Research4Practice

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' --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/research4practice/message

'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  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/research4practice/message

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/research4practice/message

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 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/research4practice/message

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 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/research4practice/message