At ExChange we know that busy practitioners do not have the time to find and read the latest research. Finding interesting and relevant articles, evaluating the quality of the research and making sense of the implications for practice are all time consuming activities – and most workers are busy dealing with the challenges of working with people.
To help you we are launching a new part of our website – regular Article Reviews. In Article Reviews academics from CASCADE will identify an important recent article, summarise its findings and provide some critical thinking about the research and its implications.
We hope that these summaries will be useful – some may answer important questions, others may challenge your thinking or offer new ways of thinking about an issue or problem.
We also hope that the Reviews will help you decide whether or not you want to read the article itself – we are going to pick Reports and articles that are freely accessible whenever possible and provide links.
We hope that our Reviews will provide interesting, expert introductions to important current research that will help you find out the latest evidence in adult and children’s social care. We look forward to hearing from you whether you have found it helpful and how we might improve the service.
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Supervision in child protection: a space and place for reflection or an excruciating marathon of compliance?
Our latest article review written by Dr David Wilkins on the article ‘Supervision in child protection: a space and place for reflection or an excruciating marathon of compliance?’
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Risk of Future Maltreatment: Examining Whether Worker Characteristics Predict Their Perception
Dr David Wilkins reviews the article ‘Risk of Future Maltreatment: Examining Whether Worker Characteristics Predict Their Perception’
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Family members’ perspectives of child protection services, a metasynthesis of the literature
Article Review by Nina Maxwell on the paper ‘Family members’ perspectives of child protection services, a metasynthesis of the literature’
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Where have all the feelings gone? Developing reflective and relationship-based management in child-care social work.
The latest article review in our series. Written by Dr David Wilkins on the paper ‘Where have all the feelings gone? Developing reflective and relationship-based management in child-care social work’
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Does Household Income Affect children’s Outcomes? A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Our latest article review written by David Westlake on the article ‘Does Household Income Affect children’s Outcomes? A Systematic Review of the Evidence’
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Breaking bad news: Child welfare workers’ informing parents of care order proceedings.
Dr David Wilkins has written the latest article review on the paper Breaking bad news: Child welfare workers’ informing parents of care order proceedings.
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A Paradigm Framework for Social Work Theory for Early 21st Century Practice
The latest article review in our series. Written by Dr David Wilkins on the article ‘A Paradigm Framework for Social Work Theory for Early 21st Century Practice’
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‘Maybe a maverick, maybe a parent, but definitely not an honorary nurse’: Social worker perspectives on the role and nature of social work in mental health care.
Article review by Professor Jonathan Scourfield on the article ‘Maybe a maverick, maybe a parent, but definitely not an honorary nurse: Social worker perspectives on the role and nature of social work in mental health care.’
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Perceived Impact on Client Outcomes: The Perspectives of Practicing Supervisors and Supervisees
Article review by Dr David Wilkins on the article ‘Perceived Impact on Client Outcomes: The Perspectives of Practicing Supervisors and Supervisees’
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Building knowledge for policy and practice based on service user and carer experiences: A case study of Scottish adult safeguarding research
Article review written by Dr David Wilkins on the article ‘Building knowledge for policy and practice based on service user and carer experiences: A case study of Scottish adult safeguarding research’