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Karen Winter


BSocSc (Hons) Social Administration (1988)
MA in Social Work (1992)
CQSW (1992)
Practice Teaching Award (1996)
Post Qualifying Award in Social Work (1997)
Advanced Award in Social Work (2003)
PhD (2009)
PGCHET (2009)

Lecturer in Social Work
Room 2.09, 6 College Park
Ext: 3917; Email: k.winter@qub.ac.uk 

Research Interests

  • Looked-after children
  • Children’s rights
  • Sociology of childhood
  • Qualitative research methods

Teaching Interests

  • Evidence Based Case Study: Module Coordinator
  • Law for Social Workers: Tutoring
  • Families and Children: Tutoring
  • Court Work Skills: Tutoring
  • Research and Practice: Tutoring

Publications

Books

Winter, K. (2011) Building Relationships and Communicating with Young Children: A Practical Guide for Social Workers, London: Routledge http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415562683/

Recent peer reviewed articles

Winter, K. (2012) Understanding and supporting young children’s transitions into state care: Schlossberg’s transition framework and child-centred practice, British Journal of Social Work, (in press)

Winter, K. (2011) The UNCRC and social workers' relationships with young children, Child Abuse Review, 20(6), pp. 395-406

Winter, K (2010) 'Ascertaining the perspectives of young children in care: case studies using reality boxes' Children and Society: The International Journal of Childhood and Children's Services, first published online: 14 SEP 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2010.00335.x

Winter, K (2010) The perspectives of young children in care and implications for social work practice, Child and Family Social Work, 15(2), 186 - 195

Winter, K (2009) Relationships Matter: the problems and prospects for social workers’ relationships with young children in care, Child and Family Social Work, 14, 450-460.

Winter, K (2009) Recent Policy Initiatives in Early Childhood and the Challenges for the Social Work Profession, British Journal of Social Work, 39, 1235-1255. 

Book chapters/reports

Winter, K (2006) The participation of 'looked after' children in public law proceedings. In D. Iwaniec (ed) Children's Care Pathways. London: John Wiley.

Winter, K and Connolly, P (1996) Keeping it in the family: Thatcherism and the Children Act 1989. In J. Pilcher and S. Wagg (eds), Thatcher's Children: Politics, Childhood and Society. London: Falmer Press.

Winter, K (1992) The Day they Took Away our Children: Ritualistic Abuse, Social Work and the Press. Social Work Monograph Series, Norwich: University of East Anglia.

Research Reports:

Connolly, P., Sibbett, C., Hanratty, J., Kerr, K., O'Hare, L. and Winter, K. (2011) Pupils' Emotional  Health  and  Wellbeing: A  Review  of  Audit  Tools  and  a  Survey  of   Practice  in  Northern  Ireland  Post-Primary  Schools, Belfast: Centre for Effective Education, Queen's University Belfast. To download a copy of the report please click here.

Winter K., Connolly P., Bell, I. and Ferguson, J. (2011) An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Letterbox Club in Improving Educational Outcomes among Children Aged 7-11 Years in Foster Care in Northern Ireland, Belfast: Centre for Effective Education, Queen’s University Belfast. To download a copy of the report please click here.


Full list of publications