Welcome to the Portal Podcast
Linking Research and Practice for Social Work
With your hosts
Dr Sarah Lonbay
and
Dr Lesley Deacon
When working in frontline practice having the time for, and access to, current research can be difficult. Join Dr Sarah Lonbay and Dr Lesley Deacon as they interview researchers about how their work can be used to inform and develop social work practice. The show is for anyone who is interested in social work and for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the latest research and use this to inform their practice. The Portal Podcast explores the work of a different researcher in each episode and aims to support people to access, understand, and make use of research.
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“… to engage in dialogue is one of the
hooks, 1994, Teaching to Transgress, p. 130
simplest ways we can begin as teachers,
scholars, and critical thinkers to cross
boundaries …”
Dr Sarah Lonbay
I am an Associate Professor (Research) of Social Sciences and Engagement in the School of Social Sciences and a Research Fellow in the multimorbidity, ageing and frailty theme of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for North East and Cumbria, based in the Helen McArdle Nursing and Care Research Institute. My research interests are related to engagement and participation, mental health, adult abuse and safeguarding, older people and ageing, and empowerment and vulnerability. For updates on my research and publications follow me on Twitter: @SarahLonbay.
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Dr Lesley Deacon
I am a Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Applied Social Sciences and a Vice Chancellor’s Research and Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Sunderland. My research is primarily focused on how generic social work practice can effectively respond to individuals with specific, complex needs; by listening to, and advocating for, the service user voice using an emancipatory practice development framework.
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Disclaimer: the views reflected in the podcast are not necessarily those of University of Sunderland.
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