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Exploring neglected elements of cultural competence in social work practice. Promoting and developing understanding of religion, belief and culture

This PhD by published work consists of:
five single authored articles in refereed journals;
two main author articles in refereed journals;
four jointly authored articles in refereed journals;
a single authored article in a non-refereed journal;
one jointly authored book, including five single authored chapters;
two single authored chapters in edited books.
They were published in the period 2003-2013. None has been submitted for
any other degree or diploma by me or any other person.
The theme running through these publications is the need for social workers
to pay significant attention to issues arising from religion, belief and culture.
The research reported highlights the impact of such issues on the lives,
experiences, resources and responses of individuals, groups and
communities for whom they are important. The work emphasises the
importance of developing such understanding and of enhancing knowledge
of different ways in which religion, belief and culture impact on the issues
that social workers deal with. I suggest that these are essential aspects of
culturally competent social work practice which have too often been
neglected in both research and professional training. The publications are listed in Appendix 1 (pp 56 - 59). They demonstrate
how my thinking has developed over the past decade. They reflect and are,
in part, a response to the developing professional, theoretical and political
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context within which I have operated as a social work practitioner, manager
and academic over a longer period. The majority are solo-authored.
However, I remain committed to collaborative work and recognise that
discussions with those researched, my collaborators, and others remain
invaluable to the ongoing development of my thinking. Joint authorship
declaration forms have been completed, in respect of all relevant
publications, and are appended. Eight publications (Art.12, Art.11, Art.10, Art.9, Art.8, Art.6, Art.5 and Art.3)
are based on findings from primary research, while Art.1 and Art.2 explore
published data or data supplied by others to provide original analyses of
particular issues. The remaining publications, notably book chapters, are
primarily conceptual in their approach. They are underpinned by findings
from both the primary research reported elsewhere and the use of case
examples collected from semi-structured interviews with social work
practitioners. / PhD by published work. The published articles are not displayed in full text with the online version of the PhD due to publisher copyright restristrictions.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/6313
Date January 2013
CreatorsGilligan, Philip A.
ContributorsNot named
PublisherUniversity of Bradford, Department of Social Work and Social Care
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis, doctoral, PhD
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