Jo Dillon
@drjodillon.bsky.social
Head of Social Work @The University of Chester. Passionate about participation.
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“Their small bodies are shutting down — they can’t breathe, their immune systems are collapsing.” Children are dying from starvation.
Nearly 1 in 3 people are going days without food. This is preventable. They need food, water, care — urgently.
#BlueSky #MedSku #NewsSky #PedsSky #NurseSky
Nearly 1 in 3 people are going days without food. This is preventable. They need food, water, care — urgently.
#BlueSky #MedSku #NewsSky #PedsSky #NurseSky
Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise
Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Myself and @drleona.bsky.social have edited a new Special Collection for Critical and Radical Social Work:
'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety'
- now available online!
Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9
Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇
'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety'
- now available online!
Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9
Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇
Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety
"Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety" published on 24 Feb 2025 by Policy Press.
shorturl.at
February 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Myself and @drleona.bsky.social have edited a new Special Collection for Critical and Radical Social Work:
'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety'
- now available online!
Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9
Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇
'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety'
- now available online!
Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9
Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇
Always a pleasure to match lunchtime with the Bargain Hunt auction.
January 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Always a pleasure to match lunchtime with the Bargain Hunt auction.
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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
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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
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What does good practice look like for supporting children and adults to stay in touch post-adoption? Explore a new open access resource hub to help practitioners plan for and support these important relationships. researchinpractice.org.uk/children/new...
December 4, 2024 at 3:37 PM
What does good practice look like for supporting children and adults to stay in touch post-adoption? Explore a new open access resource hub to help practitioners plan for and support these important relationships. researchinpractice.org.uk/children/new...
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📢We've been awarded a huge UK research fellowship #UKRIFLF to study how lived experience leaders imagine the future of criminal justice🎉If you have ideas, get in touch www.chester.ac.uk/about/news/a...
December 5, 2024 at 12:28 PM
📢We've been awarded a huge UK research fellowship #UKRIFLF to study how lived experience leaders imagine the future of criminal justice🎉If you have ideas, get in touch www.chester.ac.uk/about/news/a...
Marking a zillion scripts on Research Methods is problematic when your laptop’s ‘q’ button doesn’t work 😭 It must be the most used letter of the alphabet in methods / methodology…
November 22, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Marking a zillion scripts on Research Methods is problematic when your laptop’s ‘q’ button doesn’t work 😭 It must be the most used letter of the alphabet in methods / methodology…
Creative participation day with level 5 SW apprentices drawing from my, @ffievans.bsky.social and Rod Kippen’s Research in Practice tool, developing child friendly child protection plans, and unpicking the barriers to confident and meaningful participation in child and family social work.
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Creative participation day with level 5 SW apprentices drawing from my, @ffievans.bsky.social and Rod Kippen’s Research in Practice tool, developing child friendly child protection plans, and unpicking the barriers to confident and meaningful participation in child and family social work.
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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....
Available:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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....
Available:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This is a really important webinar, especially if like me you're thinking about whether parent peer advocacy could be set up in your area and wanting to learn from the experiences of those who have done it.
#SocialWork #socialworkacademics
Learn about peer Parent Advocacy and how it is being set up in agencies across the UK. Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:00 - 18:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1083886265...
Learn about peer Parent Advocacy and how it is being set up in agencies across the UK. Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:00 - 18:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1083886265...
Parent Advocacy: From research to doing
We will be talking about all different aspects of parent advocacy, from research to support and setting it up.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 4:01 PM
This is a really important webinar, especially if like me you're thinking about whether parent peer advocacy could be set up in your area and wanting to learn from the experiences of those who have done it.
Well, well, well. So this is where you all are! Lovely to see the old SW Twitter crew...
November 19, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Well, well, well. So this is where you all are! Lovely to see the old SW Twitter crew...