Dr Jane Dodsworth
Lecturer Director of BA Social Work
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Lecturer
Director of BA Social Work |
Jane dot Dodsworth at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 3572 |
Elizabeth Fry Building 2.03 |
Biography
Dr Jane Dodsworth is a Lecturer in Social Work at the UEA. She worked previously as the Inter-Agency Development Officer for Norfolk ACPC and is a former social worker with experience in the residential field and in generic and children and family teams. She teaches on the BA and MA in Social Work Programmes and on the Post Qualifying Specialist Award. Her doctoral research was on the pathways of women involved in sex work and her current research interests are in child sexual exploitation, risk and protective factors and issues of agency for those involved in sex work and sex workers as mothers.
Publications
Dodsworth, J. (2013) Sexual exploitation, selling and swapping sex: victimhood and agency Child Abuse Review forthcoming
Dodsworth J, (2012) Sex worker and mother: managing dual and threatened identities Child and Family Social Work (forthcoming)
Dodsworth J, Bailey S, Schofield G, Cooper N, Fleming P, Young J, ( 2012) Internet Technology: An Empowering or Alienating Tool for Communication between Foster-Carers and Social Workers? British Journal of Social Work Advance Access published Feb 20 2012
Schofield, G., Ward, E., Biggart, L., Scaife, V., Dodsworth, J. Haynes, A. Larsson, B., Stone, N. (2012). Looked after children and offending: Reducing risk and promoting resilience. Final report. Norwich: University of East Anglia, London: TACT.
Dodsworth, J, Cooper, N., Fleming, P., Schofield, G., Bailey, S., Young, J., (2010) Final Report on the Evaluation of Fosternets in Three English Local Authorities. City of London
Dodsworth J (2011) Pathways through sex work: Childhood Experiences and Adult Identities, British Journal of Social Work Advance Access published June 7, 2011
Walsh, J, Scaife, V, Notley, C, Dodsworth J, Schofield G (2011) Perception of need and barriers to access: the mental health needs of young people attending a Youth Offending Team in the UK Health and Social Care in the community 19(4) 420-428
Brandon, M., Bailey, S., Belderson, P., Gardner, R., Sidebotham, P., Dodsworth, J. Warren, C., Black, J. (2009), Understanding Serious Case Reviews and their Impact: A Biennial Analysis of Serious Case Reviews 2005-2007, London: Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Brandon M, Belderson P, Warren, C., Howe D., Gardner R, Dodsworth J and Black, J. (2008) Analysing Child Deaths and Serious Injury through Abuse and Neglect: What can we learn? A Biennial Analysis of Serious Case Reviews 2003-2005 Department for Children Schools and Families.
Brandon, M. Dodsworth, J. Rumball, D. (2005) Serious Case Reviews: Learning to Use Expertise, Serious Case Reviews: Learning to Use Expertise, Child Abuse Review 14,3.
Brandon, M. Howe, D. Black, J. Dodsworth, J. Learning How to Make Children Safer Part 2: An Analysis for the National Assembly of Wales (2002) MAW Dodsworth J. (2000) Child Sexual Exploitation/Child Prostitution Norwich: University of East Anglia.
Conferences and Presentations
April 2012- Presentation: ‘Young People’s involvement in sexual exploitation: how the meaning given to risk and protective factors influences perceptions of choice’ - The British Association for the Study and Prevention of Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) Annual Conference Queen’s University, Belfast
July 2011 - Presentation: 'Pathways through sex work: risk and protective factors influencing how identity is managed' - British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Northumbria University.
July 2009 - Presentation: 'Utilising social work practitioner skills in undertaking academic research with "hidden populations"' - JSWEC: 11th Joint Social Work Education Conference with the 3rd UK Social Work Research Conference.
Key Research Interests
My main area of interest is in child sexual exploitation. This interest developed during my involvement in social work practice working with young people involved in, and at risk of involvement in, commercial sexual exploitation. I was also involved in policy development and awareness-raising at ACPC (now LCSB) level and became interested in exploring issues and preventative strategies for this vulnerable group further. My doctoral research was a qualitative study exploring the narratives of young and adult women involved in sex work in the UK to determine whether it was possible to identify key risk and protective factors influencing involvement and how the meaning ascribed by women to key experiences influenced their ability to manage involvement in sex work and simultaneously 'manage' other life experiences. Findings suggest that there is a need to facilitate the provision of 'secure base' interventions for women involved in sex work, whatever their age which has meaning for them.
Another research project in which I have been involved was the evaluation of a purpose designed internet service which aimed to improve information flow to foster carers, enhance interaction and information exchange between foster carers and social workers, provide a social networking facility for communication between carers within a secure environment and create the potential for new relationships to emerge within a 'community of fostering practice'. The findings indicate that whilst ICT provides an additional dimension to communication and information sharing, it is as a supplement rather than a replacement to existing modes.
I have also worked with colleagues in the school on project funded by the Big Lottery Fund which was a partnership between The Adolescent and Children's Trust (TACT) and the University of East Anglia (UEA) The multi-disciplinary research team was led by Professor Gillian Schofield. The overall aim of this research project has been to contribute towards reducing offending by, and unnecessary criminalisation of, looked after children and young people.
Current Research Projects
I am currently working on a research project funded by the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN) on ‘Routes into sexual exploitation: going missing, agency and victimhood. An exploration of the perceptions of young people involved.’ The aim of the research is to gain an understanding of the experiences and perspectives of young people who became involved in sexual exploitation, particularly those who have run away from care/ home and are involved in substance misuse, in order to inform multi-agency practice. From this the aim is to identify whether it is possible to determine risk and protective factors in terms of young people’s perceptions of agency and victimhood which may inform LSCBs about more effective multi-agency child protection/safeguarding practice and multi-professional training for working with young people at risk of involvement.
The objective is to add, from the perspectives of the young people involved, to what is known about routes into involvement, perceptions of agency and choice and pathways taken once involved in order to raise awareness of what has been until recently a largely hidden issue and to increase the development of effective service interventions which have meaning to the young people involved.
A qualitative approach will be taken to data collection and analysis to ensure findings are grounded in the expertise of those directly involved.
