Social Work and Social Care

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Matt Bennett
- Social Policy and Society - Professor of Social Policy
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Science and AI
- NIHR BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre
Person: Academic
20142025
Celia Bernstein
- Social Work and Social Care - Research Fellow
Person: Academic
Joseph Boateng
- Social Work and Social Care
Person: D.SW

Access to Social Farms for People With Dementia Living at Home in England: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Using Levesque’s Conceptual Framework
Bartlett, R., Kaley, A., Hussain, N., Ahmed, F., McKelvie, S. & Tanner, D., 29 Nov 2025, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 2025, 1, 11 p., 5593382.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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13 Downloads (Pure)
An exploration of the costs of family and group conferencing pathways in adult social care and mental health: A scenario-based cost analysis
Liu, L., Tew, J., Mahesh, S. & Kinghorn, P., 3 Dec 2025, In: PLOS ONE. 20, 12, 15 p., e0326829.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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A rapid evaluation of two pilot referral pathways to the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme: for patients with hip/knee osteoarthritis and patients waiting for elective surgery
Stockwell, S., Bradford, M., Marciniak-Nuqui, Z., Moriarty, S., Waring, J. & Sussex, J., 3 Jul 2025.
Research output: Contribution to conference (unpublished) › Poster

1 Not started
13 Active
109 Finished

'Suffering with suicide': Revisioning distress and nurse suicidality through a feminist, critical suicidology lens [led by University of Surrey]
Isham, L. (Principal Investigator)
The Wellcome Trust
24/10/25 → 2/07/29
Project: Research
The role and the contribution of the voluntary sector to the prevention of suicide among young people
Michail, M. (Principal Investigator), Fenton, S.-J. (Co-Investigator) & Schaub, J. (Co-Investigator)
NIHR
6/01/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Other Government Departments
Longitudinal impacts of no recourse to public funds on health and wellbeing for children and families in England
Jolly, A. (Principal Investigator)
NIHR
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Other Government Departments

16 Conference, workshop or symposium
8 Guest lecture or Invited talk
4 Editorial board of a journal
1 Other
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Research Better Together Programme
Harewood, C. (Plenary Speaker) & Jackson, C. (Plenary Speaker)
2025
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL
Harewood, C. (Contributor), Hall, K. (Contributor) & Jackson, C. (Contributor)
2025 → 2026
Activity: Collaboration with an external institution or individual › Collaboration
Clinical Relevance of PUQE-24 and Translating Basice Science Advances to Clinical Improvements
Zafar, S. (Advisor)
6 Nov 2024 → 7 Nov 2024
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium

A three centre study of the impact of UK Palliative Care Day Services on patients and close persons
Zafar, S. (Recipient), 10 Oct 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Birmingham University Teaching Fellowship
Cooner, T. (Recipient), 5 Dec 2011
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
College of Social Sciences Outstanding Impact Prize 2019 – Judges’ Choice Award for and Outstanding ESRC Acceleration Account Project
Cooner, T. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Working with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
Hadwin, D. & Singh, G.
15/10/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Immersive 360 degree training gives social workers a front row seat to frontline
Cooner, T.
26/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Virtual reality training, giving a front row seat to the front line of social work
Cooner, T.
26/09/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media

Social Work and Social Care

UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Matt Bennett

Celia Bernstein

Joseph Boateng

Access to Social Farms for People With Dementia Living at Home in England: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Using Levesque’s Conceptual Framework

An exploration of the costs of family and group conferencing pathways in adult social care and mental health: A scenario-based cost analysis

A rapid evaluation of two pilot referral pathways to the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme: for patients with hip/knee osteoarthritis and patients waiting for elective surgery

'Suffering with suicide': Revisioning distress and nurse suicidality through a feminist, critical suicidology lens [led by University of Surrey]

The role and the contribution of the voluntary sector to the prevention of suicide among young people

Longitudinal impacts of no recourse to public funds on health and wellbeing for children and families in England

Research Better Together Programme

BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL

Clinical Relevance of PUQE-24 and Translating Basice Science Advances to Clinical Improvements

A three centre study of the impact of UK Palliative Care Day Services on patients and close persons

Birmingham University Teaching Fellowship

College of Social Sciences Outstanding Impact Prize 2019 – Judges’ Choice Award for and Outstanding ESRC Acceleration Account Project

Working with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

Immersive 360 degree training gives social workers a front row seat to frontline

Virtual reality training, giving a front row seat to the front line of social work

Social Work and Social Care

UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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Research output

Projects

Activities

Prizes

Press/Media