Publications
Recent Publications- Research and publications
- Publications for employers
- Publications for social work education students
- Publications for an academic audience
Our wide-ranging research and consultancy publications fall into three main areas (detailed below) and we hope you will find them a useful reference, as well as an illustration of our commitment to improving the quality of social work practice in the UK.
Two pieces of research might be of particular interest to you. Together they demonstrate to good effect our positive relationship with employer organisations such as Learn to Care and Skills for Care.
Learn to Care represents people engaged in the management and implementation of workforce development in the social care sector – on their behalf, and for the last 6 years, we have undertaken an annual survey to see how the Department of Health's workforce development grants are being used in England. The findings make interesting reading and are available on the Learn to Care website.
The second piece of research is a project to track the learning and development needs of newly qualified social workers that we were commissioned by Skills for Care to complete in 2007.
Skills for Care is responsible for the strategic development of the adult social care workforces in England.
We evaluated newly qualified social workers' perceptions of the effectiveness of the new social work degree and their induction and/or probation periods, and tracked their progress towards post-qualifying education.
What we found was that the new social work degree appears to prepare most newly qualified social workers with the right knowledge, understanding and skills for their first post.
However, there are a number of learning and development issues that require attention, such as the development of court skills. The findings of this report were even discussed in the House of Lords! (Hansard, 2007, House of Lords, 8 Oct, col 88-94)
Publications for employers
Brown, K., & Keen, S. (2011) Local government social care workforce development expenditure: a survey of trends and funding. Birmingham: Learn to Care.
Holroyd, J. and Brown, K. (2011) Leadership and Management Development for Social Work and Social Care – Creating Leadership Pathways of Progression; Bournemouth University: Learn to Care
Brown, K., Keen, S., Rutter, L & Warren, A. (2010) (2nd. Edition) Partnerships, CPD and APL. Birmingham: Learn to Care.
Brown K and Bates N (2009) [eds.] A Guide to Workplace Development. Birmingham, Learn to Care.
Brown K, Bates N and Keen S (2008) Supporting the recruitment of international social workers in the UK: a guide for employers. Birmingham, Learn to Care
Brown K, Bates N and Keen S (2008) Directory of good practice in social care workforce development. Birmingham, Learn to Care.
Publications for social work education students
Rutter L and Brown K (2011) Critical thinking and Professional Judgement. Exeter: Learning Matters (3rd edition)
Brown K (2010) [ed.] Vulnerable Adults and Community Care. Exeter, Learning Matters. (2nd edition)
Gray I, Field R and Brown K (2010) [eds.] Introduction to Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care. Exeter, Learning Matters
Williams S and Rutter L (2010) Practice Educator's Handbook. Exeter, Learning Matters
Keen S, Galpin D, Gray I, Parker J and Brown K (2009) Newly Qualified Social Workers: A Handbook for Practice. Exeter, Learning Matters
Brown R (2009) The Approved Mental Health Professional's Guide to Mental Health Law. Exeter, Learning Matters (2nd edition)
Barber P, Brown R and Martin D (2009) Mental Health Law in England and Wales: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals. Exeter, Learning Matters
Davey J and Bigmore J (2009) Introducing child care social work: contemporary policy and practice. Exeter, Learning Matters
Galpin D and Bates N (2009) Social Work Practice with Adults. Exeter, Learning Matters
Brown R, Barber P and Martin D (2009) The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice. Exeter, Learning Matters. (2nd edition)
Fenge L, Fannin A, Hicks T and Lavin N (2008) Social Work Practice with Older Lesbians and Gay Men. Exeter, Learning Matters
Publications for an academic audience
Bates N, Immins T, Parker J, Keen S, Rutter L, Brown K, Zsigo S (2010) ‘Baptism of Fire’: The First Year in the Life of a Newly Qualified Social Worker. Social Work Education, 29(2), 152-170
Galpin D (2009) Who really drives the development of Post-Qualifying Social Work Education? Social Work Education, 28(1), 65–80
Brown K, McCloskey C, Galpin D, Keen S and Immins T (2008) Evaluating the impact of post-qualifying social work education. Social Work Education. 27(8), 853-867
Brown and Young N (2008) Building Capacity for Service User and Carer Involvement in Social Work Education. Social Work Education, 27(1), 84-96
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