Department of Applied Social Science

Room 3S9
Department of Applied Social Science
Colin Bell Building
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4LA
Scotland
UK

After studying and researching in Psychology I trained as a Social Worker and worked as a local authority social worker, specialising in children and families. I then worked for Dundee University at the Centre for Child Care and Protection, teaching on multi-disciplinary post-qualifying courses in child care and protection. I came first to Stirling in 2001 as Senior Lecturer in Social Work, returned  for three years to Dundee as Professor of Child Care and Protection and am now Professor of Social Work at Stirling.

I was a member of the multi-disciplinary team that carried out a ministerial audit and review of child protection in Scotland - which reported in 2002 in '"It's everyone's job to make sure I'm alright"'.

I am founding member of the Scottish Child Care and Protection Network which works collaboratively to coordinate child care and protection dissemination, evaluation and research in Scotland to ensure that those working with vulnerable children have access to best practice.

My main research interest are in child neglect, children's resilience and critical analysis of child welfare and protection practice and I have written books on child development, chidlren's resilience, child neglect and work with fathers - all published by JKP.

• Children's resilience; child neglect; engaging with fathers; improving the protection of children

• Childhood, Families and Relationships

• Protection Workers., London: Jessica Kingsley

   

  Daniel, B. And Taylor, J. (2001) Engaging with Fathers: Practice Issues for Health and Social Care Jessica Kingsley

   

  Daniel, B. and Wassell, S. (2002) Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children I (Early Years) London: Jessica Kingsley

   

  Daniel, B. and Wassell, S. (2002) Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children II (School Years) London: Jessica Kingsley

   

  Daniel, B. and Wassell, S. (2002) Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children III (Adolescence) London: Jessica Kingsley

• Daniel, B.; Wassell, S.; Ennis, J.; Gilligan, R. and Ennis, E.(1997)  ‘Critical understandings of child development: the development of a module for a post-qualifying certificate course in child protection studies.’ Child and Family Social Work 2, 4, 209-219.

   

  Daniel, B. (1998)  ‘A picture of powerlessness: An exploration of child neglect and ways in which social workers and parents can be empowered towards efficacy.’ International Journal of Child and Family Welfare 3, 3, 269-285.

   

  Daniel, B. and Taylor, J. (1999),  ‘The rhetoric versus the reality: a critical perspective on practice with fathers in child care and protection practice’, Child and Family Social Work   4.3 209-220 

   

  Daniel, B. (1999) ‘Beliefs in child care: social work consensus and disagreement on issues of parenting and decision-making.’ Children and Society 13,179-191

   

  Daniel, B.; Wassell, S. and Gilligan, R. (1999) ‘It’s just common sense isn’t it?’: Exploring ways of putting the theory of resilience into action’ Adoption and Fostering  23, 3, 6-15

   

  Taylor, J. and Daniel, B. (1999) ‘Inter-agency practice in children with non-organic failure to thrive - is there a gap between health and social care?’ Child Abuse Review 8, 325-338

   

  Taylor, J. and Daniel, B. (2000) ‘The rhetoric versus the reality in child care and protection: Ideology and practice in working with fathers.’ Journal of Advanced Nursing, 31, 1 12-19.

   

  Translated: Paspoort Maatschappelijk Werk, 2000/3, ‘Retoriek versus realiteit: een

  kritische kijk op de benadering van vaders’ in De Beroepspraktijk van

  Jeugdzorg en Kinderbescherming", pp. 5-28

   

  Daniel, B. (2000) ‘Using Q-Sort Methodology as an Educational Tool in Post-Qualifying Education Whilst Simultaneously Gathering Research Data About Views On Parenting.’ Social Work Education 19, 3, 265-277.

   

  Taylor, J. and Daniel, B. (2000)  ‘Failure to thrive: A response to Sidebotham’ Child Abuse Review 9, 00-00

   

  Daniel, B. (2000) ‘Judgements about parenting: What do social workers think they are doing?’ Child Abuse Review, 9, 91-107. 

   

  Daniel, B. and Baldwin, N (2001) ‘Assessment practice in cases of child neglect:  A Developmental Project’ Practice, 13, 4, 21-38.

