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ISSN: 2009-776X
Issue 91,
February 2021
PRACTICE Practice Links is a free publication of the
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work), UCC. Practice Links supports
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FIRST NOTICE AND
CALL FOR PAPERS
8TH NATIONAL CHILD
PROTECTION AND WELFARE
SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE
(SWCONF21):
SWCONF21 will take place on the 21st and 22nd October 2021. The theme for this year’s conference is:
Revitalising child protection and welfare social work: innovations, hope and community.
The call for papers will open mid-February with submission details on our website and on @SWCONFUCC on
Twitter. Due to the global pandemic, SWCONF21 will be a fully online conference.
This conference is a not-for-pro t collaboration between the Irish Association of Social Workers (Southern
Branch), Tusla social workers and managers, and @UCCsocialwork, School of Applied Social Studies,
University College Cork.
CALL FOR PAPERS
4 TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Online from Slovenia, 13th -15th September. Click here for call for papers and registration details.
PCPSI WEBINARS AND TRAINING
If you weren't able to make Stephen Terrell’s training on the “Experienced-
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YouTube link to the second webinar.
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E PIC CARE DAY
Did you know….. that there are approximately 6,000
Children in Care in Ireland?
Our National EPIC Youth Council would like to invite
you to join them in celebrating these Children in
Care and those with Care Experience, on Friday the
19th of February for Care Day!!!!
Care Day is the world’s largest celebration of the
rights of children and young people with care
experience.
We are striving towards a world where children and
young people who have overcome adversities are
proud of themselves,
their achievements and look forward to a future of
opportunity, equality and equity.
Care Day is an opportunity to unite in celebrating
the rights and resilience of
care experienced children and young people, their
stories and their achievements.
We invite you to join us in our 6th year of celebrating
Care Day!
To register for our free Care Day Webinars click
here: EPICEmpowering People in Care Events
| Eventbrite
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IASW NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE
2021: SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL JUSTICE: WHERE
NOW? FRIDAY, 23RD APRIL
This year’s conference will bring together a range of speakers on the topic of social justice, to
inform and update and to support participants unpack the concept. Participants will be provided with the
opportunity to consider what it means for social work practice on a day to day basis, on the individual level, the
organisational and the collective. To assist us in this task, we have the support of speakers including Brid
Featherstone (Professor of Social Work, University of Hudders eld) Caroline McGregor (Professor of Social Work,
School of Political Science and Sociology, NUIG) and Judy Walsh (Head of Subject for Social Justice, School of
Social Policy, Social Work & Social Justice, UCD).
IASW 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
5pm – 6.30pm on Wednesday, 26th May 2021 on Zoom. The format of the meeting will be similar to previous years.
The call for motions and nominations to the Board of Directors will be circulated to all members by the end of
March. Further information will be provided on our website https://iasw.ie/AGM-IASW in the coming weeks.
LAUNCH OF IASW ANTI-RACIST STRATEGY
Thursday, 25th February. Please check www.iasw.ie for updates for this lunchtime event.
IASW CALL FOR ARTICLES - CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF
IRISH SOCIAL WORK
In 2021, The Irish Social Worker will publish a special issue of the journal to mark the 50th Anniversary of IASW. We
are looking for articles that explore the development of IASW over the past 50 years and the contribution it has
made to social work practice and research in Ireland. We would like to hear from authors who have contributed to
past editions of the journal to re ect on changes to the profession. We are also interested in articles that provide
insight into all areas of social work practice, research, and education.
Articles might address the following: When did a particular area of social work begin? What were the main
in uencing factors? What types of issues are addressed in the setting? What types of interventions are employed?
Individual, group, family, community? Is there any research that has informed the interventions? Include brief
vignettes or case studies that best capture social work setting.What are the most typical ethical tensions?What are
the opportunities and the challenges?Is your area of social work attached to an IASW special interest group? How
has the IASW in uenced and contributed to the growth and development of specialist area of social work?
Interested authors should submit their abstracts (max 300 words) by the 28th of February 2021.Based on the
abstracts, a selection of authors will be invited to submit full articles which will undergo peer review. Please submit
your abstract in a word document of 1 A4 page containing the following information: Suggested title. Abstract
(max 300 words). Name of all authors with af liations.Email address of corresponding author. Please send your
document via email to journaleditor@iasw.ie and add IASW Anniversary Issue Abstract as your subject line.
