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Social work beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world (2024)
Journal Article
Banks, S., Bertotti, T., Cairns, L., Shears, J., Shum, M., Sobočan, A. M., Strom, K., & Úriz, M. J. (2024). Social work beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world. International Social Work, 67(4), 890-904. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728241227062

This article draws on a series of international research-focused webinars with social workers in 2022. They were designed to examine the rethinking of professional values during the pandemic in the context of other global crises, particularly the cli... Read More about Social work beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world.

Pandemic ethics and beyond: Creating space for virtues in the social professions (2023)
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Banks, S. (2024). Pandemic ethics and beyond: Creating space for virtues in the social professions. Nursing Ethics, 31(1), 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330231177421

Background: During the pandemic, social and health care professionals operated in ‘crisis conditions’. Some existing rules/protocols were not operational, many services were closed/curtailed, and new ‘blanket’ rules often seemed inappropriate or unfa... Read More about Pandemic ethics and beyond: Creating space for virtues in the social professions.

Ethical Issues in Participatory Action Research on Covid-appropriate Behaviour and Vaccine Hesitancy in India: A Case with Commentaries (2023)
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Narayanan, P., Brear, M., Shabangu, P., Groot, B., van den Eijnde, C., & Banks, S. (2023). Ethical Issues in Participatory Action Research on Covid-appropriate Behaviour and Vaccine Hesitancy in India: A Case with Commentaries. Ethics and Social Welfare, https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2023.2209363

This article starts with a case outlining ethical challenges encountered in participatory action research (PAR) on vaccine hesitancy in rural India during Covid-19. Community researchers were recruited by a not-for-profit organisation, with the aim o... Read More about Ethical Issues in Participatory Action Research on Covid-appropriate Behaviour and Vaccine Hesitancy in India: A Case with Commentaries.

Researching with Care – Participatory Health Research with Afghan Women Refugees in Germany During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case with Commentaries (2023)
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Tayebi, N. S., von Köppen, M., Plunger, P., Börner, S., & Banks, S. (2023). Researching with Care – Participatory Health Research with Afghan Women Refugees in Germany During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case with Commentaries. Ethics and Social Welfare, https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2023.2209364

This article comprises a short case exemplifying ethical challenges arising for a participatory researcher working with Afghan women refugees during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany. The researcher is an Iranian-German woman, qualified as a midwife,... Read More about Researching with Care – Participatory Health Research with Afghan Women Refugees in Germany During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case with Commentaries.

Ethical Issues in Hospital-based Social Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case from Uganda, with a Commentary (2022)
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Adia, D., & Banks, S. (2023). Ethical Issues in Hospital-based Social Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case from Uganda, with a Commentary. Ethics and Social Welfare, 17(1), 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2022.2117014

This paper comprises a case study illustrating ethical and practical challenges for a Ugandan hospital-based social worker early in the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a commentary. The hospital was under-resourced, with staff and patients experiencin... Read More about Ethical Issues in Hospital-based Social Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case from Uganda, with a Commentary.

Law Versus Morality: Cases and Commentaries on Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice (2022)
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Odo, C. O., Nwatu, U. L., Makkieh, M., Ametepe, P. E. K., & Banks, S. (2023). Law Versus Morality: Cases and Commentaries on Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice. Ethics and Social Welfare, 17(1), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2022.2117015

This article examines two cases that present ethical challenges encountered by social workers in making decisions either to maintain professional boundaries or fulfil moral obligations while working with service users in vulnerable situations. In the... Read More about Law Versus Morality: Cases and Commentaries on Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice.

Pandemic ethics: Rethinking rights, responsibilities and roles in social work (2021)
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Banks, S., & Rutter, N. (2021). Pandemic ethics: Rethinking rights, responsibilities and roles in social work. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(6), 3460 - 3479. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab253

This article explores responses of 41 UK social workers to ethical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, utilising UK data from an international qualitative survey and follow-up interviews in 2020. Challenges ranged from weighing individual rights... Read More about Pandemic ethics: Rethinking rights, responsibilities and roles in social work.

Ethical Issues for Practice and Research in Congregate Settings During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Cases and Commentaries (2021)
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Banks, S., & von Köppen, M. (2021). Ethical Issues for Practice and Research in Congregate Settings During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Cases and Commentaries. Ethics and Social Welfare, 15(3), 328-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2021.1961367

This paper comprises two cases illustrating ethical challenges experienced by people working with residents and staff in congregate settings (residential homes) during Covid-19. In congregate settings restrictions were more stringent due to residents... Read More about Ethical Issues for Practice and Research in Congregate Settings During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Cases and Commentaries.

Practising ethically during Covid-19: social work challenges and responses (2020)
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Banks, S., Cai, T., de Jonge, E., Shears, J., Shum, M., Sobočan, A., …Weinberg, M. (2020). Practising ethically during Covid-19: social work challenges and responses. International Social Work, 63(5), 569-583. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820949614

This article draws on findings of an international study of social workers’ ethical challenges during COVID-19, based on 607 responses to a qualitative survey. Ethical challenges included the following: maintaining trust, privacy, dignity and service... Read More about Practising ethically during Covid-19: social work challenges and responses.

