All Outputs (5)

Identifying carers in general practice (STATUS QUO): a multicentre, cross-sectional study in England (2024)
Journal Article
Lawton, S., Mallen, C., Hussain, Z., Bajpai, R., Muller, S., Holmstrom, C., …Helliwell, T. (2024). Identifying carers in general practice (STATUS QUO): a multicentre, cross-sectional study in England. BMJ Open, 14(4), Article e083816. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083816

Objectives: To determine General Practice (GP) recording of carer status and the number of patients self-identifying as carers, while self-completing an automated check-in screen prior to a GP consultation.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional st... Read More about Identifying carers in general practice (STATUS QUO): a multicentre, cross-sectional study in England.

Well-Being: From Concept to Practice? (2021)
Journal Article
Holmstrom, C. (2021). Well-Being: From Concept to Practice?. Practice, 289 - 307. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2021.1898579

‘Well-being’ has become a high-profile and contested issue, for both policy and practice, since its introduction as an integral part of the Care Act (2014). A dynamic and fluid concept, the researchers were interested in how qualified social workers... Read More about Well-Being: From Concept to Practice?.

Transitions to adult social care (2020)
Book Chapter
Holmström, C. (2020). Transitions to adult social care. In The Care Act 2014: Wellbeing in Practice. SAGE Publications

Suitability for Professional Practice: Assessing and Developing Moral Character in Social Work Education (2014)
Journal Article
Holmstrom, C. (2014). Suitability for Professional Practice: Assessing and Developing Moral Character in Social Work Education. Social Work Education, 451 - 468. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2013.847914

This article considers the importance of an explicit focus upon the ‘character’ of social work applicants and students in debates regarding suitability for professional education and practice. Drawing upon the growing body of literature concerning ga... Read More about Suitability for Professional Practice: Assessing and Developing Moral Character in Social Work Education.

Social Work's New ‘Non-traditional’ Students? Learning from the Experiences of Our Younger Students (2012)
Journal Article
Holmstrom, C. (2012). Social Work's New ‘Non-traditional’ Students? Learning from the Experiences of Our Younger Students. Social Work Education, 269 - 286. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2011.557430

This paper begins by locating the (controversial) removal of the ‘minimum age at qualification’ regulation in 2003 within the context of wider changes occurring within social work education and the social work profession. This is followed by a report... Read More about Social Work's New ‘Non-traditional’ Students? Learning from the Experiences of Our Younger Students.