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‘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.

"You come because it’s an interesting place” : the impact of attending a heritage programme on the well-being of people living with dementia and their care partners (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Scholar, H., Haragalova, J., & Sharma, M. (2021). "You come because it’s an interesting place” : the impact of attending a heritage programme on the well-being of people living with dementia and their care partners. Dementia, 20(6), 2133-2151. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301220985380

Promoting access to heritage settings has been acknowledged as a way to promote wellbeing in the UK for people living with dementia and their care partners. Yet there is a lack of information available internationally on the contribution of herita... Read More about "You come because it’s an interesting place” : the impact of attending a heritage programme on the well-being of people living with dementia and their care partners.

The ghost of the ‘Y’ : paternal DNA, haunting and genealogy (2019)
Journal Article
Scholar, H. (2019). The ghost of the ‘Y’ : paternal DNA, haunting and genealogy. Genealogy, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy4010003

Based on a personal family history experience, in this paper, I consider the way in which genealogical DNA testing is revealing family secrets, in particular paternity secrets, which would previously have remained unknown via ‘traditional’ methods of... Read More about The ghost of the ‘Y’ : paternal DNA, haunting and genealogy.

'Unlocking the door to being there'. The contribution of creative facilitators in supporting people living with dementia to engage with heritage settings (2019)
Journal Article
Scholar, H., Innes, A., Haragalova, J., & Sharma, M. (2021). 'Unlocking the door to being there'. The contribution of creative facilitators in supporting people living with dementia to engage with heritage settings. Dementia, 20(1), 213-230. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301219871388

This article reports findings from the evaluation of ‘Sensory Palaces’, an innovative project developed by the charity Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), which looks after six of the United Kingdom’s unoccupied royal palaces. The Sensory Palaces (SP) pro... Read More about 'Unlocking the door to being there'. The contribution of creative facilitators in supporting people living with dementia to engage with heritage settings.

"A social worker first and foremost" : the motivation and experiences of recently qualified social workers in posts not requiring social work registration in England (2016)
Journal Article
Scholar, H. (2016). "A social worker first and foremost" : the motivation and experiences of recently qualified social workers in posts not requiring social work registration in England. Critical and Radical Social Work, 4(2), 249-266. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986016X14604583499272

Social Work in England is generally seen as a profession concerned with the fulfilment of statutory functions concerning safeguarding and risk management, and recent developments in social work and social work education have focused on improving the... Read More about "A social worker first and foremost" : the motivation and experiences of recently qualified social workers in posts not requiring social work registration in England.

The neglected paraphernalia of practice? Objects and artefacts in social work identity, practice and research (2016)
Journal Article
Scholar, H. (2017). The neglected paraphernalia of practice? Objects and artefacts in social work identity, practice and research. Qualitative Social Work, 16(5), 631-648. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325016637911

Artefacts, objects and paraphernalia and their relationship to social work practice and identity have attracted little attention in social work despite their ubiquity in all aspects of our lives. This article introduces some theoretical perspective... Read More about The neglected paraphernalia of practice? Objects and artefacts in social work identity, practice and research.

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?.

Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work (2013)
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Scholar, H. (2013). Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work. Social Work Education, 32(3), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2012.667798

This paper explores practice educators’ views about the significance of dress for social work in the context of UK social work education. The findings, drawn from three focus group discussions, suggest that practice educators regard dress as an impor... Read More about Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work.

‘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.

The nature of employer’s involvement in social work education : An international exploration (2012)
Journal Article
Shardlow, S., Scholar, H., Munro, L., & McLaughlin, H. (2012). The nature of employer’s involvement in social work education : An international exploration. International Social Work, 55(2), 205-224. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872811418993

Email interviews and internet inquiries were used to explore the nature and extent of employer engagement in qualifying social work education programmes across 10 countries: Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, South Afr... Read More about The nature of employer’s involvement in social work education : An international exploration.