Social Work thesis and dissertation collection
Social Work is located in the School of Social and Political Studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is one of the largest centres for social work education in the UK and is among the highest ranked for the quality of its teaching and research. We provide a range of educational opportunities for both intending and qualified social workers, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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Recent Submissions
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Interrogating the ethics of telecare services: a conceptual framework for dementia home care professionals
(The University of Edinburgh, 2009-07-02)Professionals working with older people in dementia home care are likely to encounter an increasing range of assistive technological services such as Telecare, as part of the evolving menu of domiciliary care services. ... -
Forever home? The complexity of adoption breakdown in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-01-19)Adoption is widely considered to be the best option for children who are unable to live with their birth families. But what happens when adoptions breakdown? This thesis explores adoptions for 122 Scottish children who ... -
Exploring experiences of children who migrate to Delhi: understanding gender and space
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-19)This study explored the experiences of migrant street children in Delhi, India, including the reasons for their migration, their lives on the streets, and their exit from the streets, as well as the impact of gender and ... -
Looking after grandchildren: the motivation, pattern, and the impact of intergenerational engagements on grandparents in rural China
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-11-22)Across the world, grandparents are increasingly becoming the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. China is no exception. The rapid growth of an ageing population, large scale rural–urban internal labour migration, ... -
Topping up the tank: enhancing the emotional resilience of social workers in local authority adult services
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-11-17)The emotional resilience of social workers has increasingly been a focus of research, particularly in response to high levels of stress in the profession. Most of this research has been carried out in relation to social ... -
Intergenerational transmission of the effects of maternal childhood adversities via poor infant outcomes
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-08-16)BACKGROUND: The effects of maternal exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be transmitted to the subsequent generation through various biopsychosocial mechanisms. Previous studies have found an association ... -
Contributing to the development of social pedagogy in the UK: a case study at 'Santiago 1' residential care home in Spain
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-10-01)In recent years there has been a growing interest in social pedagogy in the UK, much of which has focused on residential care for looked after children, a system that has been under scrutiny over recent decades. Research ... -
Helping the 'problem child' become loveable again? A discourse analysis on childhood ADHD in Switzerland and implications for social work
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Diagnoses and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children have seen significant increases in many parts of the world in the past two decades. However, there is a paucity of research on how ... -
Health needs and services for refugee women and children in Uganda’s settlements: articulating a role for social work
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-19)Approximately 70.8 million individuals are displaced worldwide and of these 25.9 million are refugees (UNHCR, 2019). According to UNHCR (2018), 85% of the world’s refugees are hosted by low-income nations such as Uganda. ... -
Unpicking social work practice skills: an interactional analysis of engagement and identity in a groupwork programme addressing sexual offending
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-25)The importance of the working relationship between people who have offended (clients) and criminal justice social workers (practitioners) as a vehicle for promoting rehabilitation is increasingly recognised. To build and ... -
Turkish fathering today: an enquiry and discussion arising from the views of Turkish fathers and Turkish young people
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-25)Our knowledge of parenting is determined by what mothers usually do for children and ‘fathering’ is described by comparing it to mothering. Fathers, as far as their relationship within their families is concerned, ... -
Twenty first century contact: young people in care and their use of mobile communication devices and the Internet for contact
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-25)Under Section 34 of the Children Act 1989 local authorities have a legal duty to make every effort to ensure that a child in care can maintain links with his/her birth parents and other wider family members. For a child ... -
Quickening steps: an ethnography of pre-birth child protection
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-25)This thesis is a study of pre-birth child protection practice in the Scottish context. The ‘quickening’ in the title refers not just to the movement in utero of the unborn babies at the centre of this research, but also ... -
Low income employment in Dhaka: women’s lives, agency and identity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-07-08)Over the past thirty-five years, an increasing number of women have been working outside their homes in Bangladesh, particularly in the country’s largest city Dhaka. A key factor has been the growing garments industry ... -
Partnership, power and policy: a case study of the Scottish Partnership on Domestic Abuse
(The University of Edinburgh, 2006-06-22)Men's violence against women in Scotland has only recently emerged onto the national policy agenda, based to a large extent on three decades of work on the issue by feminist activists and organisations. The research ... -
Feedback systems, interaction analysis, and counselling models in professional programmes
(The University of Edinburgh, 1973)The purpose of this study was to analyse and determine the role of feedback systems, interaction analysis scales and model performances in the educational programmes of personal service professions such as teacher education, ... -
The participation of looked after children in permanency planning
(The University of Edinburgh, 2005)Children's rights have achieved considerable legal status in Scotland, propelled by both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. Now in key areas of law, children have ... -
Everyday social work practice: listening to the voices of practitioners
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-27)Despite an extensive literature, there is surprisingly little research about what social workers do in their day to day practice. This body of published work, supported by critical review, argues that we need to hear, ... -
Quality of life experiences of parents of children with autism in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-09)The purpose of this study was to enter the world of the parents living with a child with autism, wondering what quality of life means for them and whether their engagement with social work services makes any difference ... -
Assessment of routinely collected information on internet sex offenders by criminal justice social workers and the police in Scotland: an exploratory study
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-29)The number of offenders who have been convicted of possession, distribution or production of sexually explicit media involving children (SEMIC) has increased exponentially in the last decade. The majority of these cases ...
