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British Journal of Social Work 2007 37(8):1387-1403; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl028
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Students with Criminal Convictions: Policies and Practices in Social Work Education
Iolo Madoc-Jones is Acting Principal Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Wales, North East Wales Institute. He worked in Cheshire, UK as a Probation Officer, then Senior Probation Officer, before moving to an academic post as a lecturer in social work at the University of Wales, Bangor. He is a first-language Welsh speaker whose practice career was with sex offenders and perpetrators of domestic violence. His MSc in forensic behavioural science was obtained at the University of Liverpool and his continued academic interest is in the field of language, e-learning, effective practice with offenders and developing programmes of intervention. He has published in the British Journal of Community Justice, Probation Journal as well as a number of social work journals and presented papers at the British Criminology Conference and the Howard League for Penal reform.
John Bates is a Principal Lecturer in social welfare and criminal justice studies at the University of Wales, North East Wales Institute and Head of the Social Welfare and Community Justice Team at NEWI. He is the author of several papers and co-editor of a book on child protection. His research interests include social work and IT, and issues of men and masculinity, and he has presented at conferences both in the UK and overseas. Prior to entering social work education, he was a social worker in Staffordshire and then Principal Officer of a residential unit for people with alcohol problems in Liverpool.
Barbara Facer is a qualified social worker who specializes in the area of working with older people. She has held several positions in social care settings in England and Wales and in 2002 completed the Diploma in Social Work, undertaking placements with a diverse range of service user groups. Her areas of interests are the interface between health and social care, the medicalization process and rehabilitation of offenders.
Karen Roscoe is a Lecturer in social care. She has worked in the North Wales area as a social worker following completion of the Diploma in Social Work and BA honours in social work. Whilst working for social services, she has also been a trainer and planning and development officer. After completing a Care Management Manual for Adult Services, she moved into education. Her interests include postmodern approaches to social work and organizational discourse.
Correspondence to Iolo Madoc-Jones, Department of Social Welfare and Community Justice, University of Wales, NEWI, Plas Coch, Wrecsam LL11 2AW, UK. E-mail: jonesim{at}newi.ac.uk
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In light of the Bichard Inquiry, this paper considers the vetting practices that apply in relation to those students with criminal convictions who apply to undertake social work education in England or Wales. The paper is organized primarily around the lessons that can be learnt from two case studies, and descriptions of how a range of social work programmes in England and Wales assess individuals with criminal convictions. It explores some of the reasons why the assessment of individuals with previous criminal convictions is important, some of the issues that might arise in relation to how it is currently carried out and what might constitute best practice in this area.
Keywords: convictions, assessment, social work students with criminal convictions, policies and practices in social work education
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