands of providing suitable placements for students and need to consider new and innovative placement models to both meet professional accreditation requirements and deliver high quality field education opportunities for social work students. This article reports on the qualitative responses of a national survey of Australian social work field education programs, which exp…
Towards Sustainability in Australian Social Work Field Education
The educational framework of Australian social work field education has remained static over the past few decades. Emerging challenges are creating a compelling case for change. These include increasing demand for placements, declining capacity of organisations to provide placement requirements, reduction in practitioners’ incentives and capacity to support student placements and to facilitate a work integrated learning context, and an interrelat…
Sustaining quality learning abroad opportunities in Australian schools of social work
Student learning abroad experiences are encouraged to develop students’ intercultural understanding and global citizenship. This article reports internationally collaborative research exploring social work student short-term mobility programmes and international field education placements. Findings from interviews with staff from Australian schools of social work are presented. Themes developed from the data explore the establishment and ongoing …
A National Survey of Australian Social Work Field Education Programs: Innovation with Limited Capacity
Social work field education programs globally are struggling to meet the demands of providing suitable placements for students and need to consider new and innovative placement models to both meet professional accreditation requirements and deliver high quality field education opportunities for social work students. This article reports on the qualitative responses of a national survey of Australian social work field education programs, which exp…
Racism Unmasked: The Experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in Social Work Field Placements
Attracting more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the social work profession is an important strategy in responding to Indigenous disadvantage. The literature suggests that the inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, knowledge, and skills in social work is impeded by racism and white privilege. This article reports on a research project that aimed to explore the field education experiences of Aboriginal and Torres…
Social Work E-Placements During Covid-19: Learnings of Staff and Students
This paper describes and explores e-placements that engaged social work students in semester 1 of 2020 due to placement disruption after the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded. The term e-placement describes a placement undertaken off-site from the placement organisation or agency. Students at James Cook University [JCU], Queensland, Australia, who could not continue in onsite placements were offered the opportunity to participate in a Community Connecto…
Mapping Social Work Field Education in the 21st Century: A National Survey of the Australian Context
Field education is a key curriculum component in social work programmes and students identify their placement as central to their transition to practice. Globally, changes in higher education, increasing the complexity of practice and an increasingly diverse student body, are challenging field education programmes to meet these professional and resource challenges. This article reports on Australian research which surveyed social work field educa…
Convenient Yet Neglected: The Role of Grandparent Kinship Carers
Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care and protection of grandchildren. The qualitative Australian study reported here explored how contact between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child-safety concerns. Interviews and focus groups with seventy-seven participants were undertaken in 2016. In total, fifty-one grandparents and aunties in grand parenting roles, twelve parents, six foster-carers and eight child…
Towards Sustainability in Australian Social Work Field Education
The educational framework of Australian social work field education has remained static over the past few decades. Emerging challenges are creating a compelling case for change. These include increasing demand for placements, declining capacity of organisations to provide placement requirements, reduction in practitioners’ incentives and capacity to support student placements and to facilitate a work integrated learning context, and an interrelat…
On a Wing and a Prayer! An Exploration of Students’ Experiences of External Supervision
Field education is a core component of social work courses globally and has been recognised as providing significant learning opportunities to develop professional practice. Evidence highlights the strong correlation between student satisfaction with their supervisory relationship and their satisfaction with placement, but current practices have resulted in more reliance on placements with a variety of supervisory arrangements, which may be compr…
Grandparents matter: Optimizing grandparents' involvement after child safety concerns
Across Australia and internationally, growing numbers of grandparents are becoming primary carers for grandchildren, both within and outside of formal state care arrangements. Underlying factors include family breakdown, family circumstances where parents are unable to care for their children, or where there are child safety concerns. Some grandparents report a pattern of initially providing care for grandchildren but then experiencing reduced or…
Continuous Quality Improvement Processes in Child Protection: A Systematic Literature Review
Purpose: Protecting children from mistreatment is a global concern, and further research and evaluation in child protection services is required. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) has demonstrated potential, but to date, there is no systematic review of studies that evaluate the application of CQI in child protection. Method: This systematic literature review examined the application of CQI in child protection services. The review identified p…
The Voices of “At Risk” Young People About Services They Received: A Systematic Literature Review
In Australia young people who are at risk of offending have attracted much media and policy attention. In recent times, policy reform has seen increased funding for social services delivery to support young people at risk of entering, or are currently in, the juvenile justice system. However, there is limited literature that explores how young people experience services delivered to them. This article reports on a systematic literature review exp…
In the Firing Line’: Grandparent Carers at Risk of Family Violence
It’s up to you: The need for self-directed learning for social work students on placement during Covid-19
COVID-19 in 2020 took social work programmes by surprise and for many students an e-placement was offered as the only alternative learning opportunity to complete their placement that year. In this article, we report on a mixed method study with data collected via an online survey with quantitative and qualitative questions exploring students’ experiences in e-placements. Eighty-two students who had undertaken an e-placement responded to the surv…
