Peter Unwin
Biographic Data
| ID | 410111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Unwin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Unwin |
| SIGNATURE | UNWIN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Worcester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1985-1959 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Using the Candidacy Model to Understand Service Users’ Experiences of Access to Social Prescribing
Social prescribing is an increasingly well‐known international model of healthcare, yet there is little agreement about its role and efficacy. This paper comprises a secondary analysis of findings from service users in a small‐scale (n.8) qualitative study in the English Midlands using the approach of candidacy, a comprehensive framework with the potential for achieving a deeper understanding of social prescribing. Participants were accessed thro…
Recognition and Risk
Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities experience stark health inequalities in the UK, including reduced life expectancy and limited‐service access. Ethnic monitoring within the National Health Service is promoted as a tool to identify and address such inequalities, yet how these communities experience such practices remains underexplored. Drawing on 11 co‐produced focus groups with 86 self‐identified Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller participants acros…
A scoping review of social work with Roma and Traveller communities
Although The Strasbourg Declaration on Roma presents a list of priorities that aim to address the social and economic marginalisation of Roma and Traveller people in Europe, the contribution that social work is making to efforts to achieve these aims is unclear. Therefore, a scoping review of current scholarship was conducted to summarise the existing body of knowledge and identify how social work can help to achieve The Strasbourg Declaration on…
Inequalities in mental health services for Romani and Travellers
Romani and Traveller communities in the UK and Ireland are in the midst of a mental health crisis. These communities have suffered epistemic injustices over the centuries, and social work has been part of this structural oppression. Historical and ongoing trauma is ever present, there are disproportionate numbers of their children in care in England, and suicide rates are high, yet social workers are slow to recognise professional complicity in p…
Looking past the stereotypes – Disabled people as foster carers
England has seen a progressive decline in the number of approved fostering households, whereas the number of children needing foster homes has increased. To address these disparities, this research explored whether an inclusive approach is taken to encourage Disabled people to become foster carers. The two-year co-produced project was part of the Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) initiative, funded by the National Lot…
Disabled people as foster carers – closing the recruitment gap and more
Recent Ofsted statistics for fostering in England show a steady decline in the number of approved fostering households, whereas the number of children needing foster homes has increased. To address this disparity, the present study explored the views of Disabled and Non-disabled foster carers regarding inclusivity within the foster care recruitment system. A two-year project was led by the University of Worcester, in co-production with Shaping Ou…
Kidfluencers' lived experiences of influencer culture
Purpose “Kidfluencer” is a relatively new term and refers to where young people actively exert influence on lifestyle and consumer behaviour through the use of social media. This study focused on capturing the complexities of this phenomenon, and issues of concern for policymakers that subsequently occur. Design/methodology/approach The study used semi-structured interviews to capture the retrospective experiences of ten young people as “kidfluen…
BJSW Special Issue on the Voice and Influence of People with Lived Experience
In April 2023, we published a BJSW special issue on the voice and influence of people with lived experience. People with lived and living experience expertise were involved in all stages and levels of the special issue as guest editors, peer reviewers, authors and contributors. In addition to academic papers where the lead author had lived experience of the research being undertaken, we published submissions in non-traditional formats, enabling c…
Winging It”
The practice of social prescribing (SP) has been rapidly expanding throughout the UK in recent years. The role of SP link workers (SPLWs) currently has no nationally prescribed requirements in terms of qualifications, background, or experience. This qualitative study of 13 SPLWs using semi-structured interviews is believed to be the first exploration of perceptions of their professional identity and the agency and structure within their roles. SP…
Introduction to Academic Papers Section
In keeping with the ethics of this special issue, we sought to attract academic papers of the same quality and integrity as those published regularly in the journal, the key differentiation being that a person with lived experience of social work had to be the lead or solo author.The vast majority of academic papers accepted for peer-reviewed social work journals are from practising academics, with very few practitioners, and even less people wit…
Social prescribing
Social prescribing (SP) has rapidly expanded over recent years. Previously a bottom-up, community-led phenomenon, SP is now a formal part of structured NHS policy and practice. This study was designed to ascertain how general practitioners and other primary healthcare professionals (HCPs) within one clinical commissioning group (CCG) perceive and engage with this new NHS model. The research comprised an online survey distributed to HCPs within a …
Complexities in Student Placements Under Covid-19 Moral and Practical Considerations
The work placement experiences of MA and BA social work students at an English university during a pandemic were explored by way of an online survey. Thirteen students responded and reported that the moral and practical consequences of a sudden forced move to the “new normal” of online working and assessment raised serious issues about the boundary between home and work life, and about the relationship-based nature of the career they thought they…
