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jldamman.bsky.social
Social Work Academic Sussex Uni. Parent participation/involvement innovations to promote child protection improvement & reform. UK & USA. Parent experience - Down Syndrome.
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New open access article with Yuval Saar-Heiman, Marina Lalayants and @annagupta.bsky.social on parent advocacy and the important contribution of parents with lived experience in child welfare. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

An epic read for Monday: Ella's Human Rights Claim www.georgejulian.co.uk/2024/12/16/e... I spoke with @ellychapple.bsky.social about Northumberland Council unlawfully issuing care proceedings and the impact on their family Also #MotherBlame #LearningDisabilty #DeafBlind #HumanRights #JusticeforLB

submitted 77 days ago • 4 comments

Are you interested in a career in #socialwork? Are you interested in a move to the UK to study and work? Join us for an info event for social work courses at the University of Sussex for prospective USA applicants. www.tickettailor.com/events/unive... #studyabroad #careerprospectsabroad

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Hot off the press! Our new paper challenges social care services to rethink what 'value for money' might mean if it were young people setting the outcome indicators. Open access at doi.org/10.1177/0017.... By @michellelefevre.bsky.social and twitter.com/Lisa_Holmes_...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

The Innovate Project has now jumped ship from the bird place to connect on all matters related to social work and social care innovation and adolescent safeguarding - looking forward to connecting! You can learn more about us at www.theinnovateproject.co.uk and from @michellelefevre.bsky.social

submitted 90 days ago • 2 comments

CSWIR is on Bluesky! The Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research is a community of professionals, students, academics, and people with lived experience dedicated to social work research and practice. We are based in the @sussexfss.bsky.social at the University of Sussex🌳🎓

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

Check out our new open-access paper on #TransitionalSafeguarding by me, @jldamman.bsky.social Gillian Ruch & Susannah Bowyer based on theinnovateproject.co.uk & part of a @sussexcircy.bsky.social special issue. Read it at: ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Published today under the leadership of the amazing Dr Nathalie Huegler. Our study findings from the Innovate Project on local developments aligned with Transitional Safeguarding doi.org/10.1177/0017...

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

Looking forward to ECSWR 2025 in Munich - presenting on parent advocacy with fab colleagues – Marina Lalayants, Yuval Saar-Heiman & Anna Gupta. ‘Democratizing support through parent advocacy: Exploring multi-dimensional supports delivered by parents with lived experience of CPS’ See you there!

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

There’s a lot of tokenism in lived experience participation. Whether it’s requests for unpaid keynotes “for the exposure!”, or politicians stopping by for a photo opp before disappearing, much needs to change. Pleased to be 1 of 15 care experienced people to contribute to this paper. Open access 👇🏼

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

New paper led by @DrKatieEllis based on interviews with 15 prominent care experienced activists regarding their activism to achieve change in care systems. Thank you to all the participants for their insights. Available: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment