Service Users In and Out of the Academy: Collusion in Exclusion?

Warren, Lorna; Boxall, Kathy

doi:10.1080/02615470802659464

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“…A similar emphasis on togetherness in training is seen in the recognition from Warren & Boxall () of the lack of training for people wanting to do research in partnerships spanning social work academics and service users. Their Researching Together short course was intended to bring people together to learn from and with each other and to ‘raise questions about the “us” and “them” of learning, teaching and research as well as about the idea of “expert knowledge”’ (p. 287).…”

Section: Building Capacity To Research – Learning To Become Researchermentioning

confidence: 88%

The Conundrum of Training and Capacity Building for People with Learning Disabilities Doing Research

Nind

Chapman²,

Tai-Seale

et al. 2015

Research Intellect Disabil

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BackgroundThis study explores the training involved when people with learning disabilities take their place in the community as researchers. This was a theme in a recent UK seminar series where a network of researchers explored pushing the boundaries of participatory research.MethodAcademics, researchers with learning disabilities, supporters and other inclusive researchers considered important themes arising from presentations about developments in participatory research. The paper emerges from critical reflection on these rich discussions.ResultsA seminar series is a form of research training and capacity building, albeit a dynamic, interactive and collegial one. More formal training in research skills for people with learning disabilities is being developed but raises questions regarding the best contribution people with learning disabilities can make to the research process.ConclusionThere are various models of training for inclusive research, but these need to be reciprocal if they are not to undermine the inclusive goal.

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Section: Building Capacity To Research – Learning To Become Researchermentioning

confidence: 88%

The Conundrum of Training and Capacity Building for People with Learning Disabilities Doing Research

Nind

Chapman²,

Tai-Seale

et al. 2015

Research Intellect Disabil

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“…Other barriers include academic cultures not acknowledging the value of SUCI (Branfield, 2009;Fox, 2011) and downplaying the status of knowledge gained from experience (Glasby and Beresford, 2006;Beresford and Boxall, 2012). Thus it is argued that far from empowering service users and carers, involvement can lead to further inequality, oppression and exclusion (Cowden and Singh, 2007;Warren and Boxall, 2009). …”

Section: Current Knowledge About the Impact Of Suci In Social Work Edmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Making It Real’: Evaluating the Impact of Service User and Carer Involvement in Social Work Education

Tanner

Littlechild

Duffy³

et al. 2015

Br J Soc Work

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Service user and carer involvement (SUCI) in social work education in England is required by the profession's regulator, the Health and Care Professions Council. However, a recent study of 83 HEIs in England reported that despite considerable progress in SUCI, there is no evidence that the learning derived from it is being transferred to social work practice. In this article we describe a study that examines the question: 'What impact does SUCI have on the skills, knowledge and values of student social workers at the point of qualification and beyond?' Students at universities in England and Northern Ireland completed online questionnaires and participated in focus groups, spanning a period immediately pre-qualification and between six to nine months post-qualification.From our findings, we identify four categories that influence the impact of service user involvement on students' learning: student factors; service user and carer factors; programme factors; and practice factors; each comprises of a number of sub-categories. We propose that the model developed can be used by social work educators, service user and carer contributors and practitioners to maximise the impact of SUCI. We argue that our findings also have implications for employment-based learning routes and post-qualifying education.

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“…It would be naïve to think that membership of the Library space overcomes the multiple layers of social exclusion those with experience of services encounter within and outside the academy (see Warren and Boxall, 2009). However, nor is the accessing of social space trivial, both reflecting social relations and helping produce/re-produce them in ways that help or hinder how different people interact and influencing how they identify themselves and others (Valentine, 2007;Hopkins, 2011).…”

Section: Spanning Boundaries In and Out Of The University : The Libramentioning

confidence: 99%

Belonging to the library: humanising the space for social work education

Sen

McClelland

Jowett

2016

Social Work Education

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This article describes the running of four Living Libraries on a UK postgraduate social work course. A Living Library is a metaphoric remodelling of a conventional library where people, as authors of their experiences, provide specialist knowledge based on authorial areas of expertise. In the Living Libraries discussed here 'Living Books' carried stories of social work -their narratives were of lived experiences as people using social care services; as carers in personal relationships with others who use social care services; or, as social work practitioners. The focus of this article is on those Living Libraries involving the participation of the first two of these groups. Drawing on social psychology, phenomenology and human geography, we propose that a Living Library can act as a connective space within social work education by engendering a discursive forum where all participants -people with experiences of services, students, practitioners and social work educators -are given both the freedom and obligation to talk openly about their differential experiences, fears and hopes for social work. Through this process, opportunities are created to consider how improvements that meet all stakeholders' interests may be achieved.2

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Service Users In and Out of the Academy: Collusion in Exclusion?

Cited by 19 publications

References 30 publications

The Conundrum of Training and Capacity Building for People with Learning Disabilities Doing Research

The Conundrum of Training and Capacity Building for People with Learning Disabilities Doing Research

‘Making It Real’: Evaluating the Impact of Service User and Carer Involvement in Social Work Education

Belonging to the library: humanising the space for social work education

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