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The Discipline of Applied Social Science in the School of Political Science and Sociology in NUI Galway
is delighted to offer a NEW MA/PGDIP in Child, Youth and Community with a focus on programme
planning and evaluation. This one year full-time / two-year part-time blended learning Programme,
will enable students to be proficient in programme planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation methodologies in the context of child, youth and community services. The MA/PGDIP was
developed by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at NUI Galway, which has an established
reputation for policy and practice research, particularly evidence and rights informed research and
evaluation.
Why this MA?
It is the first of its kind in Ireland with a focus on programme planning and evaluation. Professionals
involved in the delivery of services to children, young people and communities are increasingly
required by funders and central government to provide scientific, robust evidence, to measure the
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with the discourses and debates on ‘evidence’ and explore, through their integrated assessments,
new lines of research and the accommodation of both in the real world of practice.
What are the Programme Objectives?
The objectives of the programme are to:
• Equip students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills in programme planning,
implementation, monitoring and research evaluation;
• Develop students’ capacity to design and deliver human rights based and culturally sensitive
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• Support students to critically explore new lines of research and the use of research evidence
in practice;
• Enable students to develop their capacity as leaders in this field;
• Enhance students’ skills in communication and innovative thinking;
• Provide professional experience and networking opportunities for students.
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Alcohol Forum Ireland is delighted to announce our upcoming Minor Award in Children &
Families: Hidden Harm (Level 9, 10 ECTS). Now in its second year, this academic collaboration
with the Letterkenny Institute of Technology will commence in Spring 2021, and there is a closing
date for applications of Jan 31st. The course will be offered on line this year, extending the reach to
those based outside of the North West.
Applicants are required to have a Level 8 (Hons) Degree in a relevant discipline and the course
would be suitable for those directly or indirectly with individuals, families and children within the
Community, Education, Justice, Health and Social Work and Social Care sector.
This module combines theory, practical application and practice based theory from local, national &
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For further information (fees, timetable, modules etc) and to register email
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There is limited evidence of how This Campbell systematic review
police programmes to generate examines whether police
community connectedness affect programmes aiming to improve
violent extremist behaviours, community connectedness have an
attitudes and beliefs effect on violent extremist
behaviour, attitudes and beliefs. It
Police programmes to generate summarises evidence from one
community connectedness are study that met the inclusion criteria
assumed to help reduce risk factors and references others that describe
that lead individuals to radicalise to types of interventions, but that have
violent extremism. There is no not been rigorously evaluated.
robust body of evaluation evidence
Police to verify this claim. This lack of
evidence is because programme
What studies are included?
programmes funders have not suf ciently
invested in impact evaluations of
The review includes studies that
evaluated programmes aimed at
that seek to policing programmes that aim to countering violent extremism by
promoting community
counter violent extremism by
increase promoting community connectedness. The interventions
included in the review needed to
connectedness.
community have a police focus, where the
What is this review about? intervention involved police as the
connectedness Community connectedness and
receivers of an intervention and/or
partners in the development,
for reducing efforts to engage communities may
help to mitigate the risk of
initiation and implementation of a
programme. The intervention could
violent individuals radicalising to violent be focused on individuals, places
extremism. Police, under some
extremism circumstances, can play a key role in
(e.g., schools), neighbourhoods or
larger geographical locations.
programmes aimed at tackling
behaviour, violent extremism. This includes Although the systematic search
attitudes and working with communities and
other agencies to tackle social
captured 2,273 potential studies,
only one study met the review
beliefs isolation, economic opportunity and
norms and beliefs that lead
inclusion criteria. This study was
conducted in 2015 in the USA.
individuals and groups to radicalise
and support extremist causes. What are the ndings of this
review?
LORRAINE This review looked at whether or not
MAZEROLLE strategies involving police in the The one included study was a
ELIZABETH EGGINS initiation, development or Muslim community‐led initiative
ADRIAN CHERNEY implementation of programmes involving police that aimed to
LORELEI HINE aimed at community connectedness counter violent extremism through a
ANGELA HIGGINSON had an impact on reducing violent community‐based education and
EMMA BELTON extremist beliefs and behaviours. awareness programme. The
programme aimed to improve
What is the aim of this review? referral networks for agencies/third
parties to help assist individuals
identi ed as at‐risk of radicalisation.