Getting to Know the Context: The Complexities of Providing Off-Site Supervision in Social Work Practice Learning
Field education is central to social work education, facilitating the development of practice skills, professional identity and a professional practice framework. External supervision in social work field education is becoming more prevalent due to economic, social and political changes at a global level and is likely to continue to be a feature of field education. This article provides findings from current Australian qualitative research explor…
Evaluation of Social Work Student Placements in General Practice
Social work and social work student placements in general practice [GP] can contribute to wholistic healthcare. The overall aims of this research were to develop, implement and evaluate a field education placement curriculum for social work student placements in GP clinics. Between December 2021 and June 2022, six students completed their social work placements in four GP practices in North Queensland. Data collection included student records and…
Using Photography to Capture Young People’s Views About Community and Local Service Delivery
Youth offending has received significant attention in recent years in Queensland and across Australia. While the voices of young people who are offending or at risk of offending are evident in some studies, other reports do not identify them as key stakeholders. A recent university–industry research collaboration sought to prioritise the voices of young people engaging with The Lighthouse, a diversionary service within Townsville Aboriginal and I…
International Student Exchange in Australian Social Work Education
International student exchange is pursued by Australian schools of social work as a strategy to engage with the internationalisation agenda set by government, universities, and the profession. However, little concrete information about the nature and scope of these activities exists. The study reported here aimed to address this gap. Twenty-seven of the 30 Australian universities that offer social work programs participated in an online survey ab…
Racism Unmasked: The Experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in Social Work Field Placements
Attracting more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the social work profession is an important strategy in responding to Indigenous disadvantage. The literature suggests that the inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, knowledge, and skills in social work is impeded by racism and white privilege. This article reports on a research project that aimed to explore the field education experiences of Aboriginal and Torres…
Getting to Know the Context: The Complexities of Providing Off-Site Supervision in Social Work Practice Learning
Field education is central to social work education, facilitating the development of practice skills, professional identity and a professional practice framework. External supervision in social work field education is becoming more prevalent due to economic, social and political changes at a global level and is likely to continue to be a feature of field education. This article provides findings from current Australian qualitative research explor…
Continuous Quality Improvement Processes in Child Protection: A Systematic Literature Review
Purpose: Protecting children from mistreatment is a global concern, and further research and evaluation in child protection services is required. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) has demonstrated potential, but to date, there is no systematic review of studies that evaluate the application of CQI in child protection. Method: This systematic literature review examined the application of CQI in child protection services. The review identified p…
International Student Exchange in Australian Social Work Education
International student exchange is pursued by Australian schools of social work as a strategy to engage with the internationalisation agenda set by government, universities, and the profession. However, little concrete information about the nature and scope of these activities exists. The study reported here aimed to address this gap. Twenty-seven of the 30 Australian universities that offer social work programs participated in an online survey ab…
Grandparents matter: Optimizing grandparents' involvement after child safety concerns
Across Australia and internationally, growing numbers of grandparents are becoming primary carers for grandchildren, both within and outside of formal state care arrangements. Underlying factors include family breakdown, family circumstances where parents are unable to care for their children, or where there are child safety concerns. Some grandparents report a pattern of initially providing care for grandchildren but then experiencing reduced or…
A National Survey of Australian Social Work Field Education Programs: Innovation with Limited Capacity
Social work field education programs globally are struggling to meet the demands of providing suitable placements for students and need to consider new and innovative placement models to both meet professional accreditation requirements and deliver high quality field education opportunities for social work students. This article reports on the qualitative responses of a national survey of Australian social work field education programs, which exp…
Towards Sustainability in Australian Social Work Field Education
The educational framework of Australian social work field education has remained static over the past few decades. Emerging challenges are creating a compelling case for change. These include increasing demand for placements, declining capacity of organisations to provide placement requirements, reduction in practitioners’ incentives and capacity to support student placements and to facilitate a work integrated learning context, and an interrelat…
Sustaining quality learning abroad opportunities in Australian schools of social work
Student learning abroad experiences are encouraged to develop students’ intercultural understanding and global citizenship. This article reports internationally collaborative research exploring social work student short-term mobility programmes and international field education placements. Findings from interviews with staff from Australian schools of social work are presented. Themes developed from the data explore the establishment and ongoing …
Social Work Research with Industry: A Systematic Literature Review of Engagement and Impact
Current research agendas in developed countries focus on academics engaging collaboratively with communities and industry partners to achieve research outcomes that demonstrate reach and significance. Social work academics are in a prime position to undertake collaborative research that has specific project benefits and wider social impacts. This article reports on a systematic literature review of articles in social work journals that reported o…
In the Firing Line’: Grandparent Carers at Risk of Family Violence
Grandparent Carers, Child Protection Practice, and the Best Interests of Children: A Case Study
