There’s been some great interest generated from our Coastal Social Work conference last week, so I’m resharing the first article reporting our findings. More to come, all open access!
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Not just a day at the beach: Challenges experienced by social workers in England’s coastal communities
This article presents findings from interviews with current and former social workers in coastal communities in England, with a focus on the challenges fac
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October 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
There’s been some great interest generated from our Coastal Social Work conference last week, so I’m resharing the first article reporting our findings. More to come, all open access!
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
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"Not just a day at the beach" - The lastest article from our research team looking at social worker experiences in coastal communities. Open Access!
w/ Prof Jermaine Ravalier Ciaran Murphy Nazm Berry Paulina Wegrzynek Marria Riaz Rhiannon Cullen and Rachel Brougham
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w/ Prof Jermaine Ravalier Ciaran Murphy Nazm Berry Paulina Wegrzynek Marria Riaz Rhiannon Cullen and Rachel Brougham
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Not just a day at the beach: Challenges experienced by social workers in England’s coastal communities
This article presents findings from interviews with current and former social workers in coastal communities in England, with a focus on the challenges fac
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October 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
"Not just a day at the beach" - The lastest article from our research team looking at social worker experiences in coastal communities. Open Access!
w/ Prof Jermaine Ravalier Ciaran Murphy Nazm Berry Paulina Wegrzynek Marria Riaz Rhiannon Cullen and Rachel Brougham
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w/ Prof Jermaine Ravalier Ciaran Murphy Nazm Berry Paulina Wegrzynek Marria Riaz Rhiannon Cullen and Rachel Brougham
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International migration of social workers across the Atlantic Ocean: Moving between Canada and England academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
International migration of social workers across the Atlantic Ocean: Moving between Canada and England
When social workers move between Canada and England, they often encounter unexpected cultural and professional challenges despite shared language and histo
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October 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
International migration of social workers across the Atlantic Ocean: Moving between Canada and England academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Thanks for writing about this.
Many adult and children's social care teams, (and charities) are using 'Magic Notes', built using 'Open AI Enterprise'. Sometimes it's used without consent, but any concerns about risks and ethics are ignored.
This is useful:
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Many adult and children's social care teams, (and charities) are using 'Magic Notes', built using 'Open AI Enterprise'. Sometimes it's used without consent, but any concerns about risks and ethics are ignored.
This is useful:
academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
‘Magic moments’: AI and the ‘disappearance’ of social work ethics?
The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in social work should trigger ethical concerns connected to: confidentiality and privacy; self-determina
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September 23, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Thanks for writing about this.
Many adult and children's social care teams, (and charities) are using 'Magic Notes', built using 'Open AI Enterprise'. Sometimes it's used without consent, but any concerns about risks and ethics are ignored.
This is useful:
academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Many adult and children's social care teams, (and charities) are using 'Magic Notes', built using 'Open AI Enterprise'. Sometimes it's used without consent, but any concerns about risks and ethics are ignored.
This is useful:
academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Here's my research doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
The base for their plans made things worse.
Government evaluation of "pathfinders" for their changes asks managers what they think and a small number of families. It doesn't look at outcomes. Ask them to halt until they have a +ve outcome evaluation.
The base for their plans made things worse.
Government evaluation of "pathfinders" for their changes asks managers what they think and a small number of families. It doesn't look at outcomes. Ask them to halt until they have a +ve outcome evaluation.
Do multi-agency safeguarding hubs improve child protection outcomes? Evidence from national administrative data
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (known as MASHs) are now used in most areas of England to decide how concerns about children are handled when they are first
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September 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Here's my research doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
The base for their plans made things worse.
Government evaluation of "pathfinders" for their changes asks managers what they think and a small number of families. It doesn't look at outcomes. Ask them to halt until they have a +ve outcome evaluation.
The base for their plans made things worse.
Government evaluation of "pathfinders" for their changes asks managers what they think and a small number of families. It doesn't look at outcomes. Ask them to halt until they have a +ve outcome evaluation.
