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Professor Steven Shardlow

 
School of Community, Health Sciences and Social Care
Allerton Building, Frederick Road Campus

Telephone: +44 (0)161 295 2452
Email: s.m.shardlow@salford.ac.uk

Academic Profile

Professor Steven Shardlow joined the School in 2001, and was appointed foundation holder of the newly established Chair of Social Work. Previously, he has: directed a university post-graduate social work programme; managed a multi-disciplinary health and social care practice team in a local authority; and practised field and residential social work.

Prof. Shardlow is Director of the Salford Centre for Social Work Research and Associate Head of School (Research). He has published over one hundred scholarly publications (including more than ten books). A previous chairperson of The Association of Teachers of Social Work Education (ATSWE): currently, he is the UK representative on the Executive Committee of the European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW) and is the founder Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Work.

Prof. Shardlow holds the following academic and professional qualifications: MA (Oxon); MSc Applied Social Studies (Oxon); CQSW (CCETSW); AASW (GSCC).

Teaching

Prof. Shardlow is a member of the Institute of Teaching and Learning (ILT).

In the past, his teaching has included the following aspects of social work, Professional Ethics; Comparative Social Work; Social work with Children and Families (including Child Protection); Principles and Practice of Social Work; Community Care and Work in Organizations; The History of Social Work; Professional learning (including, assessment of students; methods of teaching and theories of learning).

At the present time, his teaching consists of mainly of supervising research students or contributing to the MRes in Health and Social Care.

Prof. Shardlow welcomes applications from any post-graduates who are interested in studying for a PhD in the field of social work.

Research

Steven's research interests are broadly based, grounded in inter-disciplinarily, and span the disciplines of social work and the social professions, encompassing policy, practice, planning, theory and education. Particular and specific interests professions include: professional ethics; evaluation of practice (evidence-based practice); international and comparative social work theory and practice, professional education (especially practice learning).He has worked extensively on a variety of European research and development projects, been a consultant to several East European governments and has published widely - his work has been translated into several languages.

His recent publications include:

  • Payne, M., & Shardlow, S. M. (eds.). (2002). Social Work in the British Isles. London: Jessica Kingsley.
  • Shardlow, S. M., & Doel, M. (eds.). (2002). Learning to Practice Social Work: International Approaches. London: Jessica Kingsley.
  • Shardlow, S. M. (2002). Values, Ethics and Social Work. In R. Adams & L. Dominelli & M. Payne (Eds.), Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates (second ed.). Houndmills. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
  • Adams, A., Erath, P., & Shardlow, S. (eds.). (2001). Key Themes in European Social Work: Theory, Practice Perspectives. Lyme Regis: Russell House.
  • Doel, M., & Shardlow, S. M. (1998). The New Social Work Practice. Aldershot: Arena.
  • Shardlow, S. M., & Doel, M. (1996). Practice Learning and Teaching. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Macmillan.

 

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