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Evidence from this study showed How up‐to‐date is this review?
mixed small‐to‐medium effects on
self‐reported deradicalization The review authors searched for
measures in favour of the treatment studies up to December 2018.
group. Eight out of nine calculated Click here for a link to the full
effect sizes favoured the review.
intervention, though six of these
were statistically insigni cant. One
survey item favoured the
comparison group: “I make friends
with people from other races”.
However, these results need to be
Police interpreted with caution due to the
study limitations.
programmes Given the low number of studies
that seek to identi ed, the authors have also
provided a summary of a small
increase sample of studies reporting on
interventions that aligned with the
community review topic but did not meet the
inclusion criteria due to weak
connectedness evaluation designs. These studies
for reducing
illustrate a range of approaches
being used by the police, such as
violent recreation and sports activities, and
community education and
extremism engagement around countering
violent extremism and related
behaviour, topics.
attitudes and What do the ndings of this
review mean?
beliefs There is currently insuf cient
evidence to establish whether
police programmes aimed at
LORRAINE countering violent extremism by
MAZEROLLE promoting community
ELIZABETH EGGINS connectedness are effective.
ADRIAN CHERNEY Although the evidence identi ed by
LORELEI HINE this review shows that such
ANGELA HIGGINSON programmes are being
EMMA BELTON implemented, they have not yet
been rigorously evaluated. Future
research should aim to rigorously
evaluate such initiatives.
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Drugs and natural products for This review is an update of a
self‐harm in adults previous Cochrane Review from
2015 which found little evidence of
We have reviewed the international bene cial effects of drug treatments
literature regarding on repetition of SH. This updated
pharmacological (drug) and natural aims to further evaluate the
product (dietary supplementation) evidence for effectiveness of drugs
treatment trials in the eld. A total of and natural products for patients
seven trials meeting our inclusion who engage in SH with a broader
criteria were identi ed. There is little range of outcomes.
evidence of bene cial effects of
either pharmacological or natural Which studies were included in
product treatments. However, few the review?
trials have been conducted and
those that have are small, meaning To be included in the review, studies
that possible bene cial effects of had to be randomised controlled
some therapies cannot be ruled out. trials of drug treatments for adults
who had recently engaged in SH.
Pharmacolog Why is this review important?
What does the evidence from the
ical Self‐harm (SH), which includes
intentional self‐poisoning/overdose
review tell us?
interventions and self‐injury, is a major problem in There is currently no clear evidence
for the effectiveness of
many countries and is strongly
for self‐harm linked with suicide. It is therefore antidepressants, antipsychotics,
mood stabilisers, or natural
important that effective treatments
in adults for SH patients are developed. products in preventing repetition of
Whilst there has been an increase in SH.
the use of psychosocial What should happen next?
interventions for SH in adults (which
is the focus of a separate review), We recommend further trials of
drug treatments are frequently used drugs for SH patients, possibly in
in clinical practice. It is therefore combination with psychological
KATRINA G WITT important to assess the evidence for treatment.
SARAH E HETRICK their effectiveness.
Click here for a link to the full
GOWRI RAJARAM
Who will be interested in this review.
PHILIP HAZELL
review?
TATIANA L TAYLOR
SALISBURY Hospital administrators (e.g. service
ELLEN TOWNSEND providers), health policy of cers and
KEITH HAWTON third party payers (e.g. health
insurers), clinicians working with
patients who engage in SH, patients
themselves, and their relatives.
What questions does this review
aim to answer?
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
& REPORTS
‘HOW CAN WE STOP IRISH CRIME GANGS EXPLOITING UP TO 1,000 KIDS?’
The Irish Youth Justice Service and the University of Limerick, through the REPPP (Research Evidence into
Policy project, have been researching the impact of organised crime groups on vulnerable children and
young people. Read an update on the work of Dr. Sean Redmond and Dr. Catherine Naughton and their
REPPP colleagues at the RTÉ Brainstorm platform here: Click here.