The ‘nuts and bolts’ of including service users and carers in the recruitment of health and social work students in an English university—An interdisciplinary critique
BACKGROUND: The literature regarding inclusion of service users and carers (SUACs) in the recruitment processes for future health and social work professionals has primarily presented such inclusion as positive for all. This study is novel in its exploration of the detail of SUACs' involvement and in its reach across a whole university department of health and social care disciplines. OBJECTIVE: To examine the detail of ways in which SUACs were a…
Roger Waters and Pink Floyd
Are perceptions of disability changed by involving service users and carers in qualifying health and social work training
This article reports the findings of two small-scale qualitative studies at an English university which engaged service users and carers (SUACs) as researchers in co-production with an academic researcher. Findings were that SUAC participants reported considerable levels of self-transformation via involvement in training health and social work professionals. Students reported heightened empathy and having had their perceptions about disability ch…
New Beginnings
A Commonwealth of competing messages
Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities Part 2
Journal Article Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities Part 2: The European Community Get access Peter Unwin Peter Unwin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 3, Summer 1981, Pages 394–406, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619576 Published: 01 July 1981
Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities
Journal Article Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities: Part I—the Global Context Get access Peter Unwin Peter Unwin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 2, Spring 1981, Pages 225–235, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619161 Published: 01 April 1981
Social prescribing
Social prescribing (SP) has rapidly expanded over recent years. Previously a bottom-up, community-led phenomenon, SP is now a formal part of structured NHS policy and practice. This study was designed to ascertain how general practitioners and other primary healthcare professionals (HCPs) within one clinical commissioning group (CCG) perceive and engage with this new NHS model. The research comprised an online survey distributed to HCPs within a …
Looking past the stereotypes – Disabled people as foster carers
England has seen a progressive decline in the number of approved fostering households, whereas the number of children needing foster homes has increased. To address these disparities, this research explored whether an inclusive approach is taken to encourage Disabled people to become foster carers. The two-year co-produced project was part of the Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) initiative, funded by the National Lot…
BJSW Special Issue on the Voice and Influence of People with Lived Experience
In April 2023, we published a BJSW special issue on the voice and influence of people with lived experience. People with lived and living experience expertise were involved in all stages and levels of the special issue as guest editors, peer reviewers, authors and contributors. In addition to academic papers where the lead author had lived experience of the research being undertaken, we published submissions in non-traditional formats, enabling c…
Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities Part 2
Journal Article Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities Part 2: The European Community Get access Peter Unwin Peter Unwin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 3, Summer 1981, Pages 394–406, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619576 Published: 01 July 1981
Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities
Journal Article Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities: Part I—the Global Context Get access Peter Unwin Peter Unwin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 2, Spring 1981, Pages 225–235, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619161 Published: 01 April 1981
Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities Part 2
Journal Article Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities Part 2: The European Community Get access Peter Unwin Peter Unwin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 3, Summer 1981, Pages 394–406, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619576 Published: 01 July 1981
Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities
Journal Article Britain's Foreign Policy Opportunities: Part I—the Global Context Get access Peter Unwin Peter Unwin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 2, Spring 1981, Pages 225–235, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619161 Published: 01 April 1981
A Commonwealth of competing messages
New Beginnings
Roger Waters and Pink Floyd
Are perceptions of disability changed by involving service users and carers in qualifying health and social work training
This article reports the findings of two small-scale qualitative studies at an English university which engaged service users and carers (SUACs) as researchers in co-production with an academic researcher. Findings were that SUAC participants reported considerable levels of self-transformation via involvement in training health and social work professionals. Students reported heightened empathy and having had their perceptions about disability ch…
The ‘nuts and bolts’ of including service users and carers in the recruitment of health and social work students in an English university—An interdisciplinary critique
BACKGROUND: The literature regarding inclusion of service users and carers (SUACs) in the recruitment processes for future health and social work professionals has primarily presented such inclusion as positive for all. This study is novel in its exploration of the detail of SUACs' involvement and in its reach across a whole university department of health and social care disciplines. OBJECTIVE: To examine the detail of ways in which SUACs were a…
