Studying the outcomes of different types of demand in children’s social care 5th August 2021 Studying the outcomes of different types of demand in children’s social care Funder Nuffield Foundation Value £184,129 Project Team Professor Rick Hood,
Health care research professor at Kingston University and St George’s, University of London named Academy of Social Sciences Fellow 16th October 2019 Professor Annette Boaz has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Helping frontline staff to learn from serious case reviews of child neglect 5th May 2015 The Faculty’s Institute for Child Centred Interprofessional Practice (ICCIP) has been investigating how practitioners and managers can learn from Serious Case Reviews (SCRs).
TODDLER PROJECT – ensuring quality for all toddlers 5th May 2015 A recent EU-funded project brought together experienced teacher trainers from nine European countries, including Helen Sutherland, senior lecturer in the School of Education, to examine and develop different approaches to toddlers’ learning.
Accountability and blame in social work – The Story of Baby P 1st May 2015 Author Dr Ray Jones spent years researching the case for his book, ‘The Story of Baby P; Setting the Record Straight’, examining the way the case was told to the public and how the media became focused on the social workers; its threatening consequences for those who work to protect children; and its considerable impact on the child protection system in England.
The Story of Baby P: Setting the Record Straight 10th September 2014 This new book, by Professor Ray Jones in the School of Social Work and Social Care, was published by Policy Press in July and is already having its second print run. The books tells how the ‘Baby P story’ was shaped by the press and politicians and targeted at social workers and their managers, and reflects on the impact for those who became the centre of media vilification and on the child protection system across England.
