Sally Nieman
@sallynieman.bsky.social
Interested in all things social work and research. Recently completed PhD - Hidden in Plain Sight: social work with older people in care homes. Getting used to having more time on my hands.
@alcs.co.uk thank you - as I’ve not published much I did not think it was worth registering but glad I did and so excited to get my first payment!
Happy #ALCSDay to our members! We’re so proud to have once again paid more money, to more members than ever before.
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@alcs.co.uk thank you - as I’ve not published much I did not think it was worth registering but glad I did and so excited to get my first payment!
Really pleased to have contributed to this special issue.
This special issue was guest edited by Malcolm Carey & Gurnam Singh (@sociowarwick.bsky.social) with contributions from @njfarmer.bsky.social @sallynieman.bsky.social @eileenjoy.bsky.social @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social & more
The latest issue of Critical and Radical #SocialWork explores the paradox of care and control.
Read the special issue Social Work and Social Control here bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
#SocialControl #swresearch
Read the special issue Social Work and Social Control here bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
#SocialControl #swresearch
January 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Really pleased to have contributed to this special issue.
Really excited to have joined the North Thames ARC social care learning network and to have started a part-time research placement with My Home Life at City University www.arc-nt.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Building a network across social care research and practice: Meet our first fellows
www.arc-nt.nihr.ac.uk
December 10, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Really excited to have joined the North Thames ARC social care learning network and to have started a part-time research placement with My Home Life at City University www.arc-nt.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Really like the teams as a secure base model and interesting to see this research exploring it in social work teams. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘We are quite a “can anyone help me?” kind of team’: the role of the team as secure base in social workers’ sensemaking
There is recognition that teams act as a locus for the sensemaking activity that underpins social workers’ judgement. Research has highlighted that teams also provide emotional support for practiti...
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December 10, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Really like the teams as a secure base model and interesting to see this research exploring it in social work teams. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Attending webinar presenting findings from this study. Study argues that the ‘dim view’ of social workers is a discourse used to justify policy decisions and regulation - research suggests that the public have a more positive and nuanced understanding of the profession.
Link to the full research (open access) can be found here:
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The Social Work Public Perception Myth
This article presents findings from research that examined twenty government policy documents from 2003 to 2023 to look at how they framed the topic of pub
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November 29, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Attending webinar presenting findings from this study. Study argues that the ‘dim view’ of social workers is a discourse used to justify policy decisions and regulation - research suggests that the public have a more positive and nuanced understanding of the profession.
Reposted by Sally Nieman
The @cqr-bath.bsky.social qualitative research symposium is a great annual event, and what an excellent focus this coming year: Who isn't into transparency, openness and rigour in #QualitativeResearch?
www.bath.ac.uk/events/qrs-2...
www.bath.ac.uk/events/qrs-2...
QRS 2025: Transparency, Openness and Rigour in Qualitative Research
Ninth Annual Qualitative Research Symposium (QRS)
www.bath.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The @cqr-bath.bsky.social qualitative research symposium is a great annual event, and what an excellent focus this coming year: Who isn't into transparency, openness and rigour in #QualitativeResearch?
www.bath.ac.uk/events/qrs-2...
www.bath.ac.uk/events/qrs-2...
Interesting research looking at the limited evidence to support the negative perception of social work. Great short film to share this in a digestible way.
My video exploring my research on "The Social Work Public Perception Myth" now has 1.6k views and counting. It's less than 3mins of your time to watch! And don't forget to like and subscribe (🤮).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=euCK...
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The Social Work Public Perception Myth
YouTube video by Joe Hanley
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November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Interesting research looking at the limited evidence to support the negative perception of social work. Great short film to share this in a digestible way.
Season 3 of 'The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work' focuses on social work with older people portalpodcastcouk.wordpress.com/podcast-epis...
November 17, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Season 3 of 'The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work' focuses on social work with older people portalpodcastcouk.wordpress.com/podcast-epis...
Special edition of British Journal of Social Work focusing on social work with older people recently announced - submission by end of Feb
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November 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Special edition of British Journal of Social Work focusing on social work with older people recently announced - submission by end of Feb
academic-oup-com.uos.idm.oclc.org/bjsw/pages/c...
academic-oup-com.uos.idm.oclc.org/bjsw/pages/c...
Inspired by Xodus, I am keen to connect with a community on here as I have learnt so much in the past through what people have shared. #socialwork
November 15, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Inspired by Xodus, I am keen to connect with a community on here as I have learnt so much in the past through what people have shared. #socialwork