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The fragility of professional competence : a preliminary account of child protection practice with Romani and Traveller children in England (2018)
Report
Allen, D., & Riding, S. (2018). The fragility of professional competence : a preliminary account of child protection practice with Romani and Traveller children in England

Romani and Traveller children in England are much more likely to be taken into state care than the majority population, and the numbers are rising. Between 2009 and 2016 the number of Irish Travellers in care has risen by 400% and the number of Roman... Read More about The fragility of professional competence : a preliminary account of child protection practice with Romani and Traveller children in England.

Roma people : are discriminatory attitudes natural? (2017)
Book Chapter
Allen, D. (2017). Roma people : are discriminatory attitudes natural?. In K. Bhatti-Sinclair, & C. Smethurst (Eds.), Diversity, Difference and Dilemmas : Analysing Concepts and Developing Skills. Open University Press

The famous French philosopher Voltaire once wrote that ‘those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities’, and it is in the context of this quote that this chapter is written. Throughout history, we have witnessed the vario... Read More about Roma people : are discriminatory attitudes natural?.

Supporting Roma Voices (2016)
Report
Brown, P., Allen, D., Czureja, S., Dinu, L., Glowacki, S., Hesk, G., …Rostas, T. (2016). Supporting Roma Voices

The Supporting Roma Voice project has aimed to address emerging knowledge gaps in the way in which the inclusion of migrant Roma in the UK is being addressed. Specifically, research by Brown, Scullion and Martin (2013) identified a demand from p... Read More about Supporting Roma Voices.

‘It’s in their culture’: working with automatic prejudice towards Gypsies, Roma and Travellers during care proceedings (2016)
Journal Article
Allen, D. (2016). ‘It’s in their culture’: working with automatic prejudice towards Gypsies, Roma and Travellers during care proceedings. Seen and heard, 26(2), 40-52

Automatic prejudice is a term that could be used to describe the processes and phenomena of unwitting discrimination towards the ‘conceptual Gypsy’. Where specific education and training has not been provided, there exists evidence to suggest that so... Read More about ‘It’s in their culture’: working with automatic prejudice towards Gypsies, Roma and Travellers during care proceedings.

Protecting the cultural identity of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children living in the public care system (2015)
Journal Article
Allen, D. (2015). Protecting the cultural identity of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children living in the public care system. Copiii de azi sunt părinţii de mâine, 42(1), 122-139

Throughout Europe, the public care system exists to protect the welfare of over one million children who have suffered from abuse or neglect or experienced bereavement, disability or serious illness in one or both parents. However, although the publi... Read More about Protecting the cultural identity of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children living in the public care system.

Becoming a nursing and social work student an interpretive phenomenological analysis of interprofessional education (2014)
Journal Article
Allen, D., Baker, T., & Rootes, D. (2014). Becoming a nursing and social work student an interpretive phenomenological analysis of interprofessional education. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education, 4(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.22230/jripe.2014v4n1a147

Background: The call for interprofessional nursing and social work education in the United Kingdom has led to the development of a singularly integrated nursing and social work degree. Although evidence exists to highlight the impact of this degree i... Read More about Becoming a nursing and social work student an interpretive phenomenological analysis of interprofessional education.

Social Work with gypsy Roma and traveller children (2013)
Book
Allen, D., & Adams, P. (2013). Social Work with gypsy Roma and traveller children. London: British Association of Adoption and Fostering

Social work with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children and families has received scant attention, for a variety of reasons, including long-term historical and societal factors. Consequently, the needs of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children in the care sy... Read More about Social Work with gypsy Roma and traveller children.