A brief introduction to the Social Work Research Podcast

Introduction

Donald Forrester, Professor of Child and Family Social Work at Cardiff University, on the relationship between social work skills and outcomes for children and families.

1. Skills improve outcomes

Professor Lynette Joubert, Professor of Social Work, and Alys-Marie Manguy, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne, on models of family support in paediatric emergency departments.

2. Practice research

Dr Hannah Jobling, Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York, on decision-making in mental health tribunals for Community Treatment Orders.

3. What’s the risk?

Prof John Devaney of the University of Edinburgh on inequality of experiences of domestic abuse among mothers of young children

4. Domestic abuse inequalities

Dr Bryn Lloyd-Evans, Associate Professor at University College London, on increasing rates of psychiatric hospital detentions

5. On the up

Dr Jenny Threlfall on racial socialization practices in the context of the shooting of a Black teenager by a White police officer in the US

6. Talking about race

Professor Gavin Davidson from Queen's University Belfast discusses research on service users' experiences and views of support for decision-making.

7. Supporting decision-making

Professor Jonathan Scourfield from Cardiff University explores what triggers social work involvement and subsequent outcomes for children and young people.

8. Triggering social work involvement

Dr Jon Symonds explores how fathers can be encouraged to be involved in parenting programmes.

9. Making fathers relevant

Conversations with social work researchers about studies they have conducted and their implications for practice. Ideal for social work students, practitioners, researchers or anyone interested in social work research.

Dr Kayonda Ngamaba explores what improves our happiness and life satisfaction, and the role religion plays in this.

10. Religion and wellbeing

Professor Harry Ferguson explores why children are sometimes 'invisible' in social workers' home visits

11. The invisible child

Dr Gareth O'Rourke discusses the impact of the implementation of the Care Act on older co-resident carers of older people in England.

12. Care Act implementation

Nanne Isokuortti on the implementation of a systemic practice model, adapted from Reclaiming Social Work, in Children's Services in Finland.

13. Implementing systemic practice

Professor Paul Bywaters on the relationship between income inequality, poverty and child welfare interventions in the UK.

14. Inequality and child welfare

Dr Pia Tham evaluates the impact of introducing group supervision for NQSWs, team strengthening activities and training for team leaders on working conditions of social workers.

15. Improving working conditions

Dr Mark Wilberforce on what service users want from mental health social workers

16. What service users want

Professor Jill Manthorpe discusses the experiences of social workers during the pandemic and the enduring changes it may bring to professional practice.

17. Social work during Covid

Rick Hood, Professor of Social Work at Kingston University, on why the 'toxic trio' should be removed from the social work lexicon.

18. It’s time to ditch the ‘toxic trio’

Dr Elizabeth Bates explores the experiences of men who have experienced intimate partner violence

19. Intimate partner violence against men

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