Background Multi-professional approach to child protection decision making is widely
promoted by service organisations, although the conditions for this to be effective are little …

Background Capturing the scale of child maltreatment is difficult, but few would argue that it
is anything less than a global problem which can affect victims' health and well‐being …

There is increasing interest in decision making in social work. Much of the attention has
been on individual professional judgement rather than on group decisions processes. This …

Based on the premise that functional, multi-professional work in the child protection process
is crucial to the delivery of effective service, this article reports on a qualitative study carried …

Since the Munro report (2011), a greater emphasis has been placed on the value of child-
centred practice in social work with children, young people and families. It has come to be …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an Educational Robotics intervention
using Lego Wedo 2.0® on the social status of students with autism in primary education …

The key aims of this research were to investigate distributed leadership in successful
schools, to examine the extent to which this contributes to school success, and whether …

Objective To discuss the use of sociograms in our focus groups with homeless sheltered
mothers and to assess facilitator influence and the distribution of power influence. Design …

Understanding group behavior is essential for improving collaboration and productivity.
While research on group behavior in virtual reality (VR) is significantly advanced …

Written by a collection of experts in the field, this important new text provides a critical and
constructive analysis of the ways in which service users and carers engage with health and …