fobriensw.bsky.social @fobriensw.bsky.social · 29/05/2025To view 5 videos from social workers who have completed the Social Work and Community Development Approaches programme see www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Application forms clare.vanderveen@southerntrust.hscni.netyoutube.comundefinedundefined 021
fobriensw.bsky.social @fobriensw.bsky.social · 29/05/2025The closing date for the Social Work and Community Development Approaches post- graduate course is June 13 2025 For overview see youtu.be/gK7wmH7kN7g Application forms from clare.vanderveen@southerntrust.hscni.netyoutu.beIntroduction to Community Development (SW Course)YouTube video by SHSCT - SW Training & Development 020
fobriensw.bsky.social @fobriensw.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Delighted to play a part with my colleagues Dr Katheryn Margaret Pascoe, Dr Isy Hawthorne-Steele and Dr Moreland in UU in publishing a journal article measuring the impact of our post graduate Social Work and Community Development Approaches course on practice. doi.org/10.1080/0950...doi.orgFrom Rhetoric to Reality: Social Work Leading Change Through Learning and Implementing Community Development ApproachesDespite a strong evidence base demonstrating the potential for community development approaches to promote positive social change in individuals, families and communities, the expansion of individu... 032
fobriensw.bsky.social @fobriensw.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Delighted to represent Northern Ireland with Dr Isy Hawthorne Ulster University at today's international conference on the re-emergence of community social work practice organised by Kingston and Sussex Universities. Speakers from Barbados, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Spain and Luxembourg. 020
Reposted by @fobriensw.bsky.socialDr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Video from the Irish Association of Social Workers marking the international Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. #TogetherAgainstRacism 031
Reposted by @fobriensw.bsky.socialDavid Cochrane @dlgcochrane.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Cultural Factors, Social Structures, and Social... : Harvard Review of Psychiatry journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/a...journals.lww.comCultural Factors, Social Structures, and Social... : Harvard Review of Psychiatrytency programs demonstrate limited effects on health outcomes because of the static understanding of culture employed. They recommend that cultural factors be reformulated with an emphasis on social s... 011
fobriensw.bsky.social @fobriensw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025@baswni.bsky.social Please find link to research comparing community development (CD) undergraduate social work teaching in QUB and Otago containing tools to strengthen CD across the curriculum doi.org/10.1080/0261... Would you like a newsletter article? fergal.obrien@southerntrust.hscni.netdoi.org 000
fobriensw.bsky.social @fobriensw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025@basw-uk.bsky.social Please share this international research to strengthen community development teaching in undergraduate social work. Using a structured framework comparing teaching in universities in NI and NZ the study contains practical tools to strengthen CD doi.org/10.1080/0261...doi.orgOpportunities to strengthen community development teaching in undergraduate social work programmes: an international curriculum comparative case study analysisThis study is a comparative case study analysis between Otago University, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland to evaluate the prevalence of community development c... 000
Reposted by @fobriensw.bsky.socialKerry Cuskelly @kerrycuskelly.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Please feel free to add any relevant #OpenAccess resources to the padlet below and share across your networks! 👇👇👇 #RadicalSocialWork #CriticalSocialWork padlet.com/Cuskellk/rad...padlet.comRadical and critical social workOpen access / Introductory reading 22114
fobriensw.bsky.social @fobriensw.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Interest growing in O’Brien, F., Hawthorne-Steele, I., Pascoe, K. M., Moreland, R., Cownie, E., & Killick, C. (2023). Bridging the gap between social work and community development: implementing a post-graduate training partnership. Social Work Education, 43(8), 2218–2235. doi.org/10.1080/0261...doi.orgBridging the gap between social work and community development: implementing a post-graduate training partnershipAlthough, arguably, the origins of social work in the UK have been closely aligned to community development in the past few decades, social work has occupied a bureaucratic landscape focusing prima... 022
Reposted by @fobriensw.bsky.socialDr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Congratulations to my UCD colleague Hilda Loughran and co-authors on the publication of this new article on women’s lived experiences of substance use and social work - published in Social Work Education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comExploring women’s lived experiences of substance use and social work to inform social work education and practice, an Irish perspectiveMothers dealing with substance use face increased stigma when interacting with the health and social systems, putting them under pressure. Contemporary Irish social work policies emphasize Hidden H... 085
Reposted by @fobriensw.bsky.socialDr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Delighted to have this article published: it is based on an international policy analysis of relational & cultural continuity in foster care, focused on children from migrant background. Lead author is Milfrid Tonheim, co-authors Ketil Eide and Ala Sirriyeh: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comRelational and cultural continuity for children in foster care; A critical exploration of national policies in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Ireland and ScotlandBased on an analysis of 14 national child welfare policies, the paper explores how relational and cultural continuity are framed in national foster ca… 1135
Reposted by @fobriensw.bsky.socialColin Turbett @colinturbett.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Join Strathclyde Uni for this free 1hr online event for World Social Work Day on Tues. "The Rise & Fall & Rise Again, of Community Social Work in the UK". Tickets still available. Looking forward to talking posts about SW! Date: 18 mar • 12:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a... 254
Reposted by @fobriensw.bsky.socialDr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 27/01/2025A long time in the making but delighted to have this article finally published! So much learning from writing it but also from discussions about race and racism with Black and ethnic minority social work students over many years. 🙏 www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....tandfonline.comNavigating the challenges of teaching about racism: reflections on adopting a ‘Students as Partners’ approach: Social Work Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get AccessWe’re here to help 0154
fobriensw.bsky.social @fobriensw.bsky.social · 16/03/2025The article that Dr. Danielle Mackle, Dr. Katheryn Pascoe, and myself, comparing community development teaching in QUB and Otago has just been published. It contains practical tools to strengthen community development teaching to social workers across the curriculum doi.org/10.1080/0261...doi.orgOpportunities to strengthen community development teaching in undergraduate social work programmes: an international curriculum comparative case study analysisThis study is a comparative case study analysis between Otago University, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland to evaluate the prevalence of community development c... 063
Reposted by @fobriensw.bsky.socialSean Holland @seanholland.bsky.social · 15/03/2025www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Fergal O'Brian has been a great champion of community development in sw education. This should be well worth a readtandfonline.comOpportunities to strengthen community development teaching in undergraduate social work programmes: an international curriculum comparative case study analysisThis study is a comparative case study analysis between Otago University, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland to evaluate the prevalence of community development c... 172
