Erica Ru
Biographic Data
| ID | 376420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erica Ru |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erica |
| FAMILY NAME | Ru |
| SIGNATURE | RU E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Cross University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9883-430X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A shared journey: Uncovering support needs and challenges of health student placement supervisors to improve placement experiences
Industry-based placements, a core work-integrated learning (WIL) practice in higher education, rely heavily on supervisors to shape student experiences. Student under-preparedness and skill gaps, compounded by ‘placement poverty’, student personal pressures, and the rapid increase in international students, may pose growing challenges for supervisors. However, limited research exists on the supervisor experience, including support needs and chall…
Sexual Violence and Assault in Rural Australia: A Scoping Review of Regional, Rural, and Remote Contexts
Sexual violence (SV) is an insidious social phenomenon that results in physical, emotional, and psychological trauma. The aim of this article is to review the research pertaining to SV in regional, rural, and remote Australia. A systematic scoping review was undertaken using the Arksey and O’Malley five-step framework. A total of 25 articles were included in the review and appraised using the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool. Thematic analysis was u…
Climate-compounded health effects and social justice intersections in regional, rural and remote Australia: A scoping review
This scoping review examines current academic literature that identifies how climate change (climate variability and extreme weather events) is impacting marginalised communities’ health and wellbeing in regional, rural, and remote (RRR) Australia. Specifically, this review examines socio-demographic sub-group differences (e.g. age, gender, disabilities, culturally or racially marginalised) of those affected by climate change and identifies how t…
Building Student and Community Engagement in Schools Through Social Work Placements to Support Children’s Wellbeing
Schools focus on the education of students, but it is recognised that student engagement and educational achievement are enhanced where student wellbeing is considered. Student wellbeing can be supported both in school and through connections to the school and broader community. While teachers seek to support student wellbeing, they are often ill-equipped, given workload and educational focus, limiting their capacity to address student wellbeing …
Digital Intervention for Advancing Social Work and Welfare Education
The Editors are delighted to introduce this Special Issue of Social Sciences, which focuses on the application of technology and digital interventions in social work and community welfare teaching [...]
Co-operative inquiry: Qualitative methodology transforming research 'about' to research 'with' people
Co-operative inquiry, pioneered by Heron and Reason, is a qualitative, participatory methodology that powerfully transforms research from inquiring about people to inquiring with people. Contemporary qualitative research is increasingly trending from studying others to engaging all participants in research processes as equal collaborators. Consequently, many qualitative researchers are looking to participatory methodologies such as co-operative i…
A transnational student-led, rural-focussed inquiry: Social work educational competency in disaster management
Due to the impact of natural and human-caused disasters, for example, climate change, social workers are increasingly needed at the frontline of disaster management. However, some social workers feel unprepared for responding to the needs of vulnerable communities experiencing a disaster. Alongside this, many rural communities that experience disasters also live with social disadvantages, resulting in added layers of difficulty. In response to a …
Suiting up: Preparing workforces to take on the mantle of preventing child maltreatment from a public health perspective
Comparison of Systems and Outcomes for Safeguarding Children in Australia and Norway: A Decade of Rapid Change
Using aggregated national data, this paper re‐examines the outcomes of the Australian and Norwegian protective systems during the past decade and compares it to the trends and issues identified in our earlier 2012 study. We outline the context of increased service demand affecting both countries with rapid expansion and reform of their policies and approaches. A convergence has been occurring regarding their focus upon risk and its relationship w…
Enablers, markers, and aspects of quality innovative placements across distance: Insights from a co-operative inquiry
Internationally, COVID-19 has forced educational reform and disrupted already strained social work field education systems. This inquiry began pre-pandemic, responding to placement scarcity, which was only exacerbated by the pandemic as agencies migrated to online service delivery and universities responded to sudden placement cancellations. Educators found themselves navigating two interlinked global trends: 1) workplace learning that was changi…
Experiences of social work students undertaking a remote research-based placement during a global pandemic
Field education globally, has been highly disrupted by restrictions associated with COVID-19. This disruption has forced many students to engage with online learning. The current article presents a student-led co-operative inquiry exploring the experience of four social work students undertaking a remote research-based placement in regional Australia during a global pandemic. In this inquiry students’ critically self-reflected on the strengths an…