Here's my research doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
Do multi-agency safeguarding hubs improve child protection outcomes? Evidence from national administrative data
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (known as MASHs) are now used in most areas of England to decide how concerns about children are handled when they are first
doi.org
August 27, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Here's my research doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
Book Review - Abolition in social work and human services: visions, possibilities, and challenges. Ian Hyslop and Bob Pease (eds) academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Book Review - Abolition in social work and human services: visions, possibilities, and challenges. Ian Hyslop and Bob Pease (eds)
Abolition in Social Work and Human Services arrives at a moment when social work can no longer hide behind discourses of benevolence, technical neutrality
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August 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Book Review - Abolition in social work and human services: visions, possibilities, and challenges. Ian Hyslop and Bob Pease (eds) academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Qianqian Wu, Michael Salter, Women’s experiences of shame while seeking care for complex trauma: Towards shame-sensitive practice, The British Journal of Social Work, 2025;, bcaf101, doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
#Trauma #ComplexTrauma #Shame #MentalHealth
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#Trauma #ComplexTrauma #Shame #MentalHealth
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Women’s experiences of shame while seeking care for complex trauma: Towards shame-sensitive practice
This study explores how women with complex trauma experience shame when seeking support from health and social services. Complex trauma often results from
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June 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Qianqian Wu, Michael Salter, Women’s experiences of shame while seeking care for complex trauma: Towards shame-sensitive practice, The British Journal of Social Work, 2025;, bcaf101, doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
#Trauma #ComplexTrauma #Shame #MentalHealth
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#Trauma #ComplexTrauma #Shame #MentalHealth
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So proud that our paper has been selected as 'Editor's Choice' in this issue of the British Journal of Social Work. In it, we draw 'A Line in the Sand', challenging policymakers to reform system foundations in order to effectively safeguard young people abused beyond the home doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
A line in the sand: Moving from surface improvement to foundational shifts to develop effective responses to extra-familial risks and harms
This article presents representative accounts from efforts in six social care departments in the UK to use innovation to improve their responses to young p
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May 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
So proud that our paper has been selected as 'Editor's Choice' in this issue of the British Journal of Social Work. In it, we draw 'A Line in the Sand', challenging policymakers to reform system foundations in order to effectively safeguard young people abused beyond the home doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...
"…описание гибели Земли группой BJSW (Busza et al.): «катастрофический процесс с глубокими последствиями для здоровья и безопасности»"
May 20, 2011 at 12:48 PM
"…описание гибели Земли группой BJSW (Busza et al.): «катастрофический процесс с глубокими последствиями для здоровья и безопасности»"
the flip side (if response 2 oppression can ever be called a bonus) is there's a load of research coming through about ADHD centring cexperiences of ADHD, focussing on leveraging strength & isn't simply about pathology (I'm not anti-pathology) eg: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
#adhd #academicsky
#adhd #academicsky
Intensity and Variable Attention: Counter Narrating ADHD, from ADHD Deficits to ADHD Difference
Coming from a neurodiversity approach stressing ADHD as a cognitive difference rather than a cognitive deficit, the article aims to restory hyperactivity a
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October 12, 2024 at 9:22 AM
the flip side (if response 2 oppression can ever be called a bonus) is there's a load of research coming through about ADHD centring cexperiences of ADHD, focussing on leveraging strength & isn't simply about pathology (I'm not anti-pathology) eg: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
#adhd #academicsky
#adhd #academicsky
My latest publication is now out, based on two ethnographic studies of contrasting social work teams it discusses commonalities in social workers' sensemaking across different contexts. Great to work with Felicity Morrow on this.
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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Sensemaking strategies of social workers: Insights from ethnographic studies of child and family and adult social work services in England and Scotland
This article is based on two studies by social work researchers, which looked at the day-to-day practices of social workers working in child and family soc
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April 20, 2026 at 6:04 PM
My latest publication is now out, based on two ethnographic studies of contrasting social work teams it discusses commonalities in social workers' sensemaking across different contexts. Great to work with Felicity Morrow on this.
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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My co-authored article on reflective group interventions with social workers is now out in print. Available open access.
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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Reflective group interventions with social workers: A scoping review
This article reviews research on different forms of reflective group interventions (RGIs) with social workers. The authors were interested in how RGIs—stru
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August 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My co-authored article on reflective group interventions with social workers is now out in print. Available open access.
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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🚨New publication klaxon🚨
My latest paper with colleagues from UEA is out now in advance access in the British Journal of Social Work. It's a scoping review of reflective group interventions with social workers & is available open access
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#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
My latest paper with colleagues from UEA is out now in advance access in the British Journal of Social Work. It's a scoping review of reflective group interventions with social workers & is available open access
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
Reflective group interventions with social workers: A scoping review
This article reviews research on different forms of reflective group interventions (RGIs) with social workers. The authors were interested in how RGIs—stru
academic.oup.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨New publication klaxon🚨
My latest paper with colleagues from UEA is out now in advance access in the British Journal of Social Work. It's a scoping review of reflective group interventions with social workers & is available open access
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
My latest paper with colleagues from UEA is out now in advance access in the British Journal of Social Work. It's a scoping review of reflective group interventions with social workers & is available open access
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
#AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
6/25/2024 -- This is beyond troubling folks. @nc5philwilliams.bsky.social #Tennessee @lastweektonight1.bsky.social did a feature not long ago focusing on one of the stories #PhilWilliams and his crew investigated. [link below]
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'They see Tennessee as a battleground.' Data points to rise of hate in Tennessee
Hate groups have turned their attention to Tennessee, dialing up their rhetoric against African-Americans, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community in ways that watchdogs find alarming.
