Josh Devlin
Biographic Data
| ID | 6024316 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Josh Devlin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Josh |
| FAMILY NAME | Devlin |
| SIGNATURE | DEVLIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6326-0385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A perfect storm
Child and family social workers’ practice has been transformed by the shift to digitally enabled hybrid working since the COVID19 pandemic. In this article, we use the analytical frame of sociomateriality to examine how digital technologies and material spaces in social workers’ homes and offices are shaping social workers’ communication and working relationships, and how hybrid working is blurring social workers’ work and non-work lives. This ar…
Digital Technology in Children’s Safeguarding Social Work Practice in the 21st Century
Digital technology plays an increasing role in children’s safeguarding social work practice, where there is a renewed emphasis on the recording and interpretation of data via digital technology, as well as the use of technology to communicate with families and colleagues, particularly since Covid-19. This scoping review delineated extant research investigating uses of digital technology in children’s safeguarding social work practice since 2000 i…
Hybrid and Digitally Mediated Practice in Child and Family Social Work
Hybrid working, where social workers frequently work from home and use digital technology to communicate with colleagues and people using services, has become common practice in UK social work. This article presents findings from an ethnographic study of child and family social work practice in three local authorities in England. The study involved interviews and observations of practice with twenty-one social workers, over the course of six to t…
The Dublin transportation study
Hybrid and Digitally Mediated Practice in Child and Family Social Work
Hybrid working, where social workers frequently work from home and use digital technology to communicate with colleagues and people using services, has become common practice in UK social work. This article presents findings from an ethnographic study of child and family social work practice in three local authorities in England. The study involved interviews and observations of practice with twenty-one social workers, over the course of six to t…
The Dublin transportation study
Digital Technology in Children’s Safeguarding Social Work Practice in the 21st Century
Digital technology plays an increasing role in children’s safeguarding social work practice, where there is a renewed emphasis on the recording and interpretation of data via digital technology, as well as the use of technology to communicate with families and colleagues, particularly since Covid-19. This scoping review delineated extant research investigating uses of digital technology in children’s safeguarding social work practice since 2000 i…
Hybrid and Digitally Mediated Practice in Child and Family Social Work
Hybrid working, where social workers frequently work from home and use digital technology to communicate with colleagues and people using services, has become common practice in UK social work. This article presents findings from an ethnographic study of child and family social work practice in three local authorities in England. The study involved interviews and observations of practice with twenty-one social workers, over the course of six to t…
A perfect storm
Child and family social workers’ practice has been transformed by the shift to digitally enabled hybrid working since the COVID19 pandemic. In this article, we use the analytical frame of sociomateriality to examine how digital technologies and material spaces in social workers’ homes and offices are shaping social workers’ communication and working relationships, and how hybrid working is blurring social workers’ work and non-work lives. This ar…
Engineering (3 works) · Social Work (3 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (3 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Work (physics) (2 works) · Autonomy (1 work) · Child Abuse and Trauma (1 work) · Child Welfare and Adoption (1 work) · Economic geography (1 work)