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Research interests
My research interests focus on understanding and improving practice in professional encounters, informed by my background as a registered social worker. I am experienced in making direct recordings of practice and using Conversation Analysis to identify (and improve) specific components of professional interaction. I have applied this to my doctoral research on the recruitment of fathers to parenting programmes as well as in other funded projects. My other research interests are in families, parenting and fatherhood, and practitioner engagement skills. I am an original member of the UoB Conversation Analysis Research Group.
Research projects
Current
Older men at the margins (OMAM) with Dr Paul Willis, Tricia Jessiman and Professor David Abbott.
Outcomes in social care assessments (OSCA) with Professor Liz Lloyd and Dr William Turner.
Recruiting fathers to family support services with South Gloucestershire Council.
Completed
The values of assessment (2017) with Professor Val Williams, Dr Sue Porter, Caroline Miles, Mike Steel and the West of England Centre for Inclusive Living.
Fathers with learning disabilities and their experiences of social care (2017) with Dr Daryl Dugdale.
Telephone calls to GP receptionists (2016) with Professor Elizabeth Stokoe and Dr Rein Sikveland.
Understanding the causes of miscommunication in primary care consultations for children with acute cough (UnPAC) (2015) with Dr Christie Cabral and Dr Rebecca Barnes.
'Have you got a partner as well?' Engaging fathers and other carers with parenting programmes: a study using Conversation Analysis (2015) PhD thesis.
External positions
Research Assistant, Loughborough University
1 Feb 2015 → 30 Jun 2015
Structured keywords and research groupings
- Families and Parenting
Keywords
- Conversation Analysis
- social work
- fathers
- engagement
- family support
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ConnectED: Connecting Evidence with Decision Making in Adult Social Care
Macdonald, G. M., Cabral, C. L., Cameron, A. M., Willis, P. B., Symonds, J. P., McLeod, H. S. T. & Jones, M.
1/09/21 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
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Research output
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Caring, old age, and masculinities
Willis, P. B., Vickery, A. Y. & Symonds, J. P., 2023, Men and Welfare. Tarrant, A., Ladlow, L. & Way, L. (eds.). London: Routledge, 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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Kids Under Cover Feasibility Study: the use of independent living units to reduce youth homelessness in the southwest of England
Sharley, V. & Symonds, J. P., 27 Apr 2023, (In preparation) In: Children and Youth Services Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Independent Living in Private Gardens: an idea to reduce the risk of youth homelessness.
Symonds, J. P. & Sharley, V., 15 Aug 2022Research output: Other contribution