Vivi Antonopoulou
Biographic Data
| ID | 1564350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vivi Antonopoulou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vivi |
| FAMILY NAME | Antonopoulou |
| SIGNATURE | ANTONOPOULOU V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1002-4191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Improving impact infrastructure
Despite significant investments in “impact infrastructure”—the sum of interventions promoting researchers’ policy engagement—there is a notable lack of evaluations (Oliver et al. 2022) or systematic, theory-driven evidence to inform these efforts. Given the lack of evidence on “what works,” identifying predictors of researchers’ policy engagement based on behavioural science can fill the gap and generate much-needed evidence to inform practical i…
Understanding the public's decision-making about seasonal flu vaccination during a pandemic
Understanding the behavioural factors influencing flu vaccination is crucial for mitigating seasonal infection outbreaks. This study utilised the Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) to examine the public's decision-making about seasonal flu vaccination through an online cross-sectional survey with 2004 participants in England, UK. Results showed varying stages of decision-making: 7% in Stage 2 (unengaged), 10% in Stage 3 (undecided), 7% in S…
Exploring barriers and facilitators to increase the engagement with a digital app (Olio) for food/non-food sustainable consumption in citizens from Bogotá, Colombia
Engaging in sustainable behaviours is a key priority for environmental sustainability. Behavioural changes such as recycling, and food sharing are needed to achieve a zero-emissions society. Digital technologies can support engagement with these behaviours through publicly accessible digital platforms such as mobile apps which connect those with surplus items to those who need or wish to consume these items. However, very little research has exam…
Healthcare Professionals' Responses to Complaints
Background Patient complaints in healthcare settings can provide feedback for monitoring and improving healthcare services. Behavioural responses to complaints (e.g., talking or apologising to a patient) can influence the trajectory of a complaint for instance, whether a complaint is escalated or not. We aimed to explore healthcare professional (HCP) and service user (patient and carer) views on complaints' management and the perceived factors in…
Measuring levels of family stress and engagement in child protection social work
Purpose Effectively engaging parents under stress is a key component of skilful child welfare practice. This paper aims to investigate how social workers practice with parents with either high or normal levels of stress. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed methods design including observations and audio recordings of meetings between families and social workers, interviews with parents/carers and questionnaires with social workers.…
The critical factors in producing high quality and policy-relevant research
Findings highlight the positive impact of strong evidence-provider/user relationships and the importance of governments' commitment to co-produced research programmes to address policy problems and transparency in the dissemination of methods and findings. From the findings we have created a framework, 'STEPS' (Sharing, Transparency, Engagement, Partnership, Strong relationships), of five recommendations for units working with policymakers. These…
Do performance indicators predict Ofsted ratings? An exploratory study of children’s services in England
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore whether performance indicators in children’s services can be used to predict the outcome of Ofsted inspections. Every local authority in England is inspected by Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education, children’s services and skills) and given a single, overall rating – outstanding, good, requirements improvement or inadequate. These ratings carry immense significance. Persistently inadequate …
Ofsted and Children’s Services
‘Failing’ an inspection of The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) has severe consequences on a local authority. Senior managers may lose their jobs and the workforce as a whole can be destabilised. In extreme cases, central government can decide whether the authority is no longer capable of running children’s services. On the other hand, receiving positive Ofsted judgements often brings with it a national r…
Ofsted and Children's Services
The British Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy100 \n \nOf the above mentioned paper, an incorrect version was initially published. The correct version has been published to amend errors including the sequence of tables. \n \nThis has been corrected online. The author apologises for the error.
What Does Supervision Help With? A Survey of 315 Social Workers in the UK
What does social work supervision help with? There are many different models of supervision and an increasing amount of research. Much of this is concerned with the content of supervision and how supervisors (and supervisees) should behave — and these are important concerns. But even more important is the question of who or what supervision helps with. Supervision is widely considered to have many different functions but in the context of UK loca…
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 randomized controlled trial of training in Motivational Interviewing for child protection
There has been interest in developing more evidence-based approaches to child and family social work in the UK in recent years. This study examines the impact of a skills development package of training and supervision in Motivational Interviewing (MI) on the skills of social workers and the engagement of parents through a randomized controlled trial. All workers in one local authority were randomly assigned to receive the package (n = 28) or con…
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 randomized controlled trial of training in Motivational Interviewing for child protection
There has been interest in developing more evidence-based approaches to child and family social work in the UK in recent years. This study examines the impact of a skills development package of training and supervision in Motivational Interviewing (MI) on the skills of social workers and the engagement of parents through a randomized controlled trial. All workers in one local authority were randomly assigned to receive the package (n = 28) or con…
What Does Supervision Help With? A Survey of 315 Social Workers in the UK
What does social work supervision help with? There are many different models of supervision and an increasing amount of research. Much of this is concerned with the content of supervision and how supervisors (and supervisees) should behave — and these are important concerns. But even more important is the question of who or what supervision helps with. Supervision is widely considered to have many different functions but in the context of UK loca…
Ofsted and Children’s Services
‘Failing’ an inspection of The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) has severe consequences on a local authority. Senior managers may lose their jobs and the workforce as a whole can be destabilised. In extreme cases, central government can decide whether the authority is no longer capable of running children’s services. On the other hand, receiving positive Ofsted judgements often brings with it a national r…
