Research
As an independent researcher I have conducted academic as well as commissioned research. My main research interest is the interface between state organised or provided social services and citizens / service users. I have explored this connection previously in various research projects like looking at the importance of social space in the provision of youth work and neighbourhood services, or the impact of New Public Manangement on the provision of Children’s Services in Germany and England.
I have so far predominantly conducted qualitative research based in Germany and England.
I am a member of the Modernisation and Managerialism of Social Work Interest Group based at the University of Warwick and the Social Pedagogy Development Network.
I have been awarded a PhD in Applied Social Studies by the University of Warwick. My first degree is in Diplom-Pädagogik (Pedagogy) from Universität Wuppertal, Germany which included courses in Social Pedagogy, Sociology, Psychology, Research Methods and Communication Design.
I am a registered with the GSCC as a social worker and have worked as a children and families social worker for Coventry Social Services and as an adviser and advocate for the Family Rights Group in London. I also have extensive experience in youth work and training and development.
Wagner, T. / Bain, K. / Schaarschuch, A. (forthcoming). ‘Zur politischen Produktivität des Citizenship in der sozialen Arbeit. Bürgerschaftskonzepte in der Sozialen Arbeit zwischen Staatsbürgerqualifikationsarbeit und Entbürgerlichung’ (The political productivity of citizenship within social work: Conceptions of Citizenship within Social Work between Citizen Participation and Incapatitation) In: DGfE-Kommission Sozialpädagogik. Bildung des Effective Citizen. Weinheim. Juventa
Bain, K. (2009) ‘Glossary: Parental Responsibility’ In: Social Work and Society. Volume 7. Issue 1. www.socwork.net, urn:nbn:de:0009-11-20385
Bain, K. (2009) ‘Modernising Children’s Services: Partnership and Participation in Policy and Practice’, in Harris, J. and White, V. (eds.) Modernising Social Work, Bristol, Policy Press
Lapierre, S. and Bain, K. (2008) ‘Parental responsibility and partnership: Citizenship and Gender in British Children and Families Social Services’, in Oleksy, E. H., Petö, A. & Waaldijk, B. (Eds.) Gender and Citizenship in a Multicultural Context. Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang Publishers.
Research Report
Parents as service users Download PDF
Forschungsbericht
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PhD thesis
New Public Management, Citizenship and Social Work: Children’s Services in Germany and England. The thesis is available on Amazon for Kindle and Kindle Viewer. Please visit your local Amazon store or Amazon.com to view, rent and purchase.
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