Kim Hobbs's guest appearances

Kim Hobbs

Just Another Do Gooder

AASW – Social Work People Podcast

Suzanne Smith

Pam Cohen

Marie Heydon

Kristen Holzapfel

Hilde Fiva Buzungu

Julianne Whyte

Norma Tracey

Jack Whitney

Deanne Dale

OwlTail

This episode follows from our previous episode with Rosalie Pockett AM. Like Rosalie, Kim Hobbs didn’t intend to make her career in hospital social work, but has ended up doing exactly that.  Kim is the other half of the productive partnership between a hospital and university researching inequity in healthcare, and Kim agrees about how powerful these partnerships are in overturning inequality.  She has observed that the ground-breaking research happens when social workers are the researchers.   Further Information about Kim Hobbshttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kim-Hobbs https://www.oswanz.com/kim-hobbs/    Special Issue Australian Social Work Social Work and Cancer. Editorial by Rosalie Pockett and Kim Hobbs   Free Accesshttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0312407X.2021.1988664?src=   AASW Members: Australian Social Work Special Issue Social Work and Cancer Volume 75, Issue 2, 2022.https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rasw20/current   Prof Irwin Epstein on Clinical Data Mining:https://www.routledge.com/Clinical-Data-Mining-in-Practice-Based-Research-Social-Work-in-Hospital/Epstein-Blumenfield/p/book/9780789017093   Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners The Australian Association of Social Workers respectfully acknowledges the past and present traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the lands on which this podcast is being recorded.  We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, their ancestors and their families, and to the Elders of other communities who may be listening.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode follows from our previous episode with Rosalie Pockett AM. Like Rosalie, Kim Hobbs didn’t intend to make her career in hospital social work, but has ended up doing exactly that.  Kim is the other half of the productive partnership between a hospital and university researching inequity in healthcare, and Kim agrees about how powerful these partnerships are in overturning inequality.  She has observed that the ground-breaking research happens when social workers are the researchers. Further Information about Kim Hobbs <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kim-Hobbs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kim-Hobbs</a> <a href="https://www.oswanz.com/kim-hobbs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.oswanz.com/kim-hobbs/</a> Special Issue Australian Social Work Social Work and Cancer. Editorial by Rosalie Pockett and Kim Hobbs   Free Access <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0312407X.2021.1988664?src=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0312407X.2021.1988664?src=</a> AASW Members: Australian Social Work Special Issue Social Work and Cancer Volume 75, Issue 2, 2022. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rasw20/current" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rasw20/current</a> Prof Irwin Epstein on Clinical Data Mining: <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Clinical-Data-Mining-in-Practice-Based-Research-Social-Work-in-Hospital/Epstein-Blumenfield/p/book/9780789017093" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/Clinical-Data-Mining-in-Practice-Based-Research-Social-Work-in-Hospital/Epstein-Blumenfield/p/book/9780789017093</a> Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners The Australian Association of Social Workers respectfully acknowledges the past and present traditional owners and ongoing custodians of the lands on which this podcast is being recorded.  We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, their ancestors and their families, and to the Elders of other communities who may be listening.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Health through the widest lens, Part 2: Kim Hobbs and ground-breaking research

Kim Hobbs has had a long career in oncology social work. She is now a clinical specialist social worker in gynaecological cancer at a large teaching hospital in western Sydney. Building upon a solid base of clinical care, Kim advocates for improved psychosocial support services for all people with cancer and their families, friends and caregivers. She believes that psychosocial care should be a key component of comprehensive cancer care throughout treatment and recovery. As a practitioner-researcher she has been involved in collaborative research projects, in psycho-oncology, including highlighting the needs of carers: demonstrating the power of group support: acknowledging and working with sexual issues: and understanding the qualities that leaders need in cancer support groups. Kim believes that social work has important things to say about our contribution to psycho- oncology. She reminds us that social work caseloads reflect the marginalized and under-served: the disadvantaged, the poor: and the socially isolated. Her research interests have led to several publications in international peer-reviewed journals, and she has authored and co-authored three chapters in two recently published Australian books. Our conversation covers her clinical and research career in oncology as well as an illuminating visit to a palliative care service in Denmark. Her message to medical leaders in the field has been simple; “you did the clever operation, we’re the ones who make their life worth living”.

<a href="http://vittoriocintio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/podcts-whit-text-psd2.jpeg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Kim Hobbs has had a long career in oncology social work. She is now a clinical specialist social worker in gynaecological cancer at a large teaching hospital in western Sydney. Building upon a solid base of clinical care, Kim advocates for improved psychosocial support services for all people with cancer and their families, friends and caregivers. She believes that psychosocial care should be a key component of comprehensive cancer care throughout treatment and recovery. As a practitioner-researcher she has been involved in collaborative research projects, in psycho-oncology, including highlighting the needs of carers: demonstrating the power of group support: acknowledging and working with sexual issues: and understanding the qualities that leaders need in cancer support groups. Kim believes that social work has important things to say about our contribution to psycho- oncology. She reminds us that social work caseloads reflect the marginalized and under-served: the disadvantaged, the poor: and the socially isolated. Her research interests have led to several publications in international peer-reviewed journals, and she has authored and co-authored three chapters in two recently published Australian books. Our conversation covers her clinical and research career in oncology as well as an illuminating visit to a palliative care service in Denmark. Her message to medical leaders in the field has been simple; “you did the clever operation, we’re the ones who make their life worth living”.

Podcast episode 18: research and clinical practice in oncology social work- a conversation with Kim Hobbs