Amy Lynch
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4422185 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Amy Lynch |
| NOMBRES | Amy |
| APELLIDO | Lynch |
| FIRMA | LYNCH A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9039-6082 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
A review of empathy in social work
Empathy is a core value and practice within the international social work profession, yet it is not coherently or consistently understood, which presents challenges for research and practice. This article aims to develop understanding of how empathy has been constructed, researched, and represented. It presents findings from a narrative scoping literature review that included 32 studies from nine countries published between 2000 and 2023. Finding…
Social workers’ experiences of practising with empathy
Greenprint” for Integrated Care Clinics – The Hub and Spoke Model
Background: Climate change is a major public health crisis requiring attention at an individual, local and national policy level. Transport is the largest source of energy related carbon emissions in Ireland (1). The development of integrated care occurs alongside climate emergency. Care previously delivered in hospital outpatients, or a central ‘hub’ is now being delivered in integrated care clinics, “spokes”. We aimed to assess the environmenta…
Evaluating Financial competency and Future Planning As Part Of An Integrated Care Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Background: Evaluation of a social support network, including the need for support in managing finances independently is an essential component of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA). Safeguarding of finances (e.g. third party authorities, enduring power of attorney, will) should be encouraged in all order adults, particularly those with cognitive decline to provide security and protection of their wishes should they lose capacity to manage …
Relational Wellbeing Amongst Care‐Experienced Young People in Transition in the Context of Covid 19
Care‐experienced young people typically negotiate the transition to adulthood at a younger age than their peers in the general population and with less reliable access to support. Concerns have been raised that Covid 19 exacerbated the challenges they faced and widened the ‘care‐gap’. The paper employs a relational wellbeing approach to explore young people's wellbeing and experiences of ‘having enough’, ‘being connected’ and ‘feeling good’ in th…
Em-Path
This article aims to contribute to understandings of empathic leadership, with the development of a framework, Em-Path, created in an empirical social work study. The relational study aimed to broaden understanding of empathic practice. Situated in the context of child protection social work in England (2021–2023), the study was supported by five project sponsors from three local authority organizations. Twelve social workers each participated in…
Creating a containing space for analysing data
This article forms part of a special issue on a psychosocial method of group data analysis characterised as Many Minds. In this article, we aim to democratise and render transparent the Many Minds process and outline its affordances as a method for analysing evocative and provocative data. We move on to explore the specific context in which our experiences were located, how the Many Minds approach operated in this space and the methods we devised…
Mind the Gap’
We examine the outcome measurement landscape in care leaver innovation, where many innovations to support transitions of young people leaving care fail to sustain beyond a fixed-term pilot, and fewer impact wider transition policies. Our empirical qualitative study comprises interviews with 31 senior UK children’s social care policy and practice professionals, 103 interviews across five innovation-focused case studies within England with a range …
How to extend pilot innovation in public services
There is considerable investment by government policymakers in supporting pilot innovation in public services, following which pilots prove difficult to sustain. Our 4‐year longitudinal study of three pilot innovations in England, which seek to support the transition of care leavers into adulthood, provides insight into how such pilots can be sustained. Conceiving innovation as a journey, our study first identifies the dynamics of innovation arou…
Developing care experienced young peoples’ participation as peer researchers in an inter-disciplinary study
There is a growing trend towards the use of participatory methods, within health and social care research and an increase in the inclusion of Peer Researchers in leaving care studies internationally. Whilst multiple benefits have been identified, they are not automatic and consideration also needs to be given to the complexities involved and how challenges might be mitigated. This paper focuses on the participation of care-experienced young peopl…
Moving from ‘what we know works’ to ‘what we do in practice’
Global research has shown that most young people who are care experienced are not prepared to transition to independent living at 18 years of age and require support into early adulthood. We used rigorous systematic methods to identify English‐based peer reviewed and grey literature describing innovations relevant to care experienced young people as they transition into adulthood, with a focus upon lessons for their implementation and diffusion. …
An inter-disciplinary perspective on evaluation of innovation to support care leavers’ transition
Purpose Young people who are looked after by the state face challenges as they make the transition from care to adulthood, with variation in support available. In the past decade, funding has been directed towards organisations to pilot innovations to support transition, with accompanying evaluations often conducted with a single disciplinary focus, in a context of short timescales and small budgets. Recognising the value and weight of the challe…
Sensory processing in children with a history of maltreatment
Children with a history of maltreatment exhibit differences in a variety of domains, including sensory processing. However, little is known about how domain-specific sensory processing deficits differ by the type of maltreatment experienced. The focus of the current study was to investigate the relationship between abuse, neglect, or no maltreatment on seven sensory domains in a sample of adopted children. Caregivers of 408 adopted children (M= 7…
