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Practitioner Perspectives on Agency Social Work in Children and Families Social Work in England (2024)
Journal Article
McLaughlin, H., Scholar, H., McCaughan, S., & Pollock, S. (in press). Practitioner Perspectives on Agency Social Work in Children and Families Social Work in England. The British Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae134

This article examines practitioner perspectives on agency social work in Local Authority Children’s Services Departments in England. There have been ongoing concerns about the use of agency workers, relating to cost, quality and impact on services, d... Read More about Practitioner Perspectives on Agency Social Work in Children and Families Social Work in England.

‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’? The Experiences of Forty Social Workers in England Who Had Previously Indicated They Would Stay In or Leave Children and Families Social Work (2022)
Journal Article
McLaughlin, H., Scholar, H., McCaughan, S., & Pollock, S. (2023). ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’? The Experiences of Forty Social Workers in England Who Had Previously Indicated They Would Stay In or Leave Children and Families Social Work. The British Journal of Social Work, 53(4), 1963-1983. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac191

This article is focused on the concern about the retention of child and family social workers in England. Retention of workers is seen as a major issue for the delivery of quality services for service users, stability of workforces and development of... Read More about ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’? The Experiences of Forty Social Workers in England Who Had Previously Indicated They Would Stay In or Leave Children and Families Social Work.

Longitudinal study of local authority child and family social workers (wave 1) Findings from a 5 year study of local authority child and family social workers in England. (2019)
Report

The longitudinal study investigates recruitment, retention and career progression in local authority child and family social work over 5 years. This is the first of 5 reports.

It provides workforce information for employers and policy makers.

T... Read More about Longitudinal study of local authority child and family social workers (wave 1) Findings from a 5 year study of local authority child and family social workers in England..

Presentation and workshop delivered at the 12th International Conference on Practice Teaching and Field Education in Health and Social Work 'Innovation in Practice Learning and Field Education' St John's College, Oxford, UK 10th & 11th September, 2018 (2018)
Other

Do students benefit from the use of Electronic Management Information Systems in Social Work Education Programmes?
Gabrielle Hesk, Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford, Phil Moses, Strategy, Analysis and Planning, Social Care Network Man... Read More about Presentation and workshop delivered at the 12th International Conference on Practice Teaching and Field Education in Health and Social Work 'Innovation in Practice Learning and Field Education' St John's College, Oxford, UK 10th & 11th September, 2018.

Promoting diversity and inclusiveness in dementia services in Salford (2017)
Report
Ahmed, A., Wilding, M., Haworth-Lomax, R., & McCaughan, S. (2017). Promoting diversity and inclusiveness in dementia services in Salford

Although dementia is now recognised as the most serious health and social care challenge facing UK society, there is little knowledge of the experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people with dementia. The National Dementia Strategy states th... Read More about Promoting diversity and inclusiveness in dementia services in Salford.

Learning to be a social worker in a non-traditional placement: Critical reflections on social work, professional identity and social work education in England (2014)
Journal Article
Scholar, H., McLaughlin, H., McCaughan, S., & Coleman, A. (2014). Learning to be a social worker in a non-traditional placement: Critical reflections on social work, professional identity and social work education in England. Social Work Education, 33(8), 998-1016. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2014.926320

Drawing upon findings from a national evaluation of student social workers' experiences of ‘non-traditional’ placements with a national charity, this article considers what such placements can contribute to the development of an individual and collec... Read More about Learning to be a social worker in a non-traditional placement: Critical reflections on social work, professional identity and social work education in England.

Are non-traditional social work placements second-best learning opportunities for social work qualifying students? (2014)
Journal Article
McLaughlin, H., Scholar, H., McCaughan, S., & Coleman, A. (2015). Are non-traditional social work placements second-best learning opportunities for social work qualifying students?. British Journal of Social Work, 45(5), 1469-1488. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcu021

This article reports on the evaluation of practice learning opportunities for student social workers within ‘non-traditional’ placements provided by a major children’s charity in England, Scotland and Wales between 2010 and 2012. The student social w... Read More about Are non-traditional social work placements second-best learning opportunities for social work qualifying students?.

‘Why is this not social work?’ The contribution of ‘non-traditional’ placements in preparing social work students for practice (2012)
Journal Article
Scholar, H., McCaughan, S., McLaughlin, H., & Coleman, A. (2012). ‘Why is this not social work?’ The contribution of ‘non-traditional’ placements in preparing social work students for practice. Social Work Education, 31(7), 932-950. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2011.608123

This article reports on the findings of two evaluations of a major charity's learning from providing ‘non-traditional’ social work placements with young people at risk of social exclusion. The article challenges the terminology of ‘non-traditional’ a... Read More about ‘Why is this not social work?’ The contribution of ‘non-traditional’ placements in preparing social work students for practice.

Measuring research output: productivity of social work academics
Presentation / Conference
Shardlow, S., Foley, M., Hesk, G., & McCaughan, S. Measuring research output: productivity of social work academics. Presented at UK Joint Social Work Education Conference with the UK Social Work Research Conference (JSWEC), "Social work education and research across boundaries", The Open University, Milton Keynes

Shardlow, Steven M, Foley, Marian, Hesk, Gabi, & McCaughan, Su. (2015). Paper presented at the

Track: Papers

In many countries, indicators used to measure research performance of academic staff have become an increasingly common element of un... Read More about Measuring research output: productivity of social work academics.