Foster carer recruitment
Research on better recruitment for a better fostering experience
Presents a model for organisations to use to recruit foster carers.
Published in
on 10 Mar 2022
Welcome to Research Trim – a showcase and summary of the best of Undergraduate/Masters' in Social Work dissertations and PhD/early careers research.
The influence and impacts of dyslexia on social work practice
An exploration
Research that explores how dyslexia is understood and supported in practice.
Published in
on 18 Aug 2021
'Learning to hold a paradox'
An investigation into how ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief affects children in care
Research that seeks to understand the experience and needs of children in care through the lens of ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief.
Published in
on 4 Aug 2021
An exploration of first line managers’ decision making
How managers in child welfare and protection services make decisions
Highlights the nature and context of 'blind' decision making and shows the impact of relationship, trust and communication in managers’ decision making.
Published in
on 12 Jan 2021
Deconstructing self-efficacy
Implications for social work practice with adults and older people
Research that presents a thematic exploration of the reciprocal roles of self-efficacy, risk and service provision, to address some of the gaps in the existing literature for relationship-based practice.
Published in
on 1 Dec 2020
Reducing the overcriminalisation of care-experienced young people in Scotland
Towards a model of best practice
Research which explores how care-experienced people are disproportionately criminalised and over-represented in justice systems.
Published in
on 23 Jul 2020
