NICK FROST
Biographic Data
| ID | 6033018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | NICK FROST |
| GIVEN NAMES | NICK |
| FAMILY NAME | FROST |
| SIGNATURE | FROST N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leeds Beckett University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1316-7646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Basic epistemology of biographical research
This article analyses the basic epistemology of biographical research methodology. This analysis is grounded on the life history of a Moroccan boy who entered Spain illegally, but after being processed by the juvenile justice system, became a social educator. Some methodological aspects of this case are examined, including biographical hermeneutics; the often-confused concepts of 'life story' and 'life history'; the main characteristics of the me…
Theory, research and practice in child welfare
This paper aims to utilize social theory to inform relationship‐based social work practice with children, young people and families. We see ‘direct relationship‐based working’ drawing on theory and evidence as best placed to take forward high quality, humanistic social work practice. We outline the problems with policy and practice development led by the latest high profile ‘scandal’ or by the overemphasis on experimental design and systematic re…
Historical and theoretical perspectives
The Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare
Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare
From “silo” to “network” profession – a multi-professional future for social work
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that the future of social work can be situated as part of a fundamental shift towards co-located, multi-disciplinary practice and networking. It is argued that social work has a key role to play in co-located, multi-disciplinary child welfare practice, and indeed can be a leading profession in this context. Situating social work in this way involves re-conceptualising social work as a network professi…
Children and Families in Social Work
Addressing the challenges of leading children's services in England
Purpose Following the passage of the Children Act, 2004, the leadership of children's services in England has been unified through the appointment of Directors of Children's Services. The role is demanding as it requires leading a range of services in each local authority, which are often subject to a high degree of public and political scrutiny. The change of government in May 2010 shifted the nature of these challenges by reforming the guidance…
Family group conferences
This is the second article of a two‐part review of the literature relating to family group conferences ( FGC s); it explores outcomes and challenges in implementing FGC s. The complex data relating to outcomes, drawing on a range of national contexts, is presented. The challenges of researching outcomes and the role of longitudinal and randomized, controlled trials are considered. The article concludes with a discussion of the implementation of F…
Family group conferences
This is the first part of a two‐part review of the literature, policy and practice relating to family group conferences ( FGC s). This first paper explores the background, the global policy context, the theoretical foundations and the process of undertaking FGC s. The literature is extensive in relation to these elements of FGC s, unlike the limited literature relating to outcomes, which is examined in the second part of this review. In the subse…
Knowledge‐in‐Practice in the Caring Professions
When Rebels Become Stakeholders
Preface Introduction: Democracy and the Puzzle of Orderly Social Change The Context of Social Change: Interfacing Society and State in India Continuity and Change in Indian Politics: An Inter-generational Analysis The Elements of Political Agency and the Limits of Consensus Political Competition, Social Cleavages and Institutionalisation of the Party System Re-inventing the Nation: The Dialectics of Nation and Region in India Poverty, Welfare and…
Leading children's services
This article explores some of the contemporary challenges facing leaders of children's services. Using the theoretical framework of the ‘incomplete leader’ developed by Ancona and colleagues (2007), the article reflects on the many challenges facing children's service leaders. It argues that a distributed and connected model of leadership is the best available in the current climate of change and challenge. This model contradicts the current one …
Reflections from the ‘frontline’
Purpose – In the context of current developments in children ' s services in the UK and increased emphasis on workforce development, the authors describe a survey of successful completers of a Post-qualifying (PQ) Child Care Award Programme, one of 18 such programmes in England that ran between 2001 and 2006/7. The survey ' s aims were twofold: first, to gather the respondents ' overall evaluations of their PQ training and information about their…
Social workers in multidisciplinary teams
This paper draws on the findings of a project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK, examining how child and family multidisciplinary teams learn and work together. It outlines the approach taken by the research team before going on to explore New Labour policy around ‘joined‐up thinking’. The paper focuses on the role of social workers in the teams and uses qualitative data to explore the experience of social workers in r…
Protecting Children in Time
Child Welfare
Patterns of change in the university
