Brid Featherstone

Prof

Professor of Social Work, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences
Associate Director, Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research
School of Human and Health Sciences

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Personal profile

Biography

I joined the University of Huddersfield in October 2015 as Professor of Social Work. I qualified as a social worker and worked in the field of social work from 1982-1992. I have been involved in social work education and research since then and have worked at universities in Ireland, England and Germany.

I have an international reputation in the areas of gender, fathers and child protection. My recent co-authored book (with Sue White and Kate Morris) 'Re-imagining Child Protection: towards humane social work with families' has been highly influential and led to invitations to speak and advise on reforming child protection nationally and internationally. An article with White and Morris 'A marriage made in hell: early intervention meets child protection’, British Journal of Social Work, 44, 1735-1749 won the Kay McDougall prize for article of the year in 2015.

Research Expertise and Interests

Fathers
Family support
Reforming child protection

Research Degree Supervision

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Keywords

Child Welfare
Fatehrs
Family Support
Reforming Child Protection

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Projects 2014 2016

1 Finished

Family inclusive policy and practice after 'Think Family'

Featherstone, B., Tew, J., Morris, K. & White, S.

1/12/14 → 30/04/16

Project: Research › Research Council - ESRC

Research Output 1986 2019

42 Article
12 Editorial
9 Chapter
7 Book
3 More
- 3 Review article

Child protection and social inequality: Editorial

Bywaters, P., Featherstone, B. & Morris, K., 30 Jan 2019, In : Social Sciences. 8, 2, 42.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

Open Access

child protection

social inequality

government policy

health

education

Framed to fit? Challenging the domestic abuse 'story' in child protection

Ferguson, G., Featherstone, B. & Morris, K., 26 Aug 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Critical and Radical Social Work.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

child protection

abuse

domestic violence

vulnerability

lack

On hope, loss, anger and the spaces in between: Reflections on living with/in adoption and the role of the social worker

Gupta, A. & Featherstone, B., 30 Jul 2019, In : Child and Family Social Work. 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Hope

Anger

anger

social worker

Parents

1 Citation (Scopus)

Paradoxical evidence on ethnic inequities in child welfare: towards a research agenda

Bywaters, P., Scourfield, J., Webb, C., Morris, K., Featherstone, B., Brady, G., Jones, C. & Sparks, T., 1 Jan 2019, In : Children and Youth Services Review. 96, p. 145-154 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Child Welfare

child welfare

England

Child Abuse

Economics

6 Citations (Scopus)

Poverty, inequality, child abuse and neglect: Changing the conversation across the UK in child protection?

Featherstone, B., Morris, K., Daniel, B., Bywaters, P., Brady, G., Bunting, L., Mason, W. & Mirza, N., 1 Feb 2019, In : Children and Youth Services Review. 97, p. 127-133 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Child Abuse

child protection

Poverty

neglect

conversation