All Outputs (13)

Social work practice and the sociological imagination: Can practitioners address the social determinants of health? (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper will take as its main theme the importance of mental health social work maintaining its focus on the social determinants of mental health, and how the concept of ‘the sociological imagination’ can be a key factor in this. It draws on my re... Read More about Social work practice and the sociological imagination: Can practitioners address the social determinants of health?.

Social work, the sociological imagination and the social determinants of mental health: A study of mental health social work practice in multi-disciplinary settings (2024)
Thesis

This study explored how social workers working within one English NHS trust understood the impact of the social determinants of mental health, and mental health inequalities, on the experiences of service users. The study used the concept of the soci... Read More about Social work, the sociological imagination and the social determinants of mental health: A study of mental health social work practice in multi-disciplinary settings.

The sociological imagination and social work practice (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The presentation considers the nature of C Wright Mill's Sociological Imagination and its relevance to social work practice.

Social work, mental health inequalities, and the sociological imagination (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The poster presentation discusses the background to my current doctoral research, how I have taken my inspiration from the work of C. Wright-Mills, and presents the early findings from data analysis. The presentation discusses the connection between... Read More about Social work, mental health inequalities, and the sociological imagination.

The Role of Mental Health Social Workers in Crisis Work (2022)
Book Chapter

Developing a mental health equality imagination for social work (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Can practitioners adopt a mental health equality imagination for recovery? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The lectured explored ways in which social work practitioners might seek to address the social determiants of mental health in their practice. An extension of C. Wright Mill's (1959) Socialogical Imagination to consider health inequalities was discu... Read More about Can practitioners adopt a mental health equality imagination for recovery?.

Asking for Help: Does Adult Care Law Help or Hinder Relationship Building (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation and workshop item focused on how adult care law - principally the Care Act 2014 , Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983(2007) - impact on service users' ability to ask for support in their lives.

The presentation l... Read More about Asking for Help: Does Adult Care Law Help or Hinder Relationship Building.

Bouncing back and building up? – A critique of the concept of resilience in relation to social work practitioners and their employing organisations. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The overall aim of this paper is to critically discuss the findings of a literature review undertaken in 2018 by exploring the concept of resilience and social work. The findings will be illustrated throughout by drawing on examples from current rese... Read More about Bouncing back and building up? – A critique of the concept of resilience in relation to social work practitioners and their employing organisations..

Social media and social work students: The boundaries just got more complicated (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Conference presentation focused on students' use of social media for learning

'We're over here, on Facebook: Social work students' use of social media during a Level 1 module (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Conference presentation reviewing social work students studying a Level 1 undergraduate degree practice learning module.

Surviving Your Social Work Placement (2014)
Book

Placements are a key part of social work training. They can be one of the most challenging things you do. But for many students they are also the most rewarding and invigorating aspect of learning. They are your chance to put academic learning into p... Read More about Surviving Your Social Work Placement.

Surviving Your Social Work Placement (2010)
Book

An accessible aid for social work students preparing for and undertaking placements. The book focusses on reflective practice, with lots of exercises and activities and clear advise and support for students.