Increasingly, grandparents are involved in the care of grandchildren, particularly after child safety concerns. Some grandparents, because of changed circumstances, relationships, or decisions made, can experience reduced or lost contact with grandchildren. A recent qualitative, collaborative study explored how relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child safety concerns. Many grandparents in that stud…
Convenient Yet Neglected: The Role of Grandparent Kinship Carers
Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care and protection of grandchildren. The qualitative Australian study reported here explored how contact between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child-safety concerns. Interviews and focus groups with seventy-seven participants were undertaken in 2016. In total, fifty-one grandparents and aunties in grand parenting roles, twelve parents, six foster-carers and eight child…
Students in Research Placements as Part of Professional Degrees: A Systematic Review
The Voices of “At Risk” Young People About Services They Received: A Systematic Literature Review
In Australia young people who are at risk of offending have attracted much media and policy attention. In recent times, policy reform has seen increased funding for social services delivery to support young people at risk of entering, or are currently in, the juvenile justice system. However, there is limited literature that explores how young people experience services delivered to them. This article reports on a systematic literature review exp…
Mapping Social Work Field Education in the 21st Century: A National Survey of the Australian Context
Field education is a key curriculum component in social work programmes and students identify their placement as central to their transition to practice. Globally, changes in higher education, increasing the complexity of practice and an increasingly diverse student body, are challenging field education programmes to meet these professional and resource challenges. This article reports on Australian research which surveyed social work field educa…
Social Work E-Placements During Covid-19: Learnings of Staff and Students
This paper describes and explores e-placements that engaged social work students in semester 1 of 2020 due to placement disruption after the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded. The term e-placement describes a placement undertaken off-site from the placement organisation or agency. Students at James Cook University [JCU], Queensland, Australia, who could not continue in onsite placements were offered the opportunity to participate in a Community Connecto…
Using Photography to Capture Young People’s Views About Community and Local Service Delivery
Youth offending has received significant attention in recent years in Queensland and across Australia. While the voices of young people who are offending or at risk of offending are evident in some studies, other reports do not identify them as key stakeholders. A recent university–industry research collaboration sought to prioritise the voices of young people engaging with The Lighthouse, a diversionary service within Townsville Aboriginal and I…
International social work students in field education- considerations for supervision
There is an increase of international students studying social work in Australia. Undertaking the compulsory field work component of social work studies can be particularly complex for international students, as they have to acquire an understanding of social work practice, knowledge and skills in a new cultural context. Prior research has highlighted the importance of supporting students and field educators to ensure successful quality learning …
On a Wing and a Prayer! An Exploration of Students’ Experiences of External Supervision
Field education is a core component of social work courses globally and has been recognised as providing significant learning opportunities to develop professional practice. Evidence highlights the strong correlation between student satisfaction with their supervisory relationship and their satisfaction with placement, but current practices have resulted in more reliance on placements with a variety of supervisory arrangements, which may be compr…
It’s up to you: The need for self-directed learning for social work students on placement during Covid-19
COVID-19 in 2020 took social work programmes by surprise and for many students an e-placement was offered as the only alternative learning opportunity to complete their placement that year. In this article, we report on a mixed method study with data collected via an online survey with quantitative and qualitative questions exploring students’ experiences in e-placements. Eighty-two students who had undertaken an e-placement responded to the surv…
At-risk Youth Peer Researchers Highlight Safety and “The Bonds You Make With Staff and Peers”
The over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the juvenile justice system is an ongoing social justice issue. Here we report on our latest research project within an ongoing industry partnership between staff at The Lighthouse and social work researchers from a regional Queensland University. The Lighthouse is a diversionary service provided by the Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (TAIHS) that suppo…
The Importance of Connection: A Quantitative Study of Students’Learning in Placements Completed Remotely from an Organisation
This quantitative study surveyed eighty-two Australian social work students who completed their placement during COVID-19. The delivery of health and welfare services during the pandemic had a significant impact on field education with the result that many placements had to be offered remotely from an organisation. The research was interested in whether this practice learning model can provide quality learning experiences for students by explorin…
Evaluation of Social Work Student Placements in General Practice
Social work and social work student placements in general practice [GP] can contribute to wholistic healthcare. The overall aims of this research were to develop, implement and evaluate a field education placement curriculum for social work student placements in GP clinics. Between December 2021 and June 2022, six students completed their social work placements in four GP practices in North Queensland. Data collection included student records and…
Curriculum development for social work student placements in primary health care
This paper reports on the curriculum development for social work student placements in primary health care. Social work in General Practice [GP] is an emerging area for social work practice, able to fill a gap in primary health. The inclusion of social work in GP practices can be complex. Social work placements offer an opportunity for students to become familiar with this practice setting and undertake social work relevant learning; however, the…
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice
[Extract] Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice This themed Issue brings together quality articles concerned with the delivery model of social work education and the embedding of core curriculum. Contributions consider, for example, the value of e-portfolios in assessing students’ graduate attributes (Powell et al., 2024) and the use of simulation in field education (Harris & Newcombe, 2024). Several a…
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