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Article

Deacon, Lesley (2023) Facilitated Practice-based Research (copyright, University of Sunderland): A model of empowerment to reduce research anxiety in social work practitioner researchers and reframe cultural capital. European Social Work Research, 1 (1). ISSN 2755-1768

Deacon, Lesley (2022) Emancipatory practice development in social welfare service evaluation – a worked example. International Practice Development Journal, 12 (1). ISSN 2046-9292

Deacon, Lesley, Macdonald, Stephen J and Donaghue, Jacob (2020) “What’s wrong with you, are you stupid?”: Listening to the biographical narratives of adults with dyslexia in an age of ‘inclusivity’ and ‘anti-discriminatory’ practice. Disability & Society. ISSN 0968-7599

Deacon, Lesley, Nicholson, Philip and Allen, Kim (2020) A Neoliberalist Solution for a Neoliberalist Problem: The Neoliberalist normalisation of psychosocial support for parent-carers. CASS Woking Papers.

Deacon, Lesley, Macdonald, Stephen J and Nixon, Jacqui (2019) The Loss: Conceptualising Biographical Experiences of Disability, Social Isolation and Emotional Loneliness in North-East England. Social Work & Social Sciences Review, 20 (3). pp. 68-87. ISSN 1746-6105

Macdonald, Stephen J and Deacon, Lesley (2019) Twice Upon a Time: Examining the Effect Socio-Economic Status has on the Experiences of Dyslexia. Dyslexia: An International Journal of Research and Practice, 25 (1). pp. 3-19. ISSN 1099-0909

Macdonald, Stephen J, Deacon, Lesley and Nixon, J (2018) 'Loneliness in the city': examining socio-economics, loneliness and poor health in the North East of England. Journal of Public Health, 165. pp. 88-94. ISSN 0033-3506

Macdonald, Stephen J, Deacon, Lesley, Nixon, Jackie, Akintola, Abisope, Gillingham, Anna, Kent, Jacqueline, Ellis, Gillian, Mathews, Debbie, Ismail, Abolaji, Sullivan, Sylvia, Dore, Samouka and Highmore, Liz (2018) ‘The invisible enemy’: disability, loneliness and isolation. Disability & Society, 33 (7). pp. 1138-1159. ISSN 0968-7599

Macdonald, Stephen J, Deacon, Lesley and Merchant, Jacqueline (2016) ‘Too Far Gone’: Dyslexia, Homelessness and Pathways into Drug Use and Drug Dependency. Insights on Learning Disabilities, 13 (2). pp. 117-134. ISSN 1949-1212

Macdonald, Stephen J and Deacon, Lesley (2015) No Sanctuary: Missed Opportunities in Health and Social Services for Homeless People with Dyslexia. Social Work and Social Sciences Review., 17 (3). ISSN 1746-6105

Book Section

Macdonald, Stephen J and Deacon, Lesley (2019) Disability theory and social work practice. In: The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Theory. Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415793438

Reports, briefing/ working papers

Phillips, Carrie, Deacon, Lesley and Burrows, Daniel (2024) Social work in NHS hospitals: Opportunities and challenges. Project Report. BASW, Birmingham.

Aggar, Emma, Barrigan, Andrea, Bonina, Bokali, Bowe, Beverey, Cheesman, Rebecca, Deacon, Lesley, Edwards, Lynsey, Gallagher, Niamh, Hall, Ian, King, Tess, McCarthy, Andrea, Scorer, Jamie, Smiles, Julie, Tony-Obot, Ola and Weightman, Katherine (2024) ‘I feel so much better after I've had supervision’: Social Workers experiences and perceptions of ‘effective’ supervision. Project Report. University of Sunderland, Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley, Phillips, Carrie, Bikova, Zeta, Cuthbertson, Alex, Denny, Simon, Gray, Simon, Stamp, Dean, Bramwell, Mel, Swainston, Charlotte, Keyes, Suzie, Thomason, Paige and Herschel, Donald (2023) Facilitated Practice-based Research Report: Working together in Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults. Project Report. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley, Butler, Anneliesa and Shaw, Julie (2023) Whole-School Approach to Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing (MHW) of Children and Young People. Project Report. University of Sunderland, Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley and Durey, Matthew (2023) INTERIM REPORT: for distribution and discussion How can the Newcastle Diocese Safeguarding Team better support Incumbents, Parish Safeguarding Officers and Churchwardens in the effective implementation of Church of England safeguarding policy in practice? Project Report. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley, Lockhart, Kate, Gray, Gill and Bikova, Zeta (2023) Practice Report: Story of Place, 2023. Project Report. University of Sunderland, Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley, Phillips, Carrie and Bikova, Zeta (2023) Newly Qualified Social Workers’ Perceptions and Experiences of Support during the Assessed and Supported Year of Employment. Project Report. University of Sunderland, Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley, Lonbay, Sarah and Connelly, Sarah (2023) Understanding Referral Processes for Responding to Youth Homelessness. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley and Bikova, Zeta (2023) An exploration of Children’s Community Practitioners’ Perspectives of Local families’ Challenges during Covid-19. Project Report. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Aggar, Emma and Deacon, Lesley (2022) An exploration of the Wallsend Children’s Community’s Emergency Response Grant as an Emerging Necessity. Project Report. University of Sunderland, Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Conference or Workshop Item

