Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Dr Sharon Vincent
Professor
Sharon Vincent is Professor of Social Work in the Social and Community Studies group within the School of Health. She has been undertaking research in the area of child welfare and protection for over 20 years.
Sharon Vincent joined Leeds Beckett University in March 2023. She previously held research positions at Northumbria University, the University of Wolverhampton, University of Edinburgh, Barnardo’s and the Scottish Government.
Since obtaining her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 Sharon’s research has focused on child welfare and protection. Her particular areas of expertise include child death review processes and prevention of child deaths from abuse and neglect; comparative child protection research and policy analysis; and research and evaluations of programmes which aim to improving support for children and young people and their parents and carers. She has published widely in these areas and her research has informed policy and practice in the UK and internationally.
Research Interests
Recently completed research projects include evaluation of the Workplace Programme for care leavers in South Tyneside Council; Analysis of Significant Case Reviews for Fife and Tayside Child Protection Committees; and Evaluation of the Young Parents Programme for North Yorkshire Council. The findings of these projects were used to inform policy and practice for children and young people and their families.
Sharon is currently undertaking research to explore the barriers to rights-based case recording and recordkeeping in child protection in collaboration with archivists and child protection academics at Northumbria University, Monash University and the University of South Australia. The findings will be used to inform social work education and child protection practice in the UK and Australia.
Ask Me About
- Children
- Family
- Government policies
- Social work
- Welfare
Selected Outputs
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Ogle J; Vincent S (2022) ‘It is really important that we sometimes remember the children and their views rather than just our own’: the presentation and representation of children’s views in the Child Protection Conference. Practice, 34 (4), pp. 273-288.
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Hamilton R; Vincent S; Cooper S; Downey S; Horseman T; Stoneley L (2021) Teaching Partnerships four years on: lessons learned about relationships between universities and practice partners?. Practice, 35 (1), pp. 17-26.
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Ogle J; Vincent S; Hawkes M (2021) Authenticity, power and the case record: A textual analysis of the participation of children and young people in their child protection conference. Child and Family Social Work, 27 (2), pp. 278-286.
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Canvener J; Vincent S (2021) Enhancing understanding of ‘personal reflexivity’ among social work students: A pedagogical strategy informed by Archer’s theory. Social Work Education, 40 (8), pp. 961-976.
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James D; Fisher S; Vincent S (2021) Challenging Behaviour around Challenging Behaviour. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34 (4), pp. 1166-1179.
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Vincent S; Hamilton R (2021) ‘I think it’s made me a different social worker now’: Postgraduate social work students’ experiences of undertaking independent research and applying the learning in their first year of practice. Social Work Education, 40 (6), pp. 773-786.
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Vincent S; Holt K; Kelly N; Smale E (2020) The aims and outcomes of public inquiries into the care and protection of children. Should they be undertaken differently?. Child Abuse Review, 29 (4), pp. 333-346.
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Tweedlie J; Vincent S (2018) Adult student nurses’ experiences of encountering perceived child abuse or neglect during their community placement: Implications for nursing education. Nurse Education Today
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Vincent S; Jopling M (2017) The health and well-being of children and young people who are looked after: findings from a face-to-face survey in Glasgow. Health and Social Care in the Community
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Vincent S; Petch A (2017) Understanding child, family, environmental and agency risk factors: findings from an analysis of Significant Case Reviews in Scotland. Child and Family Social Work
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Vincent S (2013) Child Death Review: a comparison of six countries. Child Abuse Review
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Jopling M; Vincent S (2020) Education and Social Work working collaboratively to support vulnerable families: benefits and tensions. In: Williams-Brown Z; Mander S ed. Child Wellbeing and Resilience: Influences on Educational Outcomes. Routledge,
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Jopling M; Vincent S (2020) Vulnerable families: policy, practice and social justice. In: Papa R ed. Springer Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education.