What does empathy sound like in social work communication? A mixed‐methods study of empathy in child protection social work practice
It is widely accepted that empathy is important for social work practice, yet there are multiple dimensions of empathy and comparatively few studies of empathy as a component of social work skill. To date, published studies have been quantitative, and as a result, we know little about how social workers demonstrate empathy in practice or what skilled empathic practice in child and family social work might sound like. This study contributes to the…
A golden thread? The relationship between supervision, practice, and family engagement in child and family social work
Within the social work profession, supervision is highly valued. Yet it is not clear how supervision supports good practice or how supervision makes a difference for children and families. In this study, using paired observations of group supervision and family meetings alongside interviews with parents, we explored the link between supervision, practice, and engagement. Considering each data set separately, we found a range of skill levels withi…
A golden thread? The relationship between supervision, practice, and family engagement in child and family social work
Within the social work profession, supervision is highly valued. Yet it is not clear how supervision supports good practice or how supervision makes a difference for children and families. In this study, using paired observations of group supervision and family meetings alongside interviews with parents, we explored the link between supervision, practice, and engagement. Considering each data set separately, we found a range of skill levels withi…
What does empathy sound like in social work communication? A mixed‐methods study of empathy in child protection social work practice
It is widely accepted that empathy is important for social work practice, yet there are multiple dimensions of empathy and comparatively few studies of empathy as a component of social work skill. To date, published studies have been quantitative, and as a result, we know little about how social workers demonstrate empathy in practice or what skilled empathic practice in child and family social work might sound like. This study contributes to the…
Moving from ‘what we know works’ to ‘what we do in practice’
Global research has shown that most young people who are care experienced are not prepared to transition to independent living at 18 years of age and require support into early adulthood. We used rigorous systematic methods to identify English‐based peer reviewed and grey literature describing innovations relevant to care experienced young people as they transition into adulthood, with a focus upon lessons for their implementation and diffusion. …
An inter-disciplinary perspective on evaluation of innovation to support care leavers’ transition
Purpose Young people who are looked after by the state face challenges as they make the transition from care to adulthood, with variation in support available. In the past decade, funding has been directed towards organisations to pilot innovations to support transition, with accompanying evaluations often conducted with a single disciplinary focus, in a context of short timescales and small budgets. Recognising the value and weight of the challe…
Creating a containing space for analysing data
This article forms part of a special issue on a psychosocial method of group data analysis characterised as Many Minds. In this article, we aim to democratise and render transparent the Many Minds process and outline its affordances as a method for analysing evocative and provocative data. We move on to explore the specific context in which our experiences were located, how the Many Minds approach operated in this space and the methods we devised…
How to extend pilot innovation in public services
There is considerable investment by government policymakers in supporting pilot innovation in public services, following which pilots prove difficult to sustain. Our 4‐year longitudinal study of three pilot innovations in England, which seek to support the transition of care leavers into adulthood, provides insight into how such pilots can be sustained. Conceiving innovation as a journey, our study first identifies the dynamics of innovation arou…
Sensory processing in children with a history of maltreatment
Children with a history of maltreatment exhibit differences in a variety of domains, including sensory processing. However, little is known about how domain-specific sensory processing deficits differ by the type of maltreatment experienced. The focus of the current study was to investigate the relationship between abuse, neglect, or no maltreatment on seven sensory domains in a sample of adopted children. Caregivers of 408 adopted children (M= 7…
What does empathy sound like in social work communication? A mixed‐methods study of empathy in child protection social work practice
It is widely accepted that empathy is important for social work practice, yet there are multiple dimensions of empathy and comparatively few studies of empathy as a component of social work skill. To date, published studies have been quantitative, and as a result, we know little about how social workers demonstrate empathy in practice or what skilled empathic practice in child and family social work might sound like. This study contributes to the…
A golden thread? The relationship between supervision, practice, and family engagement in child and family social work
Within the social work profession, supervision is highly valued. Yet it is not clear how supervision supports good practice or how supervision makes a difference for children and families. In this study, using paired observations of group supervision and family meetings alongside interviews with parents, we explored the link between supervision, practice, and engagement. Considering each data set separately, we found a range of skill levels withi…
Sensory processing in children with a history of maltreatment
