Jan Fook
Biographic Data
| ID | 4487173 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Fook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Fook |
| SIGNATURE | FOOK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Whither Compassion
This column piece reflects on the seeming lack of public compassion responses to the refugee crisis, and what our role as professionals in higher education can be in addressing this
Critical Social Work Practice
Radical Social Work Today
Radical Social Work Today: Social Work at the Crossroads." Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 22(1-2), pp. 139–140
Bereavement care for the non-bereaved
This article outlines key approaches for a health promoting approach to end-of-life care. Although direct service provision for end-of-life care and bereavement are crucial to any public health approach to dying, death and loss, a broader public health approach – one that targets people in good health and outside acute episodes of need – is also vital to building a community's capacity for resilience and self-care. The approaches described in thi…
Critical reflection in social work
This is a special issue on critical reflection. Critical reflection is not new to European social work, particularly not in the UK and the Nordic countries. However it is used in many different way
Challenges of Critical Reflection
This paper arises from the experiences of the authors in providing critical reflection training to social workers and health professionals. It examines the cultural challenges involved in undertaking critical reflection, and how such challenges may contribute to learning. We examine the nature of some of these risks and what might be at stake, and how we as educators might manage these in the interests of better learning. First we discuss the con…
Practising Critical Reflection
Critical Reflection in Health and Social Care
The importance of pet loss and some implications for services
Understanding the meaning of companion animals and their loss in peoples' lives has major implications for the way professional services are organized and delivered. There is much research and literature which argues for the major social, emotional and physical benefits of animal companionship, and the widespread nature of pet ownership. Yet ironically, much of the professional service literature has tended to marginalize or pathologize the human…
The quest for a universal social work
What debates and issues are involved in moves to generalise about social work across the globe? This paper attempts to examine some of these major debates and, in so doing, to suggest some directions for a flexible approach. Crucial to these debates are several tensions around the issues of Westernisation, localisation and indigenisation in social work. It is also important to seek clarity around the complexities of international social work. The…
What is the aim of the Bachelor of Social Work
Transforming Social Work Practice
Lassie Come Home
This is a report of a qualitative, content analysis of 100 “Lost Pet” notices. The aim of the study was to identify what literary techniques people employed to express their loss given a highly diverse public that may, or many not, be sympathetic to expressions of grief over pets. Four notice types were identified: The simple public notice [impersonal] (20%); the simple public notice [personalized] (55%); the personal appeal notice (21%) and; the…
Towards a Theory of Social Work Expertise
This paper begins by summarizing the results of a qualitative exploratory study of thirty experienced social workers which was undertaken in order to identify some characteristics of social work expertise. Some of the features identified include a confidence with professional identity and an ability to deal with complexities. Participants were also able quickly to prioritize relevant factors and were aware of constraints and resources, but made c…
Is Casework Dead? A Study of the Current Curriculum in Australia
The current status of casework within the social work profession is said to have declined, given the recent shift to structural perspectives. This study surveys current social work and welfare courses in Australia in order to determine the validity of this claim, and at the same time to begin to establish the exact status of casework within the curriculum. Results suggest that casework still occupies a significant portion of the curriculum, but t…
Reader's Comment
Readers' Comment
Critical reflection in social work
This is a special issue on critical reflection. Critical reflection is not new to European social work, particularly not in the UK and the Nordic countries. However it is used in many different way
Towards a Theory of Social Work Expertise
This paper begins by summarizing the results of a qualitative exploratory study of thirty experienced social workers which was undertaken in order to identify some characteristics of social work expertise. Some of the features identified include a confidence with professional identity and an ability to deal with complexities. Participants were also able quickly to prioritize relevant factors and were aware of constraints and resources, but made c…
What is the aim of the Bachelor of Social Work
Whither Compassion
This column piece reflects on the seeming lack of public compassion responses to the refugee crisis, and what our role as professionals in higher education can be in addressing this
Is Casework Dead? A Study of the Current Curriculum in Australia
The current status of casework within the social work profession is said to have declined, given the recent shift to structural perspectives. This study surveys current social work and welfare courses in Australia in order to determine the validity of this claim, and at the same time to begin to establish the exact status of casework within the curriculum. Results suggest that casework still occupies a significant portion of the curriculum, but t…
Readers' Comment
Readers' Comment
Reader's Comment
Is Casework Dead? A Study of the Current Curriculum in Australia
The current status of casework within the social work profession is said to have declined, given the recent shift to structural perspectives. This study surveys current social work and welfare courses in Australia in order to determine the validity of this claim, and at the same time to begin to establish the exact status of casework within the curriculum. Results suggest that casework still occupies a significant portion of the curriculum, but t…
Lassie Come Home
This is a report of a qualitative, content analysis of 100 “Lost Pet” notices. The aim of the study was to identify what literary techniques people employed to express their loss given a highly diverse public that may, or many not, be sympathetic to expressions of grief over pets. Four notice types were identified: The simple public notice [impersonal] (20%); the simple public notice [personalized] (55%); the personal appeal notice (21%) and; the…
Towards a Theory of Social Work Expertise
This paper begins by summarizing the results of a qualitative exploratory study of thirty experienced social workers which was undertaken in order to identify some characteristics of social work expertise. Some of the features identified include a confidence with professional identity and an ability to deal with complexities. Participants were also able quickly to prioritize relevant factors and were aware of constraints and resources, but made c…
Transforming Social Work Practice
What is the aim of the Bachelor of Social Work
The quest for a universal social work
What debates and issues are involved in moves to generalise about social work across the globe? This paper attempts to examine some of these major debates and, in so doing, to suggest some directions for a flexible approach. Crucial to these debates are several tensions around the issues of Westernisation, localisation and indigenisation in social work. It is also important to seek clarity around the complexities of international social work. The…
The importance of pet loss and some implications for services
Understanding the meaning of companion animals and their loss in peoples' lives has major implications for the way professional services are organized and delivered. There is much research and literature which argues for the major social, emotional and physical benefits of animal companionship, and the widespread nature of pet ownership. Yet ironically, much of the professional service literature has tended to marginalize or pathologize the human…
Critical Reflection in Health and Social Care
Challenges of Critical Reflection
This paper arises from the experiences of the authors in providing critical reflection training to social workers and health professionals. It examines the cultural challenges involved in undertaking critical reflection, and how such challenges may contribute to learning. We examine the nature of some of these risks and what might be at stake, and how we as educators might manage these in the interests of better learning. First we discuss the con…
Practising Critical Reflection
Critical reflection in social work
This is a special issue on critical reflection. Critical reflection is not new to European social work, particularly not in the UK and the Nordic countries. However it is used in many different way
Bereavement care for the non-bereaved
This article outlines key approaches for a health promoting approach to end-of-life care. Although direct service provision for end-of-life care and bereavement are crucial to any public health approach to dying, death and loss, a broader public health approach – one that targets people in good health and outside acute episodes of need – is also vital to building a community's capacity for resilience and self-care. The approaches described in thi…
Radical Social Work Today
Radical Social Work Today: Social Work at the Crossroads." Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 22(1-2), pp. 139–140
Critical Social Work Practice
Whither Compassion
This column piece reflects on the seeming lack of public compassion responses to the refugee crisis, and what our role as professionals in higher education can be in addressing this
Sociology (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Social Work (9 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (9 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Critical reflection (4 works) · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (4 works)