Groupwork and Research in current Vol. 33 No. 1 www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scri... issue: Entry-level teamwork behaviours through a groupwork lens: Findings from employer interviews and job advertisements
Salomien Hester Boshoff, Corlia Janse van Vuuren, Habofanwe Koloa
doi.org/10.1921/gpwk...
A post for World Social Work Week: Groupwork with disadvantaged communities in North West, Lokaleng village in South Africa- social responsibility by Elizabeth Smit journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...
Developing an effective IPE learning activity for midwifery and medical students: Use of a quality improvement model and researcher-teacher partnership methodology
Sonya Morgan, Judy Ormandy, Christine Jackson, Lyndal Honeyman, Rose Spence, Robyn Maude, Eileen McKinlay
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For World Social Work Day today: Malihi-Shoja, L., Catherall, D., Titherington, J., Mallen, E., & Hough, G. (2013). We aren’t all winners. The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 11(3), 8–16. doi.org/10.1921/jpts...
On the theme of World Social Work Day tomorrow: Olusa, O. R. (2023). Racial, Social and Spatial Inequalities: Supporting Black African students on practice placement using Ubuntu Philosophy. The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 20(2). doi.org/10.1921/jpts...
Tomorrow is World Social Work Day and the theme is: ‘Co-Building Hope and Harmony: A Harambee Call to Unite a Divided Society’. Today and for the next week we will be posting links to articles which align with this theme.
Exciting times! Pre order link
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Simulated-Practice Learning: a systematic narrative review by Joelle Salje in Vol 23 no2 journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... Aims to provide a critical overview of the existing literature around simulated-practice learning in undergraduate nursing students following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philip Archard, Editorial Board member of Social Work and Social Sciences Review has published with colleagues the following article:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Twelve Tips to Mastering the Effective Elements of Peer Group Supervision: Practical Guidance from a Narrative Review and Expert Perspectives: Stephanie Howarth, Wendy Ducat, Alexandra Neary journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...
Seeking Deputy Editor, closing date 8 January.
'a rich and internationally grounded collection of papers that
speak directly to contemporary challenges and innovations in practice learning, supervision, simulation, and educational leadership across social work, nursing, and allied health professions' Prospera Tedam, Editor, Editorial this issue
Social Work and Social Sciences Review Editorial Board Member Philip Archard has published with colleagues this article in Mental Health Review
www.emerald.com/mhrj/article...
Developing practice research in mental health: experiences in adult recovery and specialist child and adolescent settings
Gloria Kirwan (Co-Editor Groupwork) gave a paper at the UN world summit on Social Development in Qatar in November 2025.
Prospera Tedam (Editor) JPTL and the rest of the Organising Committee, International School Social Work Conference at NWU South Africa in September: Marelize Vergottini (host, NWU, South Africa), Jennifer Rafter (Anglia Ruskin University) and Maria Kjelleren (Umea University Sweden)
Social Work and Social Sciences Review Editorial Board Member Philip Archard has co-authored the following editorial in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine (CUP:)
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JPTL is seeking a Deputy Editor (Health and Interdisciplinary Studies; see www.whitingbirch.net/cgi-bin/scri... for details. Closing date January 8 2026. Please forward to colleagues who may be interested.
Special issue now online at whitingbirch.net
New issue online: Social Work in Schools Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...
including
Building perspectives and innovation in school social work:
Maria Kjellgren, Jennifer Rafter, Prospera Tedam, Marelize Vergottini and other important articles
A new issue of Groupwork journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/GP... with editorial: Focus on Practice by Nick Pollard. Articles include: Internship Supervisors' Perspectives of Group Work Within Social Work Practice by
Shirley Simon, Kristina Lind, Teresa Kilbane and more important
new work
Delighted with the launch of this report today with @drmuireann.bsky.social @oluromadeolusa.bsky.social . Read the full report here . www.epiconline.ie/library/be-s... @whitingbirch.bsky.social @ucdspswsj.bsky.social
Dr Philip Archard of the Tavistock and Portman NHS trust, a member of the Editorial Board of the Whiting and Birch Journal Social Work and Social Sciences review has published the following article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Social Work in Schools: new issue online now journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... including An Interprofessional Skills Development Program for Pre-Service School-Based Professionals (Erika Gergerich and Stacey Gherardi) and other important articles
Groupwork Journal Board member Jorūnė Vyšniauskytė-Rimkienė has shared details of the European Groupwork Camp 2025 in September in Lithuania smf.vdu.lt/en/european-... (note for those who have not been on one: the Camp is not tents but a hotel in a nice location)!
Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning Board Member Michael Sy (right of of photo): Occupational Therapy in the
Philippines: Theory, Practice, and Stories. edited by
Michael Sy, Roi Charles Pineda, and Caroline Fischl.
www.drmikesyot.com/book-launch-....
Editors of Whiting & Birch journals at the European Conference on Social Work Education in Salzburg, Austria. Prospera Tedam and Mark Doel presented their study on anti-racism in Social Work. Prince Agwu showcased his research on children's health rights and school health in Nigeria.
The third part of the Luso-Hispanic Groupwork series now online. Articles in Spanish and Portuguese with English translations. Important perspectives on social work with groups in contexts including young entrepreneurs and community care and support
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Using the generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots of Perplexity and ChatGPT as a teaching and learning tool for practice teachers and students within social work placement: article by Margarita McGovern in Vol 22 1-2 now online journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP...
The value of using a storybook to protect the psychological health of children during COVID-19 in resource-limited communities by Maude Mthembu Tanisha Raniga
Michael Boecker journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SW...
An African perspective on the effects of Covid on child mental health