Hybrid meeting des Social Work History Networks (Web)
Time: 17.06.2024, 2-4 pm (UK)
Venue: London – and virtual space
Registration at the website (Web)
Programme
- June Thoburn will illustrate a ‚time line‘ of key events and the changing discourse of ‘neglect’ with some reflections of working as a family caseworker in Children’s Departments 1963- mid 70s.
- Michael Lambert discusses his archival research using social work and family rehabilitation centre records to provide insights into how different professional groups worked with the ‘problem family’ between 1948 and 1974.
- Marian Brandon brings her perspective on ‘neglect and social work’ from the 1980s onwards as a LA family social worker, researcher and lead author of Serious Case Reviews.
Contributors
Marian Brandon was a social worker for 10 years before taking up her academic post at UEA, where she is now Emeritus Professor of Social Work. Her research interests over the years have been child protection, family support and interagency working. For over 15 years she directed national analyses of serious case reviews for first the Welsh Government and then the Department for Education in England. Stemming from the SCR studies, she became particularly interested in neglect, carrying out a neglect study for the NSPCC in 2013 and being part of a team constructing guidance about indicators of neglect for practitioners (for the DfE) in 2014. Most recently she has been co-lead of a large team researching men as fathers in child protection. Continue reading