Mr Robin Sen
Lecturer in Social Work (BA (Hons), Dip SW, MSW, MPhil, Msc)
Room: Elmfield, LG27 | Telephone: 0114 222 6463 (external), 26463 (internal)
Academic Profile
I took up my current post as a Lecturer in Child and Family Social Work at Sheffield in September 2010. Prior to that I was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Strathclyde for three and a half years. My practice background is as a children and families practitioner in Glasgow, where I had a particular focus on working with looked after and accommodated children. I am also a qualified Practice Teacher in social work.
Research
All of my research has been connected to issues in children and families practice, with particular emphasis on issues of safeguarding and work with looked after children. I am currently developing work looking at how looked after children use new technology and professional responses to this.
| Funded Research Projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Sponsor | Details |
| 2013 | Rotherham Metropolitan Borouch Council / University of Sheffield | Evaluation of a Family Recovery Project (with Dr Harriet Churchill) |
| 2011-12 | Higher Education Academy | Video Interaction Guidance Pilot with Newly Qualified Social Workers |
| 2010-11 | Institute for Innovation and Research in Social Services | Literature Review: Improving Child Protection Practice in Scotland |
| 2010-11 | Glasgow Child Protection Committee | Analysis of Selected Significant Case Reviews |
| 2009-11 | The British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect | Evaluation of the Graded Care Profile : Parental and Practitioner Perspectives |
| 2008 | University of Strathclyde | Professionals’ Experience of Managing Contact |
| 2007 | Scottish Government | Literature Review : Historic Abuse in Residential Child Care |
Selected Publications since 2005
Sen, R., Green Lister, P., Rigby, P. and Kendrick, A. (2013) ‘Grading the Graded Care Profile’ in Child Abuse Review (Online) DOI: 10.1002/car.2257
Sen, R. (2012), ‘Residential Child Care Legal Foundations and Requirements’ in Davies, M. (ed.) Social Work’s Knowledge Base, Macmillan.
Sen, R and McCormack, J. (2011) ‘Foster carers' involvement in contact: other professionals' views’, Practice, 25 (5), pp.267 – 279
Sen, R and Green Lister, P. (2011) Evidence-informed Performance Improvement National Performance Indicator: Increase the overall proportion of local authority areas receiving positive child protection inspection reports, Glasgow : Institute for Innovation and Research in Social Services. http://www.iriss.org.uk/sites/default/files/IRISS-EiP-indicator-No.1-Key-Findings.pdf
Sen, R. & Broadhurst, K. (2011) ‘Contact between children in out-of-home placements and their family and friends networks : A research review’, Child and Family Social Work Online, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp. 298–309. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00741.x
Sen, R. (2010) ‘Managing Contact in Scotland for Children in Non-Permanent Placement’, Child Abuse Review, 19: 423-437
Sen, R. (2010) Review of M. Smith “Rethinking Residential Child Care, Positive Perspectives”, in Child and Family Social Work 15 (1), p.128.
Sen, R. (2009) Evaluation of Scottish Marriage Care Counselling Service Data, Glasgow : Glasgow School of Social Work.
Sen, R., Kendrick, A., Milligan, I and Hawthorn, M. (2008) ‘Lessons Learnt? Abuse in Residential Child Care in Scotland’, Child and Family Social Work 38 (4), pp.411-422.
Sen, R., Kendrick, A., Milligan, I. & Hawthorn, M. (2007) Abuse in residential child care: A literature review. In T. Shaw (Ed.), Historical abuse systemic review: Residential schools and children's homes in Scotland 1950 to 1995. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/11/20104729/20
Teaching
I teach on a range of social work modules and this year I will be co-ordinating
- SCS631 Evidence Informed Practice on the MAPP programme
- SCS633 MA in Professional Practice Dissertation module
- SCS659 Leading and Managing Change on the MAPP management programme.
See MA in Social Work pages.
See MA in Professional Practice pages.
Practice Interests
My interests derive from issues that I grappled with as a practitioner and have subsequently developed through teaching and research.
- Looked after children: I am interested in work to improve outcomes for looked after children, social work decision making around children’s placements and the management of contact.
- Evidence based interventions with vulnerable children and families: I am interested in developing a clearer evidence base for effective social work intervention with children and families to address identified concerns.
- Organisational issues and their impact on children and families practice: I am interested in how organisational and political issues impact on the delivery of social work services and how effective frontline social work practice can successfully develop within these frameworks.