NEW PUBLICATION ON EFFECTIVE PROBATION PRACTICE
Probation of cers work with people who have offended, to reduce the risk
of recidivism and to promote client rehabilitation. Increasingly, attention is
being paid to identifying and implementing practice that is shown to be
effective in achieving probation goals. A new study, carried out by
researchers in the Netherlands, incorporates a systematic literature review
of the effective elements in probation supervision and is available at the
following link: Click here.
COMMUNITY CRIME IMPACT
ASSESSMENT (CCIA)
EVALUATION AND CCIA
ASSESSMENT TOOL LAUNCHED
CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign recently launched a new community
crime impact assessment evaluation and assessment tool. The tool aims
to measure the impact of drug-related crime and wider public nuisance
issues on communities, with a view to informing a collaborative problem-
solving approach to tackle such issues. The evaluation report and the
assessment tool area are available at: Click here.
BOOK LAUNCH: NARRATING CHILDHOOD WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:
DIVERSE CONTEXTS, METHODS AND STORIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE
This event discusses the importance of young people’s voices to policy, practice, and research, facilitating
commentary and debate about the signi cance accorded to children’s everyday experiences and
storytelling. It is of signi cance therefore to non-academic and academic audiences working with children
and youth and those who are interested in sociology, social work, social care, teaching, youth work and
other professions. Click here to register.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
& REPORTS
CREATING A CULTURE OF RESILIENCE FOR
SOCIAL WORKERS
Click here for full report SPECIAL
•Emotional resilience RAPPORTEUR ON
is broadly about CHILD PROTECTION
coping with adverse 13TH REPORT
situations
•Although common Click here for full report
in human beings,
resilience is not
in nite and can
uctuate
•Personal coping
strategies are an
FINAL REPORT OF
important aspect of
THE COMMISSION
emotional resilience, however, the concept
OF INVESTIGATION
has been used to place blame on individuals
INTO MOTHER AND
for their ‘failure’ to cope
BABY HOMES
• It is important to recognise the role of external
Click here for full report
factors in enhancing or undermining
resilience. Organisational culture is one such
external factor in the social work profession
• There are key tensions in the organisational MENTAL HEALTH
culture of social work that can increase stress SERVICES FOR OLDER
and undermine resilience. Addressing these PEOPLE
tensions can help to create an organisational Click here for full report
culture that supports the resilience of social
workers Ireland’s population of older
people continues to increase
and with it the number of older
CHILDREN'S RESEARCH people with mental illness.
NETWORK - 2010-2020 Central Statistics Of ce (CSO)
HISTORY IN THE MAKING gures predict that those aged
Click here for full report 65 years and over will increase
signi cantly: from 629,800 in
Describes the creation of CRN, 2016 to almost 1.6 million by
its activities and successes over 2051. This demographic change
the ten years, as well as the is not a new phenomenon and has been widely
current existence of the Network reported and plotted in recent years
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
& REPORTS
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USING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE POSITIVE
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Abstract
Click here to access this British Journal of Social Work article CELEBRATING TEN YEARS
This article focuses on how intercountry adoptees use social media and technology to
and abstract. OF THE ADOPTION
negotiate and facilitate reunion with their birth families. The qualitative data were
drawn from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with eleven adoptees who were in- AUTHORITY OF IRELAND:
ternationally adopted to Ireland and have contact with their birth families using social 2010 - 2020
media and technology. The findings from this interpretivist study demonstrate that
Click here for the full text of
social media and technology have significantly transformed and can now play a cen-
tral role in reunion in intercountry adoption. They also suggest that social workers this publication.
