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Professor Simon Hackett's Outputs (5)

Lost without a Trace? Social Networking and Social Research with a Hard-to-Reach Population (2011)
Journal Article
Masson, H., Balfe, M., Hackett, S., & Phillips, J. (2013). Lost without a Trace? Social Networking and Social Research with a Hard-to-Reach Population. The British Journal of Social Work, 43(1), 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcr168

This paper describes the methodological approaches and challenges associated with tracing and contacting former social welfare service users in the course of long-term outcome research. Historical case file data were analysed on 117 ‘hard to reach’ c... Read More about Lost without a Trace? Social Networking and Social Research with a Hard-to-Reach Population.

Making use of historical case material: the problems of looking back and the implications for service development in relation to research and evaluation activities (2011)
Journal Article
Masson, H., Balfe, M., Hackett, S., & Phillips, J. (2011). Making use of historical case material: the problems of looking back and the implications for service development in relation to research and evaluation activities. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 18(1), 112-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2011.630539

This methodological paper details the process of embarking on a follow-up study of young people with sexual behaviour problems who were known to services in the 1990s and who are now young adults in their 20s or early 30s. In the context of the impor... Read More about Making use of historical case material: the problems of looking back and the implications for service development in relation to research and evaluation activities.

Outcomes of short course interprofessional training in parental mental illness and child protection safeguarding children : self-efficacy, attitudes and knowledge. (2011)
Journal Article
Carpenter, J., Patsios, D., Szilassy, E., & Hackett, S. (2011). Outcomes of short course interprofessional training in parental mental illness and child protection safeguarding children : self-efficacy, attitudes and knowledge. Social Work Education, 30(2), 195-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2011.540394

Living with a parent with mental illness may expose a child to a degree of risk of abuse and neglect. Consequently, both adult mental health services and children's services share a responsibility for safeguarding children and promoting their welfare... Read More about Outcomes of short course interprofessional training in parental mental illness and child protection safeguarding children : self-efficacy, attitudes and knowledge..

The role of ‘family practices’ and ‘displays of family’ in the creation of adoptive kinship (2011)
Journal Article
Jones, C., & Hackett, S. (2011). The role of ‘family practices’ and ‘displays of family’ in the creation of adoptive kinship. The British Journal of Social Work, 41(1), 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcq017

Adoption has changed significantly over the last four decades, placing new demands on those affected by adoption, including adopters, adoptees and birth relatives (i.e. the ‘adoption triangle’), as well as the professionals involved. Over the same pe... Read More about The role of ‘family practices’ and ‘displays of family’ in the creation of adoptive kinship.