Complexities in Student Placements Under Covid-19 Moral and Practical Considerations
The work placement experiences of MA and BA social work students at an English university during a pandemic were explored by way of an online survey. Thirteen students responded and reported that the moral and practical consequences of a sudden forced move to the “new normal” of online working and assessment raised serious issues about the boundary between home and work life, and about the relationship-based nature of the career they thought they…
Social prescribing
Social prescribing (SP) has rapidly expanded over recent years. Previously a bottom-up, community-led phenomenon, SP is now a formal part of structured NHS policy and practice. This study was designed to ascertain how general practitioners and other primary healthcare professionals (HCPs) within one clinical commissioning group (CCG) perceive and engage with this new NHS model. The research comprised an online survey distributed to HCPs within a …
Winging It”
The practice of social prescribing (SP) has been rapidly expanding throughout the UK in recent years. The role of SP link workers (SPLWs) currently has no nationally prescribed requirements in terms of qualifications, background, or experience. This qualitative study of 13 SPLWs using semi-structured interviews is believed to be the first exploration of perceptions of their professional identity and the agency and structure within their roles. SP…
Introduction to Academic Papers Section
In keeping with the ethics of this special issue, we sought to attract academic papers of the same quality and integrity as those published regularly in the journal, the key differentiation being that a person with lived experience of social work had to be the lead or solo author.The vast majority of academic papers accepted for peer-reviewed social work journals are from practising academics, with very few practitioners, and even less people wit…
Disabled people as foster carers – closing the recruitment gap and more
Recent Ofsted statistics for fostering in England show a steady decline in the number of approved fostering households, whereas the number of children needing foster homes has increased. To address this disparity, the present study explored the views of Disabled and Non-disabled foster carers regarding inclusivity within the foster care recruitment system. A two-year project was led by the University of Worcester, in co-production with Shaping Ou…
Kidfluencers' lived experiences of influencer culture
Purpose “Kidfluencer” is a relatively new term and refers to where young people actively exert influence on lifestyle and consumer behaviour through the use of social media. This study focused on capturing the complexities of this phenomenon, and issues of concern for policymakers that subsequently occur. Design/methodology/approach The study used semi-structured interviews to capture the retrospective experiences of ten young people as “kidfluen…
BJSW Special Issue on the Voice and Influence of People with Lived Experience
In April 2023, we published a BJSW special issue on the voice and influence of people with lived experience. People with lived and living experience expertise were involved in all stages and levels of the special issue as guest editors, peer reviewers, authors and contributors. In addition to academic papers where the lead author had lived experience of the research being undertaken, we published submissions in non-traditional formats, enabling c…
A scoping review of social work with Roma and Traveller communities
Although The Strasbourg Declaration on Roma presents a list of priorities that aim to address the social and economic marginalisation of Roma and Traveller people in Europe, the contribution that social work is making to efforts to achieve these aims is unclear. Therefore, a scoping review of current scholarship was conducted to summarise the existing body of knowledge and identify how social work can help to achieve The Strasbourg Declaration on…
Inequalities in mental health services for Romani and Travellers
Romani and Traveller communities in the UK and Ireland are in the midst of a mental health crisis. These communities have suffered epistemic injustices over the centuries, and social work has been part of this structural oppression. Historical and ongoing trauma is ever present, there are disproportionate numbers of their children in care in England, and suicide rates are high, yet social workers are slow to recognise professional complicity in p…
Looking past the stereotypes – Disabled people as foster carers
England has seen a progressive decline in the number of approved fostering households, whereas the number of children needing foster homes has increased. To address these disparities, this research explored whether an inclusive approach is taken to encourage Disabled people to become foster carers. The two-year co-produced project was part of the Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) initiative, funded by the National Lot…
Using the Candidacy Model to Understand Service Users’ Experiences of Access to Social Prescribing
Social prescribing is an increasingly well‐known international model of healthcare, yet there is little agreement about its role and efficacy. This paper comprises a secondary analysis of findings from service users in a small‐scale (n.8) qualitative study in the English Midlands using the approach of candidacy, a comprehensive framework with the potential for achieving a deeper understanding of social prescribing. Participants were accessed thro…
Recognition and Risk
Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities experience stark health inequalities in the UK, including reduced life expectancy and limited‐service access. Ethnic monitoring within the National Health Service is promoted as a tool to identify and address such inequalities, yet how these communities experience such practices remains underexplored. Drawing on 11 co‐produced focus groups with 86 self‐identified Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller participants acros…
Sociology (14 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)