How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world
In this paper we provide a descriptive comparison of the similarities and differences between social work education at six different universities situated in Australia, England, Finland, Northern Ireland, Sweden, and the United States. The aim was to begin an international conversation by examining the similarities and differences in these examples, around admissions and recruitment processes, professional training, and field practicum to prepare…
Children’s rights in adoption from out-of-home care: How well do legislative frameworks accommodate them
This paper focuses on the Australian legislative, policy and procedural framework regulating adoption from out-of-home care (OOHC) and the relationship to children’s rights. As a signatory to the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child, Australia has agreed to respect, protect and fulfil children’s rights. However, because child protection is a State and Territory responsibility, these frameworks lack consistency in the way that dec…
Covid-19 impact on social work admissions and education in seven international universities
Inter-country Social Work admissions and educational comparisons are difficult due to variance in policy and practices between Social Work educational providers, even within the same country. However, this paper aims to provide an examination of different levels of impact that COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ had on ‘admissions to social work’ processes and on education, using examples from universities in Australia, England, Finland, Northern Ireland, Norway…
Using Resilience to Reconceptualise Child Protection Workforce Capacity
Current approaches to managing and supporting staff and addressing turnover in child protection predominantly rely on deficit-based models that focus on limitations, shortcomings, and psychopathology. This article explores an alternative approach, drawing on models of resilience, which is an emerging field linked to trauma and adversity. To date, the concept of resilience has seen limited application to staff and employment issues. In child prote…
Using Resilience to Reconceptualise Child Protection Workforce Capacity
Current approaches to managing and supporting staff and addressing turnover in child protection predominantly rely on deficit-based models that focus on limitations, shortcomings, and psychopathology. This article explores an alternative approach, drawing on models of resilience, which is an emerging field linked to trauma and adversity. To date, the concept of resilience has seen limited application to staff and employment issues. In child prote…
Co-operative inquiry: Qualitative methodology transforming research 'about' to research 'with' people
Co-operative inquiry, pioneered by Heron and Reason, is a qualitative, participatory methodology that powerfully transforms research from inquiring about people to inquiring with people. Contemporary qualitative research is increasingly trending from studying others to engaging all participants in research processes as equal collaborators. Consequently, many qualitative researchers are looking to participatory methodologies such as co-operative i…
Suiting up: Preparing workforces to take on the mantle of preventing child maltreatment from a public health perspective
Children’s rights in adoption from out-of-home care: How well do legislative frameworks accommodate them
This paper focuses on the Australian legislative, policy and procedural framework regulating adoption from out-of-home care (OOHC) and the relationship to children’s rights. As a signatory to the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child, Australia has agreed to respect, protect and fulfil children’s rights. However, because child protection is a State and Territory responsibility, these frameworks lack consistency in the way that dec…
Using Resilience to Reconceptualise Child Protection Workforce Capacity
Current approaches to managing and supporting staff and addressing turnover in child protection predominantly rely on deficit-based models that focus on limitations, shortcomings, and psychopathology. This article explores an alternative approach, drawing on models of resilience, which is an emerging field linked to trauma and adversity. To date, the concept of resilience has seen limited application to staff and employment issues. In child prote…
Covid-19 impact on social work admissions and education in seven international universities
Inter-country Social Work admissions and educational comparisons are difficult due to variance in policy and practices between Social Work educational providers, even within the same country. However, this paper aims to provide an examination of different levels of impact that COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ had on ‘admissions to social work’ processes and on education, using examples from universities in Australia, England, Finland, Northern Ireland, Norway…
Children’s rights in adoption from out-of-home care: How well do legislative frameworks accommodate them
This paper focuses on the Australian legislative, policy and procedural framework regulating adoption from out-of-home care (OOHC) and the relationship to children’s rights. As a signatory to the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child, Australia has agreed to respect, protect and fulfil children’s rights. However, because child protection is a State and Territory responsibility, these frameworks lack consistency in the way that dec…
Enablers, markers, and aspects of quality innovative placements across distance: Insights from a co-operative inquiry