Lifelong Learning is agreed to be a key concept in the new 'knowledge society'. This paper discusses the nature of the changed environment of higher education and the influence of adult education theory and practice upon lifelong learning. Currently, commitment to lifelong learning, as far as higher education is concerned, is largely rhetorical. The paper discusses the fundamental changes in higher education that will be needed if this rhetoric i…
Home‐start and the delivery of family support
The publication of Child Protection: Messages from Research (Department of Health, 1995) and of the ‘Supporting Families’ Green Paper (Home Office, 1998) have both highlighted the importance of developing family support services, in keeping with the word and the spirit of the Children Act, 1989. This article presents some of the findings of a three year study of a voluntary organisation, Home‐Start, which offers support to mothers with children u…
Home-start and the delivery of family support
The publication of Child Protection: Messages from Research (Department of Health, 1995) and of the ‘Supporting Families’ Green Paper (Home Office, 1998) have both highlighted the importance of developing family support services, in keeping with the word and the spirit of the Children Act, 1989. This article presents some of the findings of a three year study of a voluntary organisation, Home-Start, which offers support to mothers with children u…
Researching Work and Learning
Social workers in multidisciplinary teams
This paper draws on the findings of a project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK, examining how child and family multidisciplinary teams learn and work together. It outlines the approach taken by the research team before going on to explore New Labour policy around ‘joined‐up thinking’. The paper focuses on the role of social workers in the teams and uses qualitative data to explore the experience of social workers in r…
Family group conferences
This is the first part of a two‐part review of the literature, policy and practice relating to family group conferences ( FGC s). This first paper explores the background, the global policy context, the theoretical foundations and the process of undertaking FGC s. The literature is extensive in relation to these elements of FGC s, unlike the limited literature relating to outcomes, which is examined in the second part of this review. In the subse…
Family group conferences
This is the second article of a two‐part review of the literature relating to family group conferences ( FGC s); it explores outcomes and challenges in implementing FGC s. The complex data relating to outcomes, drawing on a range of national contexts, is presented. The challenges of researching outcomes and the role of longitudinal and randomized, controlled trials are considered. The article concludes with a discussion of the implementation of F…
From “silo” to “network” profession – a multi-professional future for social work
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that the future of social work can be situated as part of a fundamental shift towards co-located, multi-disciplinary practice and networking. It is argued that social work has a key role to play in co-located, multi-disciplinary child welfare practice, and indeed can be a leading profession in this context. Situating social work in this way involves re-conceptualising social work as a network professi…
Reflections from the ‘frontline’
Purpose – In the context of current developments in children ' s services in the UK and increased emphasis on workforce development, the authors describe a survey of successful completers of a Post-qualifying (PQ) Child Care Award Programme, one of 18 such programmes in England that ran between 2001 and 2006/7. The survey ' s aims were twofold: first, to gather the respondents ' overall evaluations of their PQ training and information about their…
Protecting Children in Time
Theory, research and practice in child welfare
This paper aims to utilize social theory to inform relationship‐based social work practice with children, young people and families. We see ‘direct relationship‐based working’ drawing on theory and evidence as best placed to take forward high quality, humanistic social work practice. We outline the problems with policy and practice development led by the latest high profile ‘scandal’ or by the overemphasis on experimental design and systematic re…
Child Welfare
Patterns of change in the university
Lifelong Learning is agreed to be a key concept in the new 'knowledge society'. This paper discusses the nature of the changed environment of higher education and the influence of adult education theory and practice upon lifelong learning. Currently, commitment to lifelong learning, as far as higher education is concerned, is largely rhetorical. The paper discusses the fundamental changes in higher education that will be needed if this rhetoric i…
Home‐start and the delivery of family support
The publication of Child Protection: Messages from Research (Department of Health, 1995) and of the ‘Supporting Families’ Green Paper (Home Office, 1998) have both highlighted the importance of developing family support services, in keeping with the word and the spirit of the Children Act, 1989. This article presents some of the findings of a three year study of a voluntary organisation, Home‐Start, which offers support to mothers with children u…
Home-start and the delivery of family support
The publication of Child Protection: Messages from Research (Department of Health, 1995) and of the ‘Supporting Families’ Green Paper (Home Office, 1998) have both highlighted the importance of developing family support services, in keeping with the word and the spirit of the Children Act, 1989. This article presents some of the findings of a three year study of a voluntary organisation, Home-Start, which offers support to mothers with children u…
Researching Work and Learning
