Our article "Mothers, Domestic Violence, and Child Protection: The UK Response" has been published in Violence Against Women - read it here
https://t.co/sDCMIhZjRc @Drarnull 📝
*paid research*
I am recruiting participants for my PhD thesis "Exploring sex workers' experiences of domestic violence"
If you are, or have been, a sex worker and have experienced domestic violence or abuse from a family member, partner or ex-partner please get in touch.
To the surprise of no one, the government announced (through a pre-procurement notice) today that it will be extending the contract of social work fast-track Frontline, and likely it will be expanding (as each new contract has). There's a lot to unpick, so strap in. A thread 1/16
My third publication in a journal I have always wanted to publish in - Violence Against Women, and with my wonderful supervisor @Drarnull. I'll share when it's available!
The only thing that can stop men's violence is men changing our behaviour. We cannot spend a single day longer in silence about the sexism, misogyny and abuse of women happening all around us, in the spaces where we live our lives, among our peers.
https://t.co/p9YDiaFCrG
I'm v excited to see this brilliant article by @Emma_Geddes1 published @QSWjournal - “Some days it’s like she has died.” A qualitative exploration of first mothers’ utilisation of artefacts associated with now-adopted children in coping with grief and loss https://t.co/QYVeA2szTR
From these front pages, you wouldn't know that yesterday a court ruled that the government broke the law in handing £500,000+ of taxpayer funds to their friends. 😧
Corruption is rife, but you wouldn't know it. 🧐
That's why we must work so hard to expose it. ✔️
We have received a donation of 3,500 pregnancy tests which will expire in July and August.
If you know of any organisation, refuge, or VAWG service that might be able to use these, please email [email protected] and we can send by post.
Thank you!
Excellent that the new article by @ArianeCritchley has been published in @QSWjournal Giving up the ghost: Findings on fathers and social work from a study of pre-birth child protection [Free to access] https://t.co/m15TuJ0She
Honoured to receive the 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Outstanding Practice Award for work bringing about academic impact & influencing policy in the C19 national response. A great team @pickfordrich Kelly Smith @ShaunWest_ @NTU_DVC_RE @S_HStewart Adam Potter
Thank you @ProfEdwardPeck
The Child Welfare Inequalities Network now has a Twitter account! @SocialWorkNTU @NTU_HandSC students, PGR's, colleagues, follow to be kept informed of new international research, activism and developments in this field
What would young people change about the fostering & adoption system? Head to @Adoption_pcast where the @ScotAdoption ambassadors are doing what they do best #keepthepromise