need to be aware of the emerging role of social media and technology in intercoun-
try adoption reunion to develop further knowledge and skills in this area. Specifically,
the study indicates that social media and technology have facilitated, ‘normalised’
and casualised aspects of contact with birth family; increased the pace of contact and
can pose challenges in navigating contact and boundaries. A key finding of this study
relates to the importance of contact with birth siblings and their potential role as17 PRACTICE LINKS // DECEMBER 2020
Research briefs
YOUNG PEOPLE IN consequences of this AN EXPLORATION OF
RESIDENTIAL CARE WITH experience included inability to THE ROLE OF TRAUMA-
PRE-CARE EXPERIENCES form and sustain peer INFORMED CARE IN
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE relationships and poor mental FOSTERING STABILITY
Kennedy, H., & Holt, S. (2020). health. Fostering stability is at the core
Working with young people of foster care as it is the
living in residential care with ♣Experiences of domestic pathway for children to
pre-care experience of violence generally occur experience enduring
domestic violence: Social care alongside other forms of abuse. relationships (Vanderwill et al.,
workers perspectives. Journal ♣Trauma-informed practice, a 2020). However, in practice,
of Social Care, 3(1), 2. Full focus on learning and recovery, achieving stability can be
article is available here. and ensuring the safety of challenging as it is a
young people were features of multifaceted phenomenon. A
What is this article about? unique research collaborative
the professional response to
♣This article reports ndings of young people living in was set up in 2016 between
a study exploring social care residential care with this Tusla, the Child and Family
workers’ experiences and experience. Agency and University College
knowledge of supporting Cork (UCC) that had an
young people living in What are some of the key overarching aim to reduce
residential care with pre-care implications for policy and fostering instability. The
experience of domestic practice? research project sought to
violence. how professionals in contribute to addressing the
♣Addressing the complex
an Irish mental health setting challenges of achieving
trauma associated with pre-care
understand, identify, and fostering stability by applying
experiences of domestic
respond to domestic violence. the approach of trauma-
violence is a challenge for
informed care. The research
♣Three focus groups and one social care practitioners.
produced an evidenced-based
semi-structured interview were ♣Pre-care experiences of psychoeducational intervention
carried out with social care domestic violence can impact a that supported the capacity of
practitioners working in child’s ability to develop and foster carers to provide children
residential care. maintain relationships however, with trauma-informed care. This
it is the role of the social care paper explores the research in
What are the critical ndings?
practitioner to create relation to its contribution to
♣Pre-care experience of opportunities to allow trust to supporting fostering stability.
domestic violence was develop with the young people
observed as having a negative Lotty, M. (2020) 'An Exploration
with whom they work.
impact on a child’s world – their of the Role of Trauma-informed
sense of safety, security, Care in Fostering Stability', The
wellbeing. Additional Irish Social. Click here.
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Research briefs
WORKING WITH ‘outsiders who are prepared to
DEAFBLIND PEOPLE TO make the effort to become
DEVELOP A GOOD insiders’.
PRACTICE APPROACH
Roy, A., McVillly, K. R., & Crisp, ♣When striving to be culturally
B. R. (2021). Working with inclusive, what you say and
Deafblind people to develop a what you do are both
good practice approach. important.
Journal of Social Work, 21(1), ♣Sharing of lived experiences
69-87. with trusted professionals is
What is this article about? preferable to competing
questionnaires.
♣This article reports on a study
that sought to develop and What are the implications for
evaluate an initial framework to practice?
engage Deafblind people in ♣Allow time and use examples
research and consultation when inviting Deafblind people
processes. to share their life experiences.
♣Data was collected by ♣Ensure that consultation
drawing on principles of processes are fully accessible
Appreciative Inquiry and e.g. using interpreters,
applying the World Café technology, translating
methodology with 15 Deafblind information into braille/audio
participants. formats.
What are the critical ndings? Methodological consideration:
♣Being Deafblind is ‘who we This study was carried out with
are, not what we are’; having a a small sample of the Deafblind
knowledge and appreciation of community thought the sample
the individual experiences that was representative of the
shaped participants’ lives is broader Deafblind community
critical to the process of regarding diversity in
engaging them in research and communication, vision and
policy development. hearing loss, and orientation
♣The Deafblind community and mobility.
welcomes co-production with
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Research briefs
CAN IT EVER BE SAFE TO But what if, as well as treatment welfare. Regulations stipulated
LEAVE CHILDREN WITH of dependence, intensive that teams providing the
DEPENDENT DRINKERS? resources were targeted at services must consist of at least
strengthening the family and ve professionals including a
In England in 2014/15 roughly improving parenting – an expert social worker, nurse and health
120,000 alcohol-dependent family therapist available 24 visitor, perhaps an attempt to
adults had perhaps 200,000 hours a day, seven days a week, address the need to maintain
children living with them in the even if only over four to six quality, as highlighted by
household. In Scotland in 2008– weeks? This kind of specialist researchers.
