Research 4 Practice - Connecting the dots between thinking and doing. Natasha and Cassian speak to social science researchers about what their work means for professionals in education and social care. A monthly podcast looking at research from child safeguarding to adult literacy, and anything you can think of in between.
What are Domestic Homicide Reviews?
Who does them, what can be learned from them, and what might be done better?
A conversation with James Rowlands, experienced chair of Domestic Homicide Reviews and PhD researcher.
James is researching the reality of how DHR's work to navigate the emotional landscape of a domestic abuse murder, to give voice to all parties, ask the difficult questions, honor the dead, and identify crucial learning. A fraught and complex task that we need to understand to trully fulfill all of those tasks, and do better in the future.
James Rowlands Blog can be found here www.jhrowlands.co.uk/blog
And his report for the Churchill Fellowship 'Reviewing Intimate Partner Homicide: International Practice and Perspectives'
11 Aug 2021
Serious Case Reviews: the new system, with Dr Sorensen and Professor Dickens
'Rapid Reviews' and 'Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews' have now replaced Serious Case Reviews in England. Dr Penny Sorensen and Professor Jonathan Dickens join us to talk about the first independent anual review of the new system for reviewing cases of child death and serious injury.
What is the new process?
What are the findings of it's first reviews?
And is the new system up to the task of identifying new learning?
We discuss all of these questions and more.
Their full report can be found here:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/984770/Annual_review_of_LCSPRs_and_rapid_reviews.pdf
15 Jul 2021
Father's Experience of Child Protection & Care Proceedings, with Dr Georgia Philip
Absent fathers? Yes and No.
Dr Georgia Philip speaks with us about her ongoing research into the realities of father's experience of child protection and care proceedings.
Reports:
- Counting Father's In: Understanding Men's Experience of the Child Protection System (https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68000/1/Published_report_2017.pdf )
- Up Against It: Understanding Father's Repeat Appearance in Local Authority Care Proceedings (https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/153042/1/Up_Against_It_Full_Report.pdf)
Article:
"I Had No Hope, I Had No Help at All”: Insights from a First Study of Fathers and Recurrent Care Proceedings (https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77800/1/Published_Version.pdf )
Georgia also mentions the work of The Fatherhood Institute (http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/research/).
And research by Professor Karen Broadhurst (https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/about-us/people/karen-broadhurst) and Colleagues at Lancashire University into the experience of mothers and recurrent loss of children to care.
20 May 2021
What Matters to Children in Kinship Care with Dr Paul Shuttleworth
What do children living in Kinship Care have to say about their situation?
What matters to them and how can we best listen to and support them?
Dr Paul Shuttleworth chats with Natasha and Cassian about his PhD study- how he engaged with and listened to the children who took part, what they had to say, and what it means for both research and practice.
If you would like to know more about other researchers mentioned in this episode...
Professor Gillian Ruch - https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p165646-gillian-ruch/publications
Professor Harry Fergusson - https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/social-policy/ferguson-harry.aspx
12 Apr 2021
Emeritus Professor Gillian Schofield OBE - A Life in Social Work Research
Long Term Foster Care, The Secure Base Model, and the impact of research on practice.
Emeritus Professor Gillian Schofield OBE joins Natasha and Cassian to discuss her career in social work research.
Find more information and links to Professor Schofield's research and publications here (https://people.uea.ac.uk/g_schofield).
Music by Serge Quadrado
4 Mar 2021
Mental Health and Human Connection with Dr Bryony Porter
Discussing mental health support across the contexts of phd study, health and social care practice, and community support programmes, Dr Bryony Porter joins Natasha and Cassian for a wide ranging episode that reveals an pervading need for human connection and its importance to our mental health.
Projects discussed within this episode are
The Courage Project - https://www.uea.su/postgraduate/courage/
The Men's Shed - https://menssheds.org.uk/
Music by Serge Quadrado
19 Jan 2021
Parental perceptions of formal education in rural Nigeria with Bukola Oyinloye
Bukola Oyinloye is a PhD researcher at the Open University researching parental perceptions of formal education in rural Nigeria. She joins Natasha and Cassian to discuss her research so far and some innitial reflections on what she is finding out.
Bukola's own podcast exploring education research in Africa, The EdRA Lounge, can be found at
https://open.spotify.com/show/0yq3C0t5u0oQjbUCKBMYDb?si=kQi7_9qFTn-g3FeNL_-Avw
22 Nov 2020
Supporting female offenders who live in care, with Dr Donna-Maree Humphery
The often traumatic personal histories of young offenders living in care requires attentive support and a trauma informed approach. Dr Donna-Maree Humphery joins Natasha and Cassian to discuss her study of professional youth offending practice when working with female offenders who also live in care.
Music by Serge Quadrado
25 Oct 2020
Emeritus Professor Marian Brandon: A life in social work research
Professor Marian Brandon has spent over 30 years at the University of East Anglia as a social work educator and researcher.
Retiring as Director of the Centre for Research on Children and Families to take on the title of Emeritus Professor of Social work at the UEA, Marian joins Natasha and Cassian to discuss her career, serious case reviews, the 'toxic trio' and accumulative harm.
Find Professor Brandon's research here - https://people.uea.ac.uk/m_brandon
27 Sept 2020
Social Media and online identity with Dr Harry Dyer
Natasha and Cassian are joined by Dr Harry Dyer to talk about his research into young people's use of social media and their online identities.
Harry's book 'Designing the Social: Unpacking Social Media Design and Identity' is available at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-5716-3
Music by Serge Quadrado
12 Jul 2020
Volunteering And International Development With Chris Millora
Natasha and Cassian are joined by Chris Millora to talk about his research on volunteering and international development.
Chris' report to the UN Global Technical Meeting on Volunteering 2020, can be found here: https://www.unv.org/sites/default/files/Volunteering%20Practices%20in%20the%2021st%20Century_en_1.pdf
Articles referred to in this episode:
Baillie Smith, M. (2020) Corona Virus volunteers aren’t just a source of free labour – don’t take advantage of them, The Conversation, available online at:
https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-volunteers-arent-just-a-source-of-free-labour-dont-take-advantage-of-them-136103
Millora, C., (2018) Stopping as Success Case Study: Transitioning to locally led development - World Vision's Social Mobilization on Tuberculosis Project in the Philippines. available online at https://www.stoppingassuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PD-Case-Study-Philippines-World-Vision-v4.pdf
Music by Serge Quadrado
15 Jun 2020
Coach Mentoring with Dr Leeder
Natasha and Cassian talk with Dr Tom Leeder about the importance of football-coach mentoring programs.
Music by Serge Quadrado.
22 May 2020
Homelessness with Dr Carmichael
Natasha and Cassian talk to Dr Christina Carmichael on her research with people living and working the reality of homelessness.
Music by Serge Quadrado.
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