Dr Russell Whiting
| Post: | Emeritus Associate Professor (Social Work and Social Care) |
| Location: | ESSEX HOUSE EH218 |
| Email: | R.Whiting@sussex.ac.uk |
Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 8167 |
| UK: | 01273 678167 |
| International: | +44 1273 678167 |
Biography
Qualifications and Position
- BA (Hons), MSW, PhD
- Senior Lecturer of Social Work
- Head of Department
Summary
- My social work experience is mainly with children and families - specifically most recently managing a family centre for a voluntary agency in London. Prior to that worked for statutory social services department as a manager of a respite care unit for children with learning disabilities. Before that I spent a number of years abroad living in Bosnia and before that in The Netherlands.
- My PhD was on the history and current practice of social work as a profession in the churches in Britain. I maintain an interest in social work history and in the topics of religion and spirituality in social work practice and education.
- Along with colleagues in the department I an interested in social work education as a research topic and how research can advance the quality and standing of that education.
Professional Activities
- Member, Social Work History Network
- Member, British Association for the Study of Spirituality
Teaching
- I convene modules on the BA qualifyiong programme on Social Work with Children and on Values, Ethics and Theories. On the MA qualifying programme I convene the Human DEvelopment and SOcial Responsibility Module. At our Partner institution, University Collge Jersey I convene the Values, Ethics and Theories module.
- I also contribute to other teaching at qualifying, post qualifying and doctoral level particularly on professional ethics and values and on religion and spirituality
Tutoring
- I see the tutoring role as key to my work and currently I am tutor for groups of BA first year and third year students.
Recent Publications
Luckock, Barry, Sims, Louise, Whiting, Russell, Meleyal, Lel and Hampden-Thompson, Gillian (2017) Project Report. Department for Education, London.
Luckock, Barry, Whiting, Russell, Meleyal, Lel, Sims, Louise and Hampden-Thompson, Gillian (2017) Project Report. Department for Education.
Whiting, Russell (2017) In: Crisp, B (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Religion, Spirituality and Social Work. Routledge, Abingdon.
Whiting, Russell and Gurbai, Sándor (2015) Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 4 (3). pp. 103-126. ISSN 1929-9192
Whiting, Russell (2015) Ethics and Social Welfare, 9 (4). pp. 328-342. ISSN 1749-6535
Whiting, Russell (2015) Renewal: a Journal of Labour Politics, 23 (1/2). pp. 117-126. ISSN 0968-252X
Whiting, Russell (2013) International Social Work, 56 (3). pp. 403-415. ISSN ISSN: 0020-8728
Role
Currently Head of Department for Social Work and SOcial Care - Appointed January 2019