Internationally, COVID-19 has forced educational reform and disrupted already strained social work field education systems. This inquiry began pre-pandemic, responding to placement scarcity, which was only exacerbated by the pandemic as agencies migrated to online service delivery and universities responded to sudden placement cancellations. Educators found themselves navigating two interlinked global trends: 1) workplace learning that was changi…
Experiences of social work students undertaking a remote research-based placement during a global pandemic
Field education globally, has been highly disrupted by restrictions associated with COVID-19. This disruption has forced many students to engage with online learning. The current article presents a student-led co-operative inquiry exploring the experience of four social work students undertaking a remote research-based placement in regional Australia during a global pandemic. In this inquiry students’ critically self-reflected on the strengths an…
How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work? Examples from six countries around the world
In this paper we provide a descriptive comparison of the similarities and differences between social work education at six different universities situated in Australia, England, Finland, Northern Ireland, Sweden, and the United States. The aim was to begin an international conversation by examining the similarities and differences in these examples, around admissions and recruitment processes, professional training, and field practicum to prepare…
A transnational student-led, rural-focussed inquiry: Social work educational competency in disaster management
Due to the impact of natural and human-caused disasters, for example, climate change, social workers are increasingly needed at the frontline of disaster management. However, some social workers feel unprepared for responding to the needs of vulnerable communities experiencing a disaster. Alongside this, many rural communities that experience disasters also live with social disadvantages, resulting in added layers of difficulty. In response to a …
Suiting up: Preparing workforces to take on the mantle of preventing child maltreatment from a public health perspective
Comparison of Systems and Outcomes for Safeguarding Children in Australia and Norway: A Decade of Rapid Change
Using aggregated national data, this paper re‐examines the outcomes of the Australian and Norwegian protective systems during the past decade and compares it to the trends and issues identified in our earlier 2012 study. We outline the context of increased service demand affecting both countries with rapid expansion and reform of their policies and approaches. A convergence has been occurring regarding their focus upon risk and its relationship w…
Digital Intervention for Advancing Social Work and Welfare Education
The Editors are delighted to introduce this Special Issue of Social Sciences, which focuses on the application of technology and digital interventions in social work and community welfare teaching [...]
Co-operative inquiry: Qualitative methodology transforming research 'about' to research 'with' people
Co-operative inquiry, pioneered by Heron and Reason, is a qualitative, participatory methodology that powerfully transforms research from inquiring about people to inquiring with people. Contemporary qualitative research is increasingly trending from studying others to engaging all participants in research processes as equal collaborators. Consequently, many qualitative researchers are looking to participatory methodologies such as co-operative i…
A shared journey: Uncovering support needs and challenges of health student placement supervisors to improve placement experiences
Industry-based placements, a core work-integrated learning (WIL) practice in higher education, rely heavily on supervisors to shape student experiences. Student under-preparedness and skill gaps, compounded by ‘placement poverty’, student personal pressures, and the rapid increase in international students, may pose growing challenges for supervisors. However, limited research exists on the supervisor experience, including support needs and chall…
Sexual Violence and Assault in Rural Australia: A Scoping Review of Regional, Rural, and Remote Contexts
Sexual violence (SV) is an insidious social phenomenon that results in physical, emotional, and psychological trauma. The aim of this article is to review the research pertaining to SV in regional, rural, and remote Australia. A systematic scoping review was undertaken using the Arksey and O’Malley five-step framework. A total of 25 articles were included in the review and appraised using the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool. Thematic analysis was u…
Climate-compounded health effects and social justice intersections in regional, rural and remote Australia: A scoping review
This scoping review examines current academic literature that identifies how climate change (climate variability and extreme weather events) is impacting marginalised communities’ health and wellbeing in regional, rural, and remote (RRR) Australia. Specifically, this review examines socio-demographic sub-group differences (e.g. age, gender, disabilities, culturally or racially marginalised) of those affected by climate change and identifies how t…
Building Student and Community Engagement in Schools Through Social Work Placements to Support Children’s Wellbeing
Schools focus on the education of students, but it is recognised that student engagement and educational achievement are enhanced where student wellbeing is considered. Student wellbeing can be supported both in school and through connections to the school and broader community. While teachers seek to support student wellbeing, they are often ill-equipped, given workload and educational focus, limiting their capacity to address student wellbeing …
Political science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works)