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June 25, 2024 at 3:30 PM
6/25/2024 -- This is beyond troubling folks. @nc5philwilliams.bsky.social #Tennessee @lastweektonight1.bsky.social did a feature not long ago focusing on one of the stories #PhilWilliams and his crew investigated. [link below]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJSw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJSw...
In #SocialWorkWeek at @penninelearning.bsky.social keeping up to date with #BJSW from the Knowledge Servoce has never been easier with Browzine tinyurl.com/yc3fwzr2 @laurajeffreys.bsky.social @sfstringwell.bsky.social
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March 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
In #SocialWorkWeek at @penninelearning.bsky.social keeping up to date with #BJSW from the Knowledge Servoce has never been easier with Browzine tinyurl.com/yc3fwzr2 @laurajeffreys.bsky.social @sfstringwell.bsky.social
Thanks @carlpurcell.bsky.social @juliettemalley.bsky.social for this well written and researched article, which provides some useful frameworks and challenge. We will draw on this in developing the right approaches to support growth of #sharedlives: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
The challenge of scaling-up social work innovations: A case study of Shared Lives schemes in England
Innovation is now routinely presented as a solution to the pressures faced by social work services. However, we do not know enough about how effective inno
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January 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Thanks @carlpurcell.bsky.social @juliettemalley.bsky.social for this well written and researched article, which provides some useful frameworks and challenge. We will draw on this in developing the right approaches to support growth of #sharedlives: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
Ok, so to introduce myself to those who don’t yet know me, I’ll share a link to a paper. It should give an idea of my ethos: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
FII and Perplexing Presentations: What is the Evidence Base for and against Current Guidelines, and What are the Implications for Social Services?
Families of autistic children, or those with complex or rare conditions, are finding themselves at increased risk of being investigated by Social Services
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November 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Ok, so to introduce myself to those who don’t yet know me, I’ll share a link to a paper. It should give an idea of my ethos: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
@tomshakespeare.bsky.social I’m glad you said that, because most people don’t know about this as a thing, but the negative impact it is having on hundreds of disabled families is horrific. Check out Clements & Aiello cerebra.org.uk/wp-content/u... & academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
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November 16, 2024 at 8:20 PM
@tomshakespeare.bsky.social I’m glad you said that, because most people don’t know about this as a thing, but the negative impact it is having on hundreds of disabled families is horrific. Check out Clements & Aiello cerebra.org.uk/wp-content/u... & academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
A new contribution to the Leadership Literature Accounting for gender and sexuality in social work leadership: An exploratory study of lesbian leader perspectives url: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Accounting for gender and sexuality in social work leadership: An exploratory study of lesbian leader perspectives
In a women-majority profession, white heterosexual men disproportionately hold senior leadership positions in social work and social care. In the literatur
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October 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A new contribution to the Leadership Literature Accounting for gender and sexuality in social work leadership: An exploratory study of lesbian leader perspectives url: academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Very pleased to have raised a hand on methods here: so few accounts of ‘lived experience’ show how they are rendered thus by those living them. academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Why is It Important to Ensure the Voice and Influence of People with Lived Experience in Social Work Research and Practice?
This Editorial is prepared by the Editorial Board members who have lived experience of social work and social care
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December 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Very pleased to have raised a hand on methods here: so few accounts of ‘lived experience’ show how they are rendered thus by those living them. academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
New paper considering the state of play of UK child welfare responses to extra-familial harm for the British Journal of Social Work with Rachael Owens, Jenny Lloyd and @carlenefirmin.bsky.social
#extrafamilialharm #contextualsafeguarding #childrenssocialcare
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#extrafamilialharm #contextualsafeguarding #childrenssocialcare
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From ‘risky choices’ to ‘risky contexts’? The state of play of UK child welfare responses to adolescent ‘extra-familial harm’. National and international implications
Across the globe young people are significantly harmed in relationships and spaces beyond their families and family homes. The UK appears distinct in integ
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August 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New paper considering the state of play of UK child welfare responses to extra-familial harm for the British Journal of Social Work with Rachael Owens, Jenny Lloyd and @carlenefirmin.bsky.social
#extrafamilialharm #contextualsafeguarding #childrenssocialcare
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
#extrafamilialharm #contextualsafeguarding #childrenssocialcare
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November 20, 2024 at 9:16 AM