Patterns of change in the university
Lifelong Learning is agreed to be a key concept in the new 'knowledge society'. This paper discusses the nature of the changed environment of higher education and the influence of adult education theory and practice upon lifelong learning. Currently, commitment to lifelong learning, as far as higher education is concerned, is largely rhetorical. The paper discusses the fundamental changes in higher education that will be needed if this rhetoric i…
Child Welfare
Social workers in multidisciplinary teams
This paper draws on the findings of a project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK, examining how child and family multidisciplinary teams learn and work together. It outlines the approach taken by the research team before going on to explore New Labour policy around ‘joined‐up thinking’. The paper focuses on the role of social workers in the teams and uses qualitative data to explore the experience of social workers in r…
Protecting Children in Time
Reflections from the ‘frontline’
Purpose – In the context of current developments in children ' s services in the UK and increased emphasis on workforce development, the authors describe a survey of successful completers of a Post-qualifying (PQ) Child Care Award Programme, one of 18 such programmes in England that ran between 2001 and 2006/7. The survey ' s aims were twofold: first, to gather the respondents ' overall evaluations of their PQ training and information about their…
When Rebels Become Stakeholders
Preface Introduction: Democracy and the Puzzle of Orderly Social Change The Context of Social Change: Interfacing Society and State in India Continuity and Change in Indian Politics: An Inter-generational Analysis The Elements of Political Agency and the Limits of Consensus Political Competition, Social Cleavages and Institutionalisation of the Party System Re-inventing the Nation: The Dialectics of Nation and Region in India Poverty, Welfare and…
Leading children's services
This article explores some of the contemporary challenges facing leaders of children's services. Using the theoretical framework of the ‘incomplete leader’ developed by Ancona and colleagues (2007), the article reflects on the many challenges facing children's service leaders. It argues that a distributed and connected model of leadership is the best available in the current climate of change and challenge. This model contradicts the current one …
Knowledge‐in‐Practice in the Caring Professions
Addressing the challenges of leading children's services in England
Purpose Following the passage of the Children Act, 2004, the leadership of children's services in England has been unified through the appointment of Directors of Children's Services. The role is demanding as it requires leading a range of services in each local authority, which are often subject to a high degree of public and political scrutiny. The change of government in May 2010 shifted the nature of these challenges by reforming the guidance…
Family group conferences
This is the second article of a two‐part review of the literature relating to family group conferences ( FGC s); it explores outcomes and challenges in implementing FGC s. The complex data relating to outcomes, drawing on a range of national contexts, is presented. The challenges of researching outcomes and the role of longitudinal and randomized, controlled trials are considered. The article concludes with a discussion of the implementation of F…
Family group conferences
This is the first part of a two‐part review of the literature, policy and practice relating to family group conferences ( FGC s). This first paper explores the background, the global policy context, the theoretical foundations and the process of undertaking FGC s. The literature is extensive in relation to these elements of FGC s, unlike the limited literature relating to outcomes, which is examined in the second part of this review. In the subse…
Children and Families in Social Work
The Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare
Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare
From “silo” to “network” profession – a multi-professional future for social work
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that the future of social work can be situated as part of a fundamental shift towards co-located, multi-disciplinary practice and networking. It is argued that social work has a key role to play in co-located, multi-disciplinary child welfare practice, and indeed can be a leading profession in this context. Situating social work in this way involves re-conceptualising social work as a network professi…
Historical and theoretical perspectives
Basic epistemology of biographical research
This article analyses the basic epistemology of biographical research methodology. This analysis is grounded on the life history of a Moroccan boy who entered Spain illegally, but after being processed by the juvenile justice system, became a social educator. Some methodological aspects of this case are examined, including biographical hermeneutics; the often-confused concepts of 'life story' and 'life history'; the main characteristics of the me…
Theory, research and practice in child welfare
This paper aims to utilize social theory to inform relationship‐based social work practice with children, young people and families. We see ‘direct relationship‐based working’ drawing on theory and evidence as best placed to take forward high quality, humanistic social work practice. We outline the problems with policy and practice development led by the latest high profile ‘scandal’ or by the overemphasis on experimental design and systematic re…
Political science (18 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Geography (6 works)