Monica ShortCharles Sturt University · School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Monica Short
Bachelor of Social Work; Master of Social Science (Welfare and Social Policy)
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Introduction
Collaboration is fundamental to Monica Short's research and teaching. Monica is a senior lecturer and social science researcher at Charles Sturt University.
Research projects include: a) Anglican Church engagements with communities, b) Resilient health professionals and c) Teaching. In 2020, Monica received The Australia and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research Field-University Collaboration Award; and was one of a group of recipients who received a CSU Excellence Award.
Publications
Publications (31)
The objective of this scoping literature review is to investigate: what is known about the connection between philosophical and spiritual worldviews and professional resilience in frontline social work and human services? Resilience is essential to these professionals sustaining practice during difficult times, and philosophical and spiritual world...
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. Educat...
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 Austral...
The role of spirituality and faith remains crucial for positive ageing. However, the voices and experiences of elders during and post-pandemic are understated. This elder-directed autoethnography considers the question: What role did your faith play in coping with social isolation? Four Christian elders narrate their spiritual journey leading to ho...
The COVID-19 global pandemic radically disrupted face-to-face teaching of practice-skills within social work programs in many countries. Across the globe, campuses closed suddenly, meaning students and staff had to quickly transition to online platforms to sustain teaching and learning interactions. In response to this unprecedented and demanding s...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, educators around the globe seek to understand how to support students whose academic performance is impacted by mental health challenges. This article presents a co-operative inquiry undertaken by colleagues in Canada and Australia, responding to the question; what insights can the existing Carleton University framewor...
Innovation in placements is challenging stereotypes in social work field education. This article presents a Co-operative Inquiry between industry and university stakeholders, located in Australia and Scotland, about their experiences of non-traditional social work placements, and whether connectivity promotes such placements. Co-operative Inquiry,...
An inclusive society respects personhood, enabling every individual and community the power and control to fully partner with others and participate across all areas of life. The promotion of social inclusion is an inter-professional endeavour. Internationally, policies have been developed to advance social inclusion, but maintaining such progress...
Reference
Kime, K., & Short, M. (2019). Engaging with Aboriginal peoples: Challenging inequality in the rural Australian Anglican Church from a sociological, social work and theological perspective. Australasian Pentecostal Studies Journal, 20(2019), 35-54. Retrieved from https://aps-journal.com/index.php/APS/article/view/9535
Abstract
Nearly two...
Case management is experiencing a major evolution that involves the isolation of its roles and the compartmentalisation of its functions. As educators it is challenging to keep track of these changes and to equip students for contemporary practice. Five social work academics from three educational institutions undertook a co-operative inquiry into...
Challenging social constructs, barriers and blockages to social inclusion, social cohesion, social justice, respect for diversity and human rights experienced by people living with disabilities is essential social work. This chapter presents through an auto-ethnographic investigation a critical reflection into society’s norms about deserving or und...
Co-operative inquiry is accessible, participatory action research, which can enable the collection of knowledge, experience and the practice wisdom of research inquirers. The method facilitates mutually supportive relationships and conversations with colleagues and the field. This chapter introduces the co-operative inquiry method and narrates my e...
Case management is experiencing a major evolution that involves the isolation of its roles and the compartmentalization of its functions. As educators, it is challenging to keep track of these changes and to equip students for contemporary practice. Five social work academics from three educational institutions undertook a co-operative inquiry into...
The authors document a co-operative inquiry involving two social workers, a sociologist, and a theologian, each with personal and professional connections to disability and rurality. They consider the following research question: How do the inquirers perceive the Anglican Church of Australia located in rural, regional and remote communities engage...
Thank you for your interest in the book: Anglican Churches engaging with people living with disabilities. This publication is available free on-line at:
https://neutrinodata.s3.amazonaws.com/bca/userimages/Resources/Anglican-Churches-Engaging-with-People-Living-with-Disabilities.pdf
I hope you find the book helpful.
The first part of the book is...
A Celebration of God’s Faithfulness: Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship History, Testimonials, Indigenous Theology, Sermons and Bible Studies edited by Kathryn Naden, Michelle Wighton, Francine Riches and Monica Short.
Here is an excerpt from the book:
“This book shares ‘the knowledge of Indigenous Christians from many nations within Australia. It...
In this article, the authors engage with matters of faith as expressed by Christians living with disabilities, recognizing faith matters to many. Extant debates regarding faith and disability risk being about people living with disabilities rather than being by or with them. This article presents a cooperative inquiry about faith undertaken by five...
People from diverse backgrounds enrich the rural, regional, and remote communities where they relocate and settle. Research about rural diversity tends to focus on demographics (age, gender, country of origin) while ignoring personal narratives of integration, for example, engagements with religious institutions (such as the local Christian church)...
Much of what is written by non-disabled authors about living with disabilities does not mirror people’s experiences or opportunities. Literature is often written about people’s abilities (or disabilities) rather than by or with people. Discourse about supervision of social work students can risk assuming that supervisors are people who do not ident...
Executive Summary
This paper presents the themes from a case study of three Anglican
Churches engaging with people from diverse cultural backgrounds who
settled outside capital cities. It addresses the following questions:
• How does the Anglican Church of Australia outside capital cities engage
with people from diverse cultural backgrounds?
•...
This article can be accessed from free from https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/the-anglican-church-of-australia-and-engagement-with-people-livin
Concluding comments from the article:
People living with disabilities are a significant and valuable part of Australian society, and their contribution to Anglican communities is worthy of...
This paper is an exploration of social work placements with students who are living with a disability. The paper discusses hurdles including censoring placements and opportunities, equal access, strategies for building a belief in ability and self-esteem. Field education is a significant part of the social work degree internationally. It allows soc...
Projects
Projects (6)
This international project is a co-operative inquiry with colleagues from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Scotland and Ireland. We are looking at the benefits, challenges and opportunities for innovative delivery in social work placements across distance.
Heron and Reason pioneered this participatory research method. It focuses on researching with people rather than about people. Co-operative inquiry brings together people to explore areas of interest. The aims of this project is to first, share the co-operative inquiry method with others and secondly, encourage others through co-operative inquiries to share their knowledge about social phenomena.
