The GMSWA’s Public Involvement Board (PIB) is a mechanism for people with lived experience of social work to feed into the process. It aspires to include voices from different groups of people who have experience of social work; so they can bring ideas and experiences from those groups into the GMSWA and so that those members can go back into their groups and share the ideas and information from the GMSWA.
The Public Involvement Board was set up in March 2017 by the Greater Manchester Social Work Academy in order to assist in the development of the Greater Manchester Social Work Academy. The board connects with people with lived experience via focus groups and services within our HEI’s.
Our Public Involvement members all have experience of Social Care system within Greater Manchester either through being a Service User, Carer or Care Leaver. The composition of the Board is represented by Adults, Children’s and Mental Health Service Users and Carers to ensure we are able to have a broad range of experience and contribution.
Our Group is Chaired and supported by:
The Public Involvement Board has recently been joint working on a filming project with documentary/ film students at University of Salford to develop content on peoples experience of social work which helps the public understand the role of social workers and help trainees’ social workers to recognise best practice.
The project has been a shared learning experience whereby documentary/ film maker students have been supported and mentored by our Chair Louise and project manager (social worker) Janine, so they could develop a wider understanding of the people in our communities, develop community listening skills to hear people stories and had the opportunity to develop a greater understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion issues within our society.
“Capturing social work stories through different lenses”
The GMSWA Public Involvement Board brings people who have lived experienced of social work in Greater Manchester together to help improve the quality of social work in the city region.
Many have direct experience of the care system and/or are carers for relatives who have or have had social care.
PiB members support key requirements in Social Work Education and Practice, including supporting the teaching of and development of content and delivery and recruitment of social workers.
Their insights and experience and that of others captured in short films will support the development of social workers; making them more informed and sensitive to the needs of service users, which in turn contributes to developing best practice for the people and families they serve.
Film content will be uploaded soon.
Screening Event taking place on Friday 30th June 12-2pm – at University of Salford – Media city Campus to book see link
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/652928154687 The Public Involvement Board has recently been joint working on a filming project with documentary/ film students at University of Salford to develop content on peoples experience of social work which helps the public understand the role of social workers and help trainees’ social workers to recognise best practice.
The project has been a shared learning experience whereby documentary/ film maker students have been supported and mentored by our Chair Louise and project manager (social worker) Janine, so they could develop a wider understanding of the people in our communities, develop community listening skills to hear people stories and had the opportunity to develop a greater understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion issues within our society.
“Capturing social work stories through different lenses”
The GMSWA Public Involvement Board brings people who have lived experienced of social work in Greater Manchester together to help improve the quality of social work in the city region.
Many have direct experience of the care system and/or are carers for relatives who have or have had social care.
PiB members support key requirements in Social Work Education and Practice, including supporting the teaching of and development of content and delivery and recruitment of social workers.
Their insights and experience and that of others captured in short films will support the development of social workers; making them more informed and sensitive to the needs of service users, which in turn contributes to developing best practice for the people and families they serve.
Film content will be uploaded soon.
Screening Event taking place on Friday 30th June 12-2pm – at University of Salford – Media city Campus to book see link
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/652928154687Dr Dharman Jeyasingham and Dr Julie Morton (Social Work Education, 38 (5), pp 563-575)
Abstract
This article presents findings from a study which explored the everyday ways race works on social work programmes in England. The study focused on how race was spoken about and conceptualised, how people were categorised and ordered according to race and the social interactions where race was understood by participants to be significant. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight social work lecturers and nineteen black social work students at two universities in England, to explore the following topics: classroom-based and practice learning, assessment and feedback, interactions between students and between students and educators, and university and practice agency cultures. Data were analysed using thematic analysis and the following themes identified: the routine interpellation of black students and communities in terms of absolute cultural differences, black students’ everyday experiences of marginalisation, hostility and othering, and the racialisation of black students in judgements made about their academic and practice performance. The article concludes that social work education must engage more deeply with contemporary theorisations of race and culture, and that social work educators need a reflexive understanding of how notions such as diversity, equality and universal academic standards are put into practice in ways that marginalise and devalue black students.
Link to Research Article:
https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/64217/?template=banner
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Dr Dharman Jeyasingham, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 49, Issue 3, April 2019, Pages 559-576, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy077
Abstract
Agile working (flexibility around practitioners’ roles and the location and time of work) is increasingly common across local authority social work in the UK but there is little evidence about the practices it entails, with the small amount of existing research concerned largely with its impact on office environments. This article presents findings from a qualitative exploratory study of eleven social workers’ practices and experiences when engaged in agile working away from office spaces. Data were generated through practitioner diaries, photographs elicited from practitioners and semi-structured interviews, and were analysed using a grounded theory approach. The study found practitioners engaged in agile working in a wide range of domestic, leisure and formal work environments across the public–private continuum. This gave them superficial control over how they worked, in particular the freedom to work in solitude and establish distance between themselves and perceived demands from service users and other practitioners. However, agile working also involved a wider range of material practices and affective experiences for practitioners. These changes provoke questions about data security, increased visibility and unanticipated encounters in public spaces, and the shifting relationship between information-management work and elements of practice involving face-to-face interaction with others.
Link to Research Article: Seeking Solitude and Distance from Others: Children’s Social Workers’ Agile Working Practices and Experiences beyond the Office | The British Journal of Social Work | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
Dr Dharman Jeyasingham of University of Manchester was the lead the ESRC funded project “Becoming agile in local authority children’s safeguarding social work services: examining organisational and individual change in public sector social work”. Details on this project can be found here: GtR (ukri.org)
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Bellamy, C. Struthers, M and Green, L (2023) Cited in Bows, H. (ed) Not Your Usual Suspect: Older Offenders of Violence (Feminist Developments in Violence and Abuse), Emerald Publishing limited, Bingley, pp. 105-119 https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-887-620231008
Abstract
Drawing on empirical research which incorporated biographical interviews with two older male perpetrators, this chapter develops theoretical conceptualisations of the histories, experiences and motives of these men. Four key areas are highlighted, which will be subject to closer scrutiny in relation to extant literature: (i) gender, particularly notions of masculinity, power and entitlement; (ii) attitudes relating to the use of violence both within intimate relationships and generally (iii) critical junctures in the life course which triggered attempts to desist; and (iv) an exploration of maturation and completion of treatment programmes in relation to their use of violence, future risks and efforts towards desistance.
Link to Research Article: Not Ageing Out of Violence? Older Men's Biographical Narratives of Their Abuse and Violence in Intimate Relationships With Female Partners | Emerald Insight
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Kirlew MI, Lord H, Weber J (2020) Exploring health and social care professionals’ initial perceptions of caring for trans patients. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2020.e11383
Link to Research Article Resource: https://journals.rcni.com/nursing-standard/evidence-and-practice/exploring-health-and-social-care-professionals-initial-perceptions-of-caring-for-trans-patients-ns.2020.e11383/abs
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