Article

Burstow, Paul (2018) New ways of working and learning can grow resilient children’s social workers. Recruitment and retention are key issues for employers in a sector where the average career span is put at eight years. The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077

Harvey, Anna (2010) Getting a grip on social work. Journal of Social Work Practice, 24 (2). pp. 139-153. ISSN 0265-0533

Williams, Jo, Ruch, Gillian and Jennings, Sharon (2022) Creating the conditions for collective curiosity and containment: insights from developing and delivering reflective groups with social work supervisors. Journal of Social Work Practice, 36 (2). pp. 195-207. ISSN 0265-0533 Full text available

Winkler, Astrid (2014) Resilience as reflexivity: A new understanding for work with looked-after children. Journal of Social Work Practice, 28 (4). pp. 461-478. ISSN 0265-0533 Full text available

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Barnes, Gill Gorell (2017) Narratives of attachment and processes of alienation in post-divorce parenting disputes. In: Narrative therapies with children and their families: A practitioner's guide to concepts and approaches, 2nd Edition. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 182-197. ISBN 9781138891005

Barratt, Sara (2016) Approaches to working with foster carers and children. In: Surviving and thriving in care and beyond: Personal and professional. Systemic Thinking and Practice Series . Karnac, London, pp. 47-70. ISBN 9781782203018

Barratt, Sara (2016) The journey to becoming a family. In: Surviving and thriving in care and beyond: Personal and professional. Systemic Thinking and Practice Series . Karnac, London, pp. 97-112. ISBN 9781782203018

Barratt, Sara and Harris, Rita (2017) The changing context of permanency: Unifying stories in the context of divided loyalties. In: Narrative therapies with children and their families: A practitioner's guide to concepts and approaches, 2nd Edition. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 133-146. ISBN 9781138891005

Bower, Marion and Solomon, Robin (2018) Introduction: What social workers need to know. In: What social workers need to know. A Psychoanalytic approach. Routledge, London, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9781138905665

Daniel, Gwyn and Blow, Kirsten (2017) Whose story is it anyway?: Children involved in contact disputes. In: Narrative therapies with children and their families: A practitioner's guide to concepts and approaches, 2nd Edition. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 167-181. ISBN 9781138891005

Henderson, Fiona (2018) Difficult conversations on the front line: Observations of home visits to talk about neglect. In: What social workers need to know. A Psychoanalytic approach. Routledge, London, pp. 31-47. ISBN 9781138905665

Lobatto, Wendy (2016) Working with professional systems. In: Surviving and thriving in care and beyond: Personal and professional. The Systemic Thinking and Practice . Karnac, London, pp. 21-45. ISBN 9781782203018

Rusbridger, Gill (2018) Crisis, what crisis - and whose crisis is it anyway? A psychoanalytically informed account of how to keep thinking in the face of the day-to-day work of managing rising anxiety. In: What social workers need to know. A Psychoanalytic approach. Routledge, London, pp. 124-135. ISBN 9781138905665 Full text available

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Afuape, Taiwo and Krause, Inga-Britt (2016) Urban child and adolescent mental health services: A responsive approach to communities. Routledge, Abingdon.

Barratt, Sara and Lobatto, Wendy (2016) Surviving and thriving in care and beyond: Personal and professional perspectives. Systemic Thinking and Practice Series . Karnac. ISBN 9781782203018

Wakelyn, Jenifer (2019) Therapeutic interventions with babies and young children in care. Observation and attention. Tavistock Clinic Series . Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 978-1782204381

Thesis

Comfort, Jill (2018) Negotiating sibling separation: A study of a method of group work with siblings in the adoption process and organisational responses. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Dugmore, Paul (2019) Acknowledging and bearing emotions: A study into child and family social work. Professional Doctorate thesis, University of Sussex. Full text available

Harvey, Anna (2017) “The shadow falls”: Understanding the factors involved in decision-making in local authority children’s services. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Madembo, Ruth Pazvaitanda (2018) The complex dynamics of performance management and improvement in Local Authorities. A psychoanalytic study of how a Local Authority organisation functions and survives an Ofsted inspection. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Noyes, Charlotte (2015) Live work: The impact of direct encounters in statutory child and family social work. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Smith, Henry (2021) “What happens in the Frontline Unit Meeting and can this model be of use to Children and Families Social Work?”. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Film/Video

Antrobus, Laverne (2018) Violent child, desperate parents. 14 Mar 2018, Channel 5. [Film/Video]