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Biography
Professor Featherstone joined the University of Huddersfield in October 2015 as Professor of Social Work. She has degrees in sociology and social work and worked as a social worker and team manager before becoming an academic. She has an international reputation in the areas of gender, fathers and child protection and has been conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of the excellence of her work and her outstanding contribution to social science. She was rated 49 in a list of the Top 100 Contributors to Social Work in Journal Scholarship in a Global Study on Career Impact in the Profession in 2023.
She was a member of the Child Welfare Inequalities Project Team Child welfare inequalities - University of Huddersfield - this project had major impacts with policymakers in all four countries of the UK, changing the conversation about the role of poverty and inequality in children’s social care. Her research on transforming practices in the area of child protection and domestic abuse has been funded by the Nuffield Foundation in order to impact practice with families Rethinking domestic abuse in child protection: responding differently - Nuffield Foundation
Her co-authored books on Re-imagining Child Protection: towards humane social work with families and Protecting Children: A Social Model have been highly influential and led to invitations to advise on reforming child protection nationally and internationally.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Expertise and Interests
- Child Welfare
- Fathers
- Family Support
- Reforming Child Protection
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Family inclusive policy and practice after 'Think Family'
Featherstone, B., Tew, J., Morris, K. & White, S.
1/12/14 → 30/04/16
Project: Research
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Poverty And Child Protection
Gupta, A. & Featherstone, B., 20 May 2024, The Child Protection Handbook. Clawson, R., Warwick, L. & Fyson, R. (eds.). 4th ed. Elsevier, p. 37-44 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Scoping review: mapping clinical guidelines and policy documents that address the needs of women who are dependent on drugs during the perinatal period
Gilmour, L., Honeybul, L., Lewis, S., Smith, E., Cheyne, H., Aladangady, N., Featherstone, B., Maxwell, M., Neale, J. & Radcliffe, P., 1 Dec 2024, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24, 1, 75 p., 84.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Can we go on? Child protection in a broken place
Featherstone, B., 1 Feb 2023, In: Families, Relationships and Societies. 12, 1, p. 116-126 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Housing, Homelessness and Children’s Social Care: Towards an Urgent Research Agenda
Cross, S., Bywaters, P., Brown, P. & Featherstone, B., 1 Jun 2022, In: British Journal of Social Work. 52, 4, p. 1988-2007 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile11 Citations (Scopus) -
Putting families first
Featherstone, B., 1 Jun 2022, Becoming a Social Worker. Cree, V. E. (ed.). 3rd ed. Routledge, p. 27-32 6 p. (Student Social Work).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Poverty, child abuse and neglect: Time for a new story
Brid Featherstone (Keynote speaker)
Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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A new social settlement: rights, relationships and recognition
Brid Featherstone (Keynote speaker)
12 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Protecting children, is it time for a new story?
Brid Featherstone (Keynote speaker)
Jul 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Poverty-Aware Social Work: The Paradigm and its Challenges
Brid Featherstone (Chair)
24 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Poverty, inequality and children at risk: The denied link
Paul Bywaters (Speaker), Will Mason (Speaker) & Brid Featherstone (Speaker)
24 Jun 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Can Dundee contraception scheme break the cycle of children in care?
23/05/19 → 29/05/19
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Engage: New Narrative Required to Acknowledge Impact of Child Poverty on Abuse and Neglect
21/11/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Engage: New Social Work Regulator to Strive for a 'More Clear and Transparent Service'
Kim Heanue & Brigid Featherstone
6/11/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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‘Humane’ Practice Crucial to Successful Social Work, Study Argues
29/10/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Redistributing Care: Why Respite Support should Exist for Struggling Birth Families, Not Just Foster Families
16/10/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment