Greg Kelly
BSc(Econ) (Hons), DASS, MSSc
ILT Member
Senior Lecturer
Room 2.17, 6 College Park
Ext: 5969; Email: g.kelly@qub.ac.uk
I began my social work career, following qualification from Liverpool University, as a Probation Officer in Liverpool where I and then worked as a senior social worker with Liverpool Social Services before coming home to Belfast and Queens. My years in Queens have involved work at many levels within the Department of Social Studies and then the School of Social Work. I have had lead responsibilities for both qualifying and post qualifying programmes and was head of School for three years. I was active in social work politics for many years being chair of both the Merseyside and the Northern Ireland branches of BASW. I have been involved in the development of child care policy and practice in Northern Ireland especially in the area of foster care and adoption.
Teaching
My teaching interests include social work in child care particularly foster care and adoption. I also teach risk assessment and attachment theory to both qualifying and post-qualifying students. I have taught a wide range of courses to social workers in Queens including the history of social work, social work theory and methods, human development and behaviour and made contributions law teaching. I am also regularly engaged by the Health & Social Services Boards and Trusts as a trainer / consultant in the area of child care.
Administration
I currently have overall responsibility for the development of the new BSW programme at Queens
Research interests
My main research interests have been social work in child care, including adoption and foster care; child protection and risk assessment. Recently my work has concentrated on the use of adoption as a permanent placement for children in state care and with a colleague we completed a major review of the processes in Northern Ireland (see below)
Recent publications
Greene, S., Kelly, R., Nixon,E., Kelly,G., Borska, S., Murphy, S., Daly, A., (2007) A Study of Inter-Country Adoption Outcomes in Ireland. Dublin: Children's Research Centre
Kelly, G.,Haslett, H. O Hare, J., McDowell, K. (2007) Permanence planning in Northern Ireland: a development project, Adoption & Fostering, 31 (3), pp. 18-27.
Kelly, G. (2007) Competence in Risk Analysis in Competence in Social Work Practice. K.O'Hagen (ed), London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Lernihan, U. and Kelly,G. (2006) Kinship Care as a Route to Permanent Placement' in Iwaniec,D. (Ed) The Child's Journey Through Care: Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency, London: Wiley
Kelly, Greg and McSherry, Dominic. (2003) Review of the Freeing order Processes in Norhtern Ireland. Belfast. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. View paper
Houston, S. and Kelly, G. (2003) 'Intervenowanie wobec dzieci zagrozonych: teorie, procedury I modele.' In Iwaniec, D and Szmagalskiego eds: ZaburzeniaRozwojowe Dzieci Krzywdzonych Emocjonalnie. Warsawa. Wydawnictwa Uniwersyetu Warszawkiego.
Kelly, G. & McSherry, D. ( 2002) Adoption from care in Northern Ireland: problems in the process. Child and Family Social Work Vol 7 No 4. pp 279 - 311.
Kelly, G. & Gilligan, R. (eds) (2000) Issues in Foster Care. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Kelly, G & Ince, E. (2000) Freeing children for adoption in N. Ireland: A policy analysis, Research in Social Work Practice, 10 (6).
Kelly, G. (1998) The influence of Research on Child Care Policy and Practice: The Case of 'Children Who Wait' and the Development of the Permanence Movement in the United Kingdom in: Iwaniec D. and Pinkerton, J. (eds) Making Research Work: Promoting Child Care Policy and Practice, Chichester: Wiley.
Kelly, G. & Coulter, J. (1997) The Children Act: The Children (N.I.) Order, 1995: A new era for fostering and adoption services, Fostering and Adoption, 21 (3).
Kelly, G. and Pinkerton, J. (1996) The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995: Prospects for Progress in Child Welfare Services: Developments in Law, Policy and Practice Hill, M, & Aldgate, J (eds) London: Jessica Kingsley.
Kelly, G. (1996) Competence in the Analysis of Risk in K. O'Hagan (ed) Competence in Social Work Practice, London: Jessica Kingsley.