Ethical practice under Covid-19 (2020)
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Banks, S., Cai, T., de Jonge, E., Shears, J., Shum, M., Sobočan, A., …Weinberg, M. (2020). Ethical practice under Covid-19. Social Work 2020 under Covid-19, 5th edition,

Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issues (2020)
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Kong, S. T., Banks, S., Brandon, T., Chappell, S., Charnley, H., Hwang, S. K., …Ward, N. (2020). Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issues. Ethics and Social Welfare, 14(2), 220-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2020.1758413

Participatory action research always operates in the tension of extending the voice of people who are marginalised and unheard in the society. A workshop, ‘Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issu... Read More about Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issues.

Relational Autonomy and Service Choices in Social Worker–Client Conversations in an Outpatient Clinic for People Using Drugs (2020)
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Juhila, K., Ranta, J., Raitakari, S., & Banks, S. (2020). Relational Autonomy and Service Choices in Social Worker–Client Conversations in an Outpatient Clinic for People Using Drugs. The British Journal of Social Work, 51(1), 170-186. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa011

This article focuses on how clients’ self-determination is accomplished in social worker–client conversations when discussing choices of clients’ future services in a low-threshold outpatient clinic in Finland targeted at people who use drugs. Self-d... Read More about Relational Autonomy and Service Choices in Social Worker–Client Conversations in an Outpatient Clinic for People Using Drugs.

Exploring the Context of Fitness to Practise Concerns About Social Workers in England: Explanations Beyond Individuals (2020)
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Gallagher, A., Banks, S., Jago, R., Zasada, M., Austin, Z., & van der Gaag, A. (2020). Exploring the Context of Fitness to Practise Concerns About Social Workers in England: Explanations Beyond Individuals. Ethics and Social Welfare, 14(2), 187-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2019.1707846

Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) as compared with the other health care professionals regulated by HCPC. This paper discusses findings from interviews and focus groups that formed part of a mixed methods study that aimed to find out the r... Read More about Exploring the Context of Fitness to Practise Concerns About Social Workers in England: Explanations Beyond Individuals.

Social Workers under the Spotlight: An Analysis of Fitness to Practise Referrals to the Regulatory Body in England, 2014–2016 (2019)
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Banks, S., Zasada, M., Jago, R., Gallagher, A., Austin, Z., & van der Gaag, A. (2020). Social Workers under the Spotlight: An Analysis of Fitness to Practise Referrals to the Regulatory Body in England, 2014–2016. The British Journal of Social Work, 50(2), 326-347. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz145

This article examines the nature of, and reasons for, the disproportionately high rates of fitness to practise referrals of social workers in England to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), compared with other professions regulated by HCPC... Read More about Social Workers under the Spotlight: An Analysis of Fitness to Practise Referrals to the Regulatory Body in England, 2014–2016.

Practising Ethically in Unethical Times: Everyday Resistance in Social Work (2019)
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Weinberg, M., & Banks, S. (2019). Practising Ethically in Unethical Times: Everyday Resistance in Social Work. Ethics and Social Welfare, 13(4), 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2019.1597141

This article considers the challenges faced by social workers struggling to act ethically in what we characterise as the ‘unethical climate’ of neoliberalism. We offer a brief account of the current context, including the increasing managerialism and... Read More about Practising Ethically in Unethical Times: Everyday Resistance in Social Work.

Understanding complaints about paramedics: a qualitative exploration in a UK context (2019)
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Lucas, G., Zasada, M., Gallagher, A., Jago, R., Banks, S., Zubin, A., & van der Gaag, A. (2019). Understanding complaints about paramedics: a qualitative exploration in a UK context. Australasian journal of paramedicine, 16, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.16.616

Introduction: This research set out to understand the context and explore the reasons for the disproportionate number of complaints raised against paramedics to the United Kingdom professional regulator – the Health and Care Professions Council – rel... Read More about Understanding complaints about paramedics: a qualitative exploration in a UK context.

Why do paramedics have a high rate of self-referral? (2018)
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van der Gaag, A., Jago, R., Austin, Z., Zasada, M., Banks, S., Lucas, G., & Gallagher, A. (2018). Why do paramedics have a high rate of self-referral?. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 10(5), 205-210

Fitness-to-practise concerns and preventative strategies (2018)
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Gallagher, A., Zasada, M., Jago, R., Austin, Z., Banks, S., Lucas, G., & van der Gaag, A. (2018). Fitness-to-practise concerns and preventative strategies. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 10(4), 163-169

Doing ‘Ethics Work’ Together: Negotiating Service Users’ Independence in Community Mental Health Meetings (2018)
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Saario, S., Räsänen, J., Raitakari, S., Banks, S., & Juhila, K. (2018). Doing ‘Ethics Work’ Together: Negotiating Service Users’ Independence in Community Mental Health Meetings. Ethics and Social Welfare, 12(4), 370-386. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2018.1533991

This article develops the concept of ‘ethics work’ (Banks [2016]. “Everyday Ethics in Professional Life: Social Work as Ethics Work.” Ethics and Social Welfare 10 (1): 35–52) from a focus on efforts made by professionals, to a domain co-constructed w... Read More about Doing ‘Ethics Work’ Together: Negotiating Service Users’ Independence in Community Mental Health Meetings.