Ines has extensive work experience as a social worker in social welfare practice since 1992, exposing her to a broad range of interventions and fields of practice Research has been an integral part of Ines’ professional social work practice. Examples include two projects at the North Queensland Domestic Violence Resource Service one developing perpetrator programs, the other the education in schools project as well as conducting the NQDVRS’s self-assessment against the Practice Standards of the Department of Communities. Over the years, Ines’ work in this area has attracted three Queensland Domestic Violence Prevention Awards and an Australian Violence Prevention Merit Award.

Ines is currently teaching and working in the field education team in Social Work and Humans Services at JCU. She completed her PhD in 2015, and her thesis topic was ‘Social Work Field Education with External Supervision’. Ines is a collaborator in a current OLT grant exploring internationalisation is social work education. Ines has published widely, with a particular focus on field education and social work education. Ines social work practice experience and research interest are particularly centred around, child and youth welfare, violence prevention, professional development of supervision, social justice and human rights, women’s issues and field education for social work students.

Teaching

• WS3503: Field Education 1 (Level 3; TSV)
• WS4504: Field Education 2 (Level 4; TSV)
• WS5303: Field Education 1 (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• • Child and Youth Welfare • Violence Prevention • Professional Development and Supervision Social Work Education • Social Justice and Human Rights • Women’s Issues • Social Work Field Education

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Journal Articles

• Harris N, Miles D, Howard E, Zuchowski I, King J, Dhephasadin Na Ayudhaya P, Jones P, Francis A, Gopalkrishnan N and Puthantharayil G (in press) International student exchange in Australian social work education. Australian Social Work, pp. 1-31
• Rollins W, Egan R, Zuchowski I, Duncan M, Chee P, Muncey P, Hill N and Higgins M (in press) Leading through collaboration: the national field education network. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, pp. 1-26
• Zuchowski I, Gopalkrishnan N, King J and Francis A (2017) Reciprocity in international student exchange: challenges posed by neo-colonialism and the dominance of the Western voice. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 29 (1). pp. 77-87
• Zuchowski I (2016) On becoming a researcher: the value of writing throughout the research process. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 18 (2). pp. 66-78
• Zuchowski I (2016) Getting to know the context: the complexities of providing off-site supervision in social work practice learning. British Journal of Social Work, 46 (2). pp. 409-426
• Gair S, Miles D, Savage D and Zuchowski I (2015) Racism unmasked: the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in social work field placements. Australian Social Work, 68 (1). pp. 32-48
• Zuchowski I (2015) Field education with external supervision: supporting student learning. The Field Educator, 5.2 (Fall 2015). pp. 1-16
• Zuchowski I (2015) Being the university: liaison persons' reflections on placements with off-site supervision. Social Work Education, 34 (3). pp. 301-314
• Zuchowski I (2014) Planting the seeds for someone else's discussion: experiences of task supervisors supporting social work placements. Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 13. pp. 5-13

Book Chapters

• Francis A and Zuchowski I (2014) Safety-Net Groups: an approach to community development. In: Community Work: theories, experiences and challenges. Niruta Publications, Bangalore, India, pp. 86-102
• Tedam P and Zuchowski I (2014) The MANDELA practice framework as a tool for strengths-based social work education. In: Advancing Social Work in Mental Health through Strengths-Based Practice. Primrose Hall, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, pp. 158-171

Conference Papers

• Miles D, Jones P, Gopalkrishnan N, Francis A, Harris N, Howard E, King J, Zuchowski I, Dhephasadin Na Ayudhaya P and Puthantharayil G (2016) Contested concepts of 'partnership' in international student exchange programs. Proceedings of the 37th HERDSA Annual International Conference. In: HERSDA 2016: 39th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual International Conference: the shape of higher education, 4-7 July 2016, Freemantle, WA, Australia

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Current

• Everything Changes; Proposed Theory of Adjustment and Transition to Workplace Disability (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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