Philip Heslop
Biographic Data
| ID | 6025343 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Heslop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Heslop |
| SIGNATURE | HESLOP P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7478-5141 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Performing social work
Young fathers are marginalized by parenting discourses which focus on women and negative discourses about young people as parents. In this study, young fathers explored their discursive constructions of their own and social workers’ identities and considered their perceptions of social workers as professionals involved in their children’s lives, as well as their thoughts about how they felt social workers view their role as fathers. The study app…
Simulation
The curriculums of social work education are traditionally divided, with professional and theoretical knowledge taught largely in the classrooms of academia, whilst practical skills and experience are developed mostly in workplace settings. This paper locates simulation in Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory and Paulo Freire’s pedagogy, considering its potential to offer social work education a third place, complementary to, yet unique and distin…
Reporting Findings from an Exploratory Study of Social Workers’ Perceptions about autism Training
There is considerable literature on autism but a paucity of literature on social work with autistic people. This is surprising when autistic people may be overrepresented in the populations that social workers assess and support. This article reports the findings from a qualitative study exploring social workers’ perceptions of training needs about autism through two focus groups involving social workers. Social workers frequently engage with aut…
Autistic Parents’ Personal Experiences of Parenting and Support
Social work with autistic adults should be operated within principles of personalisation and strength-based approach. Whilst many parents are diagnosed on the autistic spectrum as adults, their needs, different parenting styles and capabilities have been often misunderstood, or seldom respected by professionals. To address this gap, this study explored autistic parents’ experiences of parenting and support. In order to examine ‘real-life’ through…
Do parents and carers experiencing violent and challenging behaviour from their children fit with safeguarding models of support? Messages from a Facebook study
Purpose This paper reports research findings on the experiences of parents/carers of children with special education needs and disabilities who present violent and challenging behaviour. More specifically, the purpose of this paper is to explore how parents/carers report how their support needs are met by social care services. Design/methodology/approach The research is an empirical study which considers the challenging side of parenting children…
Uncertain Futures
Little research has focused on autism in adulthood. Little is known about the concerns autistic adults may have, particularly about their futures, to inform support and social work practice. The objective of this study was to explore the nature of the worries autistic adults have about their futures. Four focus groups were conducted with autistic adults (n = 23), where worries about the next five years and next twenty years were discussed. Partic…
How I care
This article reports the findings of a narrative study of 23 foster fathers involved with an independent foster care agency. These narratives reveal a more complex contribution to the lives of fostered children than is currently attributed to men in the professional literature. Foster fathers are shown to perform traditionally masculine roles by being a supporting carer or disciplinarian, as well as some unexpected and less traditional ones. Thro…
How I care
This article reports the findings of a narrative study of 23 foster fathers involved with an independent foster care agency. These narratives reveal a more complex contribution to the lives of fostered children than is currently attributed to men in the professional literature. Foster fathers are shown to perform traditionally masculine roles by being a supporting carer or disciplinarian, as well as some unexpected and less traditional ones. Thro…
Reporting Findings from an Exploratory Study of Social Workers’ Perceptions about autism Training
There is considerable literature on autism but a paucity of literature on social work with autistic people. This is surprising when autistic people may be overrepresented in the populations that social workers assess and support. This article reports the findings from a qualitative study exploring social workers’ perceptions of training needs about autism through two focus groups involving social workers. Social workers frequently engage with aut…
How I care
This article reports the findings of a narrative study of 23 foster fathers involved with an independent foster care agency. These narratives reveal a more complex contribution to the lives of fostered children than is currently attributed to men in the professional literature. Foster fathers are shown to perform traditionally masculine roles by being a supporting carer or disciplinarian, as well as some unexpected and less traditional ones. Thro…
Uncertain Futures
Little research has focused on autism in adulthood. Little is known about the concerns autistic adults may have, particularly about their futures, to inform support and social work practice. The objective of this study was to explore the nature of the worries autistic adults have about their futures. Four focus groups were conducted with autistic adults (n = 23), where worries about the next five years and next twenty years were discussed. Partic…
Do parents and carers experiencing violent and challenging behaviour from their children fit with safeguarding models of support? Messages from a Facebook study
Purpose This paper reports research findings on the experiences of parents/carers of children with special education needs and disabilities who present violent and challenging behaviour. More specifically, the purpose of this paper is to explore how parents/carers report how their support needs are met by social care services. Design/methodology/approach The research is an empirical study which considers the challenging side of parenting children…
Simulation
The curriculums of social work education are traditionally divided, with professional and theoretical knowledge taught largely in the classrooms of academia, whilst practical skills and experience are developed mostly in workplace settings. This paper locates simulation in Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory and Paulo Freire’s pedagogy, considering its potential to offer social work education a third place, complementary to, yet unique and distin…
Reporting Findings from an Exploratory Study of Social Workers’ Perceptions about autism Training
There is considerable literature on autism but a paucity of literature on social work with autistic people. This is surprising when autistic people may be overrepresented in the populations that social workers assess and support. This article reports the findings from a qualitative study exploring social workers’ perceptions of training needs about autism through two focus groups involving social workers. Social workers frequently engage with aut…
Autistic Parents’ Personal Experiences of Parenting and Support
Social work with autistic adults should be operated within principles of personalisation and strength-based approach. Whilst many parents are diagnosed on the autistic spectrum as adults, their needs, different parenting styles and capabilities have been often misunderstood, or seldom respected by professionals. To address this gap, this study explored autistic parents’ experiences of parenting and support. In order to examine ‘real-life’ through…
Performing social work
Young fathers are marginalized by parenting discourses which focus on women and negative discourses about young people as parents. In this study, young fathers explored their discursive constructions of their own and social workers’ identities and considered their perceptions of social workers as professionals involved in their children’s lives, as well as their thoughts about how they felt social workers view their role as fathers. The study app…
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Autism (3 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (3 works) · Family Support in Illness (3 works) · Focus group (3 works)