   

  Daniel, B. (2003) ‘Resilience as a concept for residential care’. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, Feb/Mar, 6-16

   

  Daniel, B. (2003) ‘The Scottish Child Protection Review: development of  methodology for a national multi-disciplinary audit of child protection practice’. Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice 2, 4, 435-456

   

  Daniel, B. (2004) ‘An overview of the Scottish multi-disciplinary child protection review’. Child and Family Social Work 9, 247-257.

             

  Vincent, S. & Daniel, B. (2004) ‘Calls to ChildLine (Scotland) about child abuse: results of a project carried out as part of the Scottish Review of Child Protection’, Child Abuse Review 13, 158-171

   

  Daniel, B.; Featherstone, B.; Hooper C-A and Scourfield, J. (2005) ‘Why gender matters for Every Child Matters’ British Journal of Social Work 35, 8, 1343-1356

   

  Daniel, B. and Taylor, J. (2006) ‘Gender and child neglect: theory, research and policy.’ Critical Social Policy 26(2): 426–439

   

  Daniel (2006) ‘What leads to effective collaboration between adult mental health workers and child care and protection workers?’ Community Care: Research Matters, April to October, 25-30

   

  Daniel, B. (2006) ‘Operationalising the concept of resilience in child neglect: Case study research’ Child Care, Health and Development 32(3) 303-309

   

  Taylor, J. and Daniel, B. (2006) ‘Standards for education and training for interagency working child protection in the UK’ (Editorial) Nurse Education Today 26, 179-182

   

  Miller, D. & Daniel. B. (forthcoming) ‘Competent to cope, worthy of happiness? How the duality of self-esteem can inform a resilience-based classroom environment.’ School Psychology International  

• Daniel, B. (2005) ‘Introduction to issues for health and social care’ in Taylor, J. and Daniel, B. (eds) Child Neglect: Issues for Health and Social Care London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

   

  Daniel, B. and Taylor, J, (2005) ‘Do they care? The role of fathers in child neglect’ in Taylor, J. and Daniel, B. (eds) Child Neglect: Issues for Health and Social Care London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

   

  Taylor, J. and Daniel, B. (2005) ‘Neglect in theory and practice: the messages for health and social care’ in Taylor, J. and Daniel, B. (eds) Child Neglect: Issues for Health and Social Care London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

  Daniel, B. (2006) ‘Early childhood: Zero to four years’ in Aldgate, J. & Jones, D., Rose, W. & Jeffrey, C.  The Developing World of the Child. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

   

  Daniel, B. (2007) ‘Assessment and children’ in Lishman, J. Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

   

  Daniel, B. and Rioch, C. (2007) ‘Parenting issues and practice in child protection’ In Wilson, K. and James, A. (eds) The Child Protection Handbook 3e London: Elsevier

   

  Daniel, B. (2007) ‘The concept of resilience: messages for residential care’ In Kendrick, A. (eds) Residential Child Care: Prospects and Challenges (Research Highlights in Social Work Series)  London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

• 1999, Report to City of Edinburgh Council, ‘Resilience in Action’, a report about the project with social workers in Edinburgh.

   

  1999, Report to three local authorities, 'Assessment Development Project: A Joint Initiative Between Dundee University Department of Social Work and Local Authority Social Work Departments, to Develop an Assessment Framework for use in Cases of Physical Neglect and Emotional Abuse.'

   

  Daniel, B.  (2004)  The Impact of Training and Education in Child Care and Protection: A Brief Overview of the Issues: Edinburgh: Scottish Executive Education Department, National Child Protection Training Group

   

  Daniel, B. (2005). Resilience; A Framework for Positive Practice. Edinburgh, Unpublished, produced by SEED.

   

  2006, Report to Aberlour Child Care Trust on Evaluation of Family Centre (with Taylor, J)

   

  2006 Report to Dundee Council on Evaluation of new Child Protection Committee arrangements (with Comben, C)

   

  2006 Report to Aberdeen Council on Evaluation of Assessment Training, (with Helm, D and Whincup, H)

   

  2007 Report on Key Capabilites for Child Protection to Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education (with Bruce, M and Whincup, H).

   

  2007 Process Review of the Child Protection Reform Programme (Final Report), SEED – (with Vincent, S and Ogilvie-Whyte, S)

• Taylor, J and Daniel, B. (2005) Child Neglect: Issues for Health and Social Care London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

• How is the concept of resilience operationalised in practice with vulnerable children
• Noticing and helping the neglected child