Children with a history of maltreatment exhibit differences in a variety of domains, including sensory processing. However, little is known about how domain-specific sensory processing deficits differ by the type of maltreatment experienced. The focus of the current study was to investigate the relationship between abuse, neglect, or no maltreatment on seven sensory domains in a sample of adopted children. Caregivers of 408 adopted children (M= 7…
An inter-disciplinary perspective on evaluation of innovation to support care leavers’ transition
Purpose Young people who are looked after by the state face challenges as they make the transition from care to adulthood, with variation in support available. In the past decade, funding has been directed towards organisations to pilot innovations to support transition, with accompanying evaluations often conducted with a single disciplinary focus, in a context of short timescales and small budgets. Recognising the value and weight of the challe…
Moving from ‘what we know works’ to ‘what we do in practice’
Global research has shown that most young people who are care experienced are not prepared to transition to independent living at 18 years of age and require support into early adulthood. We used rigorous systematic methods to identify English‐based peer reviewed and grey literature describing innovations relevant to care experienced young people as they transition into adulthood, with a focus upon lessons for their implementation and diffusion. …
Mind the Gap’
We examine the outcome measurement landscape in care leaver innovation, where many innovations to support transitions of young people leaving care fail to sustain beyond a fixed-term pilot, and fewer impact wider transition policies. Our empirical qualitative study comprises interviews with 31 senior UK children’s social care policy and practice professionals, 103 interviews across five innovation-focused case studies within England with a range …
How to extend pilot innovation in public services
There is considerable investment by government policymakers in supporting pilot innovation in public services, following which pilots prove difficult to sustain. Our 4‐year longitudinal study of three pilot innovations in England, which seek to support the transition of care leavers into adulthood, provides insight into how such pilots can be sustained. Conceiving innovation as a journey, our study first identifies the dynamics of innovation arou…
Developing care experienced young peoples’ participation as peer researchers in an inter-disciplinary study
There is a growing trend towards the use of participatory methods, within health and social care research and an increase in the inclusion of Peer Researchers in leaving care studies internationally. Whilst multiple benefits have been identified, they are not automatic and consideration also needs to be given to the complexities involved and how challenges might be mitigated. This paper focuses on the participation of care-experienced young peopl…
Greenprint” for Integrated Care Clinics – The Hub and Spoke Model
Background: Climate change is a major public health crisis requiring attention at an individual, local and national policy level. Transport is the largest source of energy related carbon emissions in Ireland (1). The development of integrated care occurs alongside climate emergency. Care previously delivered in hospital outpatients, or a central ‘hub’ is now being delivered in integrated care clinics, “spokes”. We aimed to assess the environmenta…
Evaluating Financial competency and Future Planning As Part Of An Integrated Care Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Background: Evaluation of a social support network, including the need for support in managing finances independently is an essential component of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA). Safeguarding of finances (e.g. third party authorities, enduring power of attorney, will) should be encouraged in all order adults, particularly those with cognitive decline to provide security and protection of their wishes should they lose capacity to manage …
Relational Wellbeing Amongst Care‐Experienced Young People in Transition in the Context of Covid 19
Care‐experienced young people typically negotiate the transition to adulthood at a younger age than their peers in the general population and with less reliable access to support. Concerns have been raised that Covid 19 exacerbated the challenges they faced and widened the ‘care‐gap’. The paper employs a relational wellbeing approach to explore young people's wellbeing and experiences of ‘having enough’, ‘being connected’ and ‘feeling good’ in th…
Em-Path
This article aims to contribute to understandings of empathic leadership, with the development of a framework, Em-Path, created in an empirical social work study. The relational study aimed to broaden understanding of empathic practice. Situated in the context of child protection social work in England (2021–2023), the study was supported by five project sponsors from three local authority organizations. Twelve social workers each participated in…
Creating a containing space for analysing data
This article forms part of a special issue on a psychosocial method of group data analysis characterised as Many Minds. In this article, we aim to democratise and render transparent the Many Minds process and outline its affordances as a method for analysing evocative and provocative data. We move on to explore the specific context in which our experiences were located, how the Many Minds approach operated in this space and the methods we devised…
A review of empathy in social work
Empathy is a core value and practice within the international social work profession, yet it is not coherently or consistently understood, which presents challenges for research and practice. This article aims to develop understanding of how empathy has been constructed, researched, and represented. It presents findings from a narrative scoping literature review that included 32 studies from nine countries published between 2000 and 2023. Finding…
Social workers’ experiences of practising with empathy
Political science (10 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Medicine (6 obras) · Social Work (6 obras) · Child Welfare and Adoption (5 obras) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Business (4 obras)