Mark Gregory
Biographic Data
| ID | 2954817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Gregory |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Gregory |
| SIGNATURE | GREGORY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East Anglia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7428-9447 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Practice education in social work
Practice learning is central to the pedagogy of social work education; it enables students to link theory and practice, and supports them to develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to enter the profession. In England, practice educators—experienced qualified social workers who have undertaken relevant training—are responsible for providing learning opportunities and assessing students’ practice learning. This article outlines a scop…
Reflective group interventions with social workers
Social work is a rewarding yet highly demanding profession, and supporting practitioners to manage the emotional and practical demands of the role is key to addressing ongoing challenges in the recruitment and retention of social workers. Reflective group interventions (RGIs)—such as group supervision and reflective case discussion groups—are commonly used to support social workers, however, comparatively little is known about the effectiveness o…
‘We are quite a “can anyone help me?” kind of team’
There is recognition that teams act as a locus for the sensemaking activity that underpins social workers’ judgement. Research has highlighted that teams also provide emotional support for practitioners. Although sensemaking involves emotional and social processes, there has been limited examination of how emotional support in teams interacts with sensemaking. This article uses the Team as Secure Base (TASB) model as a framework for presenting fi…
Supervision as a Dispersed Practice
Supervision is integral to social work practice; however, how it operates in day‐to‐day practice remains poorly understood. Existing research mainly comprises quantitative and qualitative accounts of social workers' and supervisors' experiences of supervision. More recently, a small number of studies examining the content of supervision have added to our understanding of what happens in supervision. However, supervisory interactions outside forma…
Story‐building and narrative in social workers' case‐talk
Despite the importance of decision‐making in child and family social work, how social workers make sense of information in undertaking assessments and making decisions has received limited attention. Drawing on an ethnographic study of four child and family social work teams across two English local authorities, this article demonstrates how social workers make sense of the lives of children and families through a story‐building process. Data com…
Songs and Poems from the Year of the Shearers' Strike
Joe Hill Centenary and IWW Songs in Australia
Story‐building and narrative in social workers' case‐talk
Despite the importance of decision‐making in child and family social work, how social workers make sense of information in undertaking assessments and making decisions has received limited attention. Drawing on an ethnographic study of four child and family social work teams across two English local authorities, this article demonstrates how social workers make sense of the lives of children and families through a story‐building process. Data com…
Joe Hill Centenary and IWW Songs in Australia
Songs and Poems from the Year of the Shearers' Strike
Story‐building and narrative in social workers' case‐talk
Despite the importance of decision‐making in child and family social work, how social workers make sense of information in undertaking assessments and making decisions has received limited attention. Drawing on an ethnographic study of four child and family social work teams across two English local authorities, this article demonstrates how social workers make sense of the lives of children and families through a story‐building process. Data com…
‘We are quite a “can anyone help me?” kind of team’
There is recognition that teams act as a locus for the sensemaking activity that underpins social workers’ judgement. Research has highlighted that teams also provide emotional support for practitioners. Although sensemaking involves emotional and social processes, there has been limited examination of how emotional support in teams interacts with sensemaking. This article uses the Team as Secure Base (TASB) model as a framework for presenting fi…
Supervision as a Dispersed Practice
Supervision is integral to social work practice; however, how it operates in day‐to‐day practice remains poorly understood. Existing research mainly comprises quantitative and qualitative accounts of social workers' and supervisors' experiences of supervision. More recently, a small number of studies examining the content of supervision have added to our understanding of what happens in supervision. However, supervisory interactions outside forma…
Practice education in social work
Practice learning is central to the pedagogy of social work education; it enables students to link theory and practice, and supports them to develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to enter the profession. In England, practice educators—experienced qualified social workers who have undertaken relevant training—are responsible for providing learning opportunities and assessing students’ practice learning. This article outlines a scop…
Reflective group interventions with social workers
Social work is a rewarding yet highly demanding profession, and supporting practitioners to manage the emotional and practical demands of the role is key to addressing ongoing challenges in the recruitment and retention of social workers. Reflective group interventions (RGIs)—such as group supervision and reflective case discussion groups—are commonly used to support social workers, however, comparatively little is known about the effectiveness o…
Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Work (5 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Art (2 works)