10 between 36,000 and 51,000 ‘family preservation’ service has
children were estimated to be been tried and evaluated in An evaluation concluded that at
living with alcohol-dependent Wales and in Middlesbrough. three rst-phase sites, the new
parents or guardians. Is the risk schemes “appeared to improve
of relapse and with it the risk to Independent researchers found short-term outcomes for a good
the children simply too great? Is the services prevented the number of families”, though,
it simply too risky to leave their need to permanently place staff felt, less so for a few with
children with the most severely children in care, and reduced “very chaotic lives and serious
affected of these parents, even time spent in temporary multiple issues”. There was
if they are in treatment, and placements. Crucially, over a evidence directly from the
even if they appear to have follow-up period averaging ve families that their lives and
successfully completed it? If to six years, one of the Welsh those of the children had
substance dependence at studies listed above was able improved, but with no
least behaves like a chronic directly to con rm that reduced comparison group, it is unclear
relapsing condition, and even if resort to care had not been at whether the interventions were
that is only broadly valid for the expense of the children’s the cause of the improvements.
treatment populations with their welfare; there was no indication
that the service had Click here for more information
typically low de-addiction on this and other sources from
resources, relapse is to be inadvertently harmed children
by helping keep them with their the Drug and Alcohol Findings
expected after treatment, and Website.
with it, renewed risk to the families chart.
child. In recent years in
The results were convincing
England, about a third of the
enough for the Welsh
treatment caseload have been
government to roll out similar
returning to treatment,
services across Wales, initially
presumably having relapsed
concentrating on families where
after their previous treatments.
there is parental substance
misuse and concern over child
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Practice signposts provide links to high-quality, research-informed databases and publications. Some of
the databases at a quick glance may seem too medical/health orientated, but contain great resources to
support social work and allied professionals’ practice.
OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH DATABASES: OPEN ACCESS (FREE) JOURNALS
RIAN - Irish Open Access Research Archive - click Journal of Early and Intensive Behaviour
here Intervention; International Journal of Child and
Adolescent Resilience (IJCAR; Journal of Global
Trinity Access Research Archive (TARA) - click here
Social Work Practice; International Journal of High
Cork Open Research Archive (CORA) - click here Risk Behaviours and Addictions; Journal of
Indigenous Social Development; Critical Social
Galway Open Access Research Archive (ARAN) -
Work; International Journal of Child, Youth & Family
click here
Studies; The Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies;
Comparative Migration Studies; Irish Social Worker.
RESEARCH DATA ARCHIVES:
Irish Qualitative Data Archive - click here
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW DATABASES:
Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) - click here Cochrane Collaboration Library - click here
Irish Social Sciences Platform - click here Campbell Collaboration Library - click here
Practice signposts: data sources
to support your practice
PRACTICE GUIDANCE, DATABASES & HRB National Drugs Library - click here
PUBLICATIONS:
HUB na nÓg Young: Voices in Decision-Making -
Addiction Technology Transfer Centre Network
click here
(USA) - click here
NICE - National Institute for Health and Clinical
CES - Centre for Effective Services - click here
Excellence (UK) - click here
Child and Family Agency Publications and Reports -
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention Resources
click here
(free audio tracks) - click here
Drug and Alcohol Information and Support
North South Child Protection Hub - click here
(drugs.ie) - click here
Probation Service Publications - click here
Growing Up in Ireland - national longitudinal study
of children. Click here Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) - click
here
HSE Health Promotion Publications - click here @PracticeLinks
@UCCsocialwork
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Team
Kerry Cuskelly, Health Service Executive Mental Health Services / @cuskellk
Dr Eavan Brady, School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin / @eavanrb
Dr Robert O’Driscoll, Health Service Executive Addiction Services
Louise McCormick, Health Service Executive CAMHS / @LouiseBSW
Vivian Geiran, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Trinity College Dublin / @VGeiran
Dr Kenneth Burns (editor), School of Applied Social Studies (social work), University College Cork / @kburns28
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