Judith Harwin is Professor of Social Work at Brunel University and directs the Brunel Interdisciplinary Child and Youth Focused Research Centre. Her research interests and publications focus on vulnerable children and families, evaluation of policy and practice. She has a particular interest in outcomes for children in public care, parental substance misuse, child welfare and care planning.
She is a member of an EU seventeen country study of children whose parents misuse alcohol (2007-2010) with particular reference to health impacts.
She is a member of the London Family Justice Council and the BAAF research advisory group. She has undertaken research and consultancy for UNICEF, UNESCO, the EU and World Bank.
Publications include:
Reading, R., Bissell, B., Goldhagen, J., Harwin, J., Masson, J., Moynihan, S.,Parton, N., Santos Pais, M., Thoburn, J. and Webb. E., (2008) ‘Promotion of Children’s Rights and Prevention of Child Maltreatment’, The Lancet, http://www.thelancet.com/series/child-maltreatment.
Harwin, J., Guest editor (2008) Special Issue of Child Abuse Review, Volume 17, Issue 6, ‘Parental and Young People’s Substance Misuse’ (editorial: ‘ Focusing on parental and young people's substance misuse: exploring the links’ ) pp. 365-370.
Forrester, D. and Harwin, J. (2008) ‘Parental Substance Misuse and Child Welfare: Outcomes for Children Two Years after Referral, British Journal of Social Work, December 2008; 38: 1518 – 153
Harwin, J and Ryan, M. (2007) ‘The role of the court in cases concerning parental substance misuse and children at risk of harm’, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Vol.29: 3, pp 277-292.
Mary Ryan , J Harwin and Clare Chamberlain (2006): Report on the feasibility of establishing a family drug and alcohol court at Wells Street family proceedings court: report to Camden, Islington and Westminster Social Services and CAFCASS.
Forrester D & Harwin, J. (2006) ‘Parental substance misuse and child care social work: findings from the first stage of a study of 100 families’, Child and Family Social Work, Vol.11, Issue 4, pp.325-335.
Forthcoming
Forrester, D., and Harwin, J., (in press) Child Protection and Parental Substance Misuse: Effective Assessments and Interventions, Wiley’s
