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.
Professor Christa Fouche discusses creative ways to help social work research to have an impact on practice in a special episode recorded live at an international conference.
James Caiels discusses his scoping review of strengths-based approaches in social work and social care.
Dr Bernadette Moorhead discusses her study of social work professional identity in the early post-qualification period
Professor Carlene Firmin discusses the implementation of contextual safeguarding in five local authority areas: what works well, and where more work is needed.
Dr Ciarán Murphy explores how social worker discretion can contribute to creating a 'child-centred' child protection system.
Professor Helen Fisher discusses the impact of experiencing violence during adolescence on mental health at the transition to adulthood.
Ludmila Fleitas-Alfonzo and Tania King discuss their systematic review of papers reporting the association between mental health and caring in young people.
Liz Beddoe and Lisa Warwick discuss the importance of relationship-based supervision for the retention of experienced practitioners in social work.
Emma Reith-Hall and Paul Montgomery discuss their systematic review of the teaching and learning of communication skills in social work.
Professor Brett Smith discusses the Moving Social Work Project which is co-producing training and resources for social workers to support people with a disability to be more physically active.
Dr Katheryn Margaret Pascoe explores social workers' experiences of bureaucracy. Yes, it's not a happy story, but someone's got to tell it!
Dr Ruth Naughton-Doe explores the potential for timebanks in adult social care - and their challenges.
Mengyao Lu unpacks child sexual abuse prevention programmes to make it easier to set up one that can be effective.
Dr Yohai Hakak explores the experiences of social workers who migrate and provides an insight into why there is a crisis in the retention of social workers in the UK.
Dr Clara Iversen discusses how small talk about weather can be an effective communication tool in social work to establish norms and communicate essential messages to people.
Dr Stacey Rand discusses the importance of considering older carers and service users as a dyad, both of whom often support each other.
Dr Mary Baginsky asks parents about their relationship with their social worker and provides an insight into where resources are required to make improvements.
Dr Paul Shuttleworth talks about his research on children's recognition of family life in kinship care arrangements.
Dr Louise Newbould on how best to support people with cognitive impairments or mental health needs to engage with care and support provided in their own homes.
Marte Tonning Otterlei discusses her research on breaking bad news to parents during child care proceedings
Dr Amanda Taylor-Beswick talks about how social work students are being prepared for the digital world and what can be done to improve this
Dr Alan Maddock discusses a bespoke mindfulness-based programme for social workers which can help to combat stress and improve wellbeing.
Professor Gillian Ruch discusses her research exploring the communication methods social workers use with children and families.
Dr Ella Kuskoff discusses how providing housing and support to low-income mothers reduces the need for child protection interventions.
Professor Brid Featherstone explores social workers' considerations about the ethics of adoption.
Professor Helen Chatterjee from University College London discusses a review of nature- and culture-based interventions and their importance for our health and wellbeing.
Jitka Vseteckova, Sally Boyle and Martyn Higgins discuss a review of parenting interventions used by social workers to support vulnerable children
Arnold Thornton-Rice explores the dilemmas of looking at service users' social media feeds in the absence of policy guidance. Where do the boundaries of privacy lie?
Dr Louis Nyahunda discusses the impact of climate change and Covid-19 on rural women in Zimbabwe
Professor Vasilios Ioakimidis brings Greek and Turkish Cypriot students together to break down barriers between communities.
Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield explores the experiences of LGBT+ older people during lockdown.
Dr Elizabeth Bates explores the experiences of men who have experienced intimate partner violence
Rick Hood, Professor of Social Work at Kingston University, on why the 'toxic trio' should be removed from the social work lexicon.
Professor Jill Manthorpe discusses the experiences of social workers during the pandemic and the enduring changes it may bring to professional practice.
Dr Mark Wilberforce on what service users want from mental health social workers
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.
Professor Paul Bywaters on the relationship between income inequality, poverty and child welfare interventions in the UK.
Nanne Isokuortti on the implementation of a systemic practice model, adapted from Reclaiming Social Work, in Children's Services in Finland.
Dr Gareth O'Rourke discusses the impact of the implementation of the Care Act on older co-resident carers of older people in England.
Professor Harry Ferguson explores why children are sometimes 'invisible' in social workers' home visits
Dr Kayonda Ngamaba explores what improves our happiness and life satisfaction, and the role religion plays in this.
Dr Jon Symonds explores how fathers can be encouraged to be involved in parenting programmes.
Professor Jonathan Scourfield from Cardiff University explores what triggers social work involvement and subsequent outcomes for children and young people.
Professor Gavin Davidson from Queen's University Belfast discusses research on service users' experiences and views of support for decision-making.
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
Dr Bryn Lloyd-Evans, Associate Professor at University College London, on increasing rates of psychiatric hospital detentions
Prof John Devaney of the University of Edinburgh on inequality of experiences of domestic abuse among mothers of young children
Dr Hannah Jobling, Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York, on decision-making in mental health tribunals for Community Treatment Orders.
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.
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.
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