The critical factors in producing high quality and policy-relevant research
Findings highlight the positive impact of strong evidence-provider/user relationships and the importance of governments' commitment to co-produced research programmes to address policy problems and transparency in the dissemination of methods and findings. From the findings we have created a framework, 'STEPS' (Sharing, Transparency, Engagement, Partnership, Strong relationships), of five recommendations for units working with policymakers. These…
Do performance indicators predict Ofsted ratings? An exploratory study of children’s services in England
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore whether performance indicators in children’s services can be used to predict the outcome of Ofsted inspections. Every local authority in England is inspected by Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education, children’s services and skills) and given a single, overall rating – outstanding, good, requirements improvement or inadequate. These ratings carry immense significance. Persistently inadequate …
Measuring levels of family stress and engagement in child protection social work
Purpose Effectively engaging parents under stress is a key component of skilful child welfare practice. This paper aims to investigate how social workers practice with parents with either high or normal levels of stress. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed methods design including observations and audio recordings of meetings between families and social workers, interviews with parents/carers and questionnaires with social workers.…
What Does Supervision Help With? A Survey of 315 Social Workers in the UK
What does social work supervision help with? There are many different models of supervision and an increasing amount of research. Much of this is concerned with the content of supervision and how supervisors (and supervisees) should behave — and these are important concerns. But even more important is the question of who or what supervision helps with. Supervision is widely considered to have many different functions but in the context of UK loca…
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 randomized controlled trial of training in Motivational Interviewing for child protection
There has been interest in developing more evidence-based approaches to child and family social work in the UK in recent years. This study examines the impact of a skills development package of training and supervision in Motivational Interviewing (MI) on the skills of social workers and the engagement of parents through a randomized controlled trial. All workers in one local authority were randomly assigned to receive the package (n = 28) or con…
Do performance indicators predict Ofsted ratings? An exploratory study of children’s services in England
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore whether performance indicators in children’s services can be used to predict the outcome of Ofsted inspections. Every local authority in England is inspected by Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education, children’s services and skills) and given a single, overall rating – outstanding, good, requirements improvement or inadequate. These ratings carry immense significance. Persistently inadequate …
Ofsted and Children’s Services
‘Failing’ an inspection of The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) has severe consequences on a local authority. Senior managers may lose their jobs and the workforce as a whole can be destabilised. In extreme cases, central government can decide whether the authority is no longer capable of running children’s services. On the other hand, receiving positive Ofsted judgements often brings with it a national r…
Ofsted and Children's Services
The British Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy100 \n \nOf the above mentioned paper, an incorrect version was initially published. The correct version has been published to amend errors including the sequence of tables. \n \nThis has been corrected online. The author apologises for the error.
The critical factors in producing high quality and policy-relevant research
Findings highlight the positive impact of strong evidence-provider/user relationships and the importance of governments' commitment to co-produced research programmes to address policy problems and transparency in the dissemination of methods and findings. From the findings we have created a framework, 'STEPS' (Sharing, Transparency, Engagement, Partnership, Strong relationships), of five recommendations for units working with policymakers. These…
Exploring barriers and facilitators to increase the engagement with a digital app (Olio) for food/non-food sustainable consumption in citizens from Bogotá, Colombia
Engaging in sustainable behaviours is a key priority for environmental sustainability. Behavioural changes such as recycling, and food sharing are needed to achieve a zero-emissions society. Digital technologies can support engagement with these behaviours through publicly accessible digital platforms such as mobile apps which connect those with surplus items to those who need or wish to consume these items. However, very little research has exam…
Healthcare Professionals' Responses to Complaints
Background Patient complaints in healthcare settings can provide feedback for monitoring and improving healthcare services. Behavioural responses to complaints (e.g., talking or apologising to a patient) can influence the trajectory of a complaint for instance, whether a complaint is escalated or not. We aimed to explore healthcare professional (HCP) and service user (patient and carer) views on complaints' management and the perceived factors in…
Measuring levels of family stress and engagement in child protection social work
Purpose Effectively engaging parents under stress is a key component of skilful child welfare practice. This paper aims to investigate how social workers practice with parents with either high or normal levels of stress. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed methods design including observations and audio recordings of meetings between families and social workers, interviews with parents/carers and questionnaires with social workers.…
Improving impact infrastructure
Despite significant investments in “impact infrastructure”—the sum of interventions promoting researchers’ policy engagement—there is a notable lack of evaluations (Oliver et al. 2022) or systematic, theory-driven evidence to inform these efforts. Given the lack of evidence on “what works,” identifying predictors of researchers’ policy engagement based on behavioural science can fill the gap and generate much-needed evidence to inform practical i…
Understanding the public's decision-making about seasonal flu vaccination during a pandemic
Understanding the behavioural factors influencing flu vaccination is crucial for mitigating seasonal infection outbreaks. This study utilised the Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) to examine the public's decision-making about seasonal flu vaccination through an online cross-sectional survey with 2004 participants in England, UK. Results showed varying stages of decision-making: 7% in Stage 2 (unengaged), 10% in Stage 3 (undecided), 7% in S…
Psychology (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Local authority (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)