McCarthy, Andrea and Deacon, Lesley (2025) ‘I feel so much better after I’ve had supervision’: Social workers’ experience of supervision in statutory social work in England. In: 14TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH, 12-14 Mar 2025, Munich, Germany. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley, Summer, Alex and Regan, Kristy (2024) How can the Newcastle Diocese Safeguarding Team better support Incumbents, Parish Safeguarding Officers and Churchwardens in the effective implementation of Church of England safeguarding policy in practice? Presentation to the Bishop's Council, Diocese of Newcastle. In: How can the Newcastle Diocese Safeguarding Team better support Incumbents, Parish Safeguarding Officers and Churchwardens in the effective implementation of Church of England safeguarding policy in practice?, 07 Nov 2024, Church House, North Shields. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley (2024) Issues of social justice and ethics in using digital technologies in social work practice. In: The 4th International Symposium on Social Work Practitioner Research: Navigating Digital Lives in Social Work, 07 Nov 2024, Online. (Unpublished)

Duffy, Kate, Hidson, Elizabeth and Deacon, Lesley (2024) Enhancing Research Culture for Practitioner Researchers: Agile Research Teams (ARTs). In: UKRI PSF/PRI Event - Sharing Learning and Success, 17 Jul 2024, University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley and Bikova, Zeta (2024) NEURODIVERSITY WORKSHOP: Taster for BASW. In: BASW UK Conference, 18-19 Jun 2024, Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley, Thomason, Paige and Swainston, Charlotte (2024) Working together in Safeguarding: findings from an exploratory study to understand partner professionals’ experiences of working with social workers, across the NESWA partnership. In: BASW Practitioner Research Group, 03 Jun 2024, Online. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley and Stamp, Dean (2024) ”Time to Talk” Findings from an exploratory study to understand what partner professionals expect from social workers to enhance understanding of thresholds for safeguarding referrals. In: 13th European Conference for Social Work Research, 17-19 Apr 2024, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Deacon, Lesley, Phillips, Carrie and Bikova, Zeta (2024) An empowering pedagogical approach to alleviating research anxiety and sustaining research capacity in social work practitioners. In: The Social Work & Social Development SWSD2024, 04-07 Apr 2024, Panama.

Deacon, Lesley and Phillips, Carrie (2024) NQSWs’ experiences of the ASYE across the North-East of England Teaching Partnership (NESWA). In: JUSWAC 2024, 27-28 Jun 2024, Kingston University, London. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley (2023) Facilitated Practice-based Research (copyright University of Sunderland): Empowering social work practitioners to lead, in practice-based research. In: Skills for Care National ASYE Assessors' Forum, 5/09/2023, Online. (Unpublished)

Deacon, Lesley, Phillips, Carrie and Bikova, Zeta (2023) Facilitated Practice-based Research: An Empowering Pedagogical Approach to Reframe Research Capacity in Social Work Practitioners. In: JSWEC 2023, 15-16/06/2023, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Phillips, Carrie, Deacon, Lesley, Ling, Jonathan and Burrows, Daniel (2023) Hospital Social Work & COVID-19: Distance and moral distress. In: JSWEC 2023, 15-16/06/2023, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2022) Narrowing the gap between social work research and practice: How do social workers make use of research and what impact does this have on practice? In: European Conference for Social Work Research, 12-14 April, Milan, Italy.

Deacon, Lesley and Thomason, Paige (2022) Facilitated Practice-based Research: bridging the gap between social work research and practice. In: 6th International Conference on Practice Research in Social Work, 7-9 June 2023, Aalborg, Denmark. (Submitted)

Ihejieto, Chinyere, Fulton, John, Hayes, Catherine and Deacon, Lesley (2016) Child Labour, Child Education and Poverty in Nigeria; Conducting Research with Children. In: Young Persons Advisory Group North East, 1 Dec 2016, Great North Museum:Hancock, Newcastle Upon Tyne. (Unpublished)

Book

Deacon, Lesley and Macdonald, Stephen J (2017) Social Work Theory and Practice. Mastering Social Work Practice . SAGE Publications, London. ISBN 9781473958708

Thesis

Deacon, Lesley (2015) PhD: Children’s Social Care Services Response to Children who display Sexually Harmful Behaviour. Doctoral thesis, University of Durham.

Audio

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2024) “Hospital social workers are very strong advocates for the rights of older people”: Working with older people in a hospital setting. A conversation with Carrie Phillips. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season three. Episode three. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2024) Key messages for practice: Summary episode. The Portal Podcast: Linking research and practice for social work. Season three. Episode seven. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2024) “People who need it should be able to access social work support”: The contribution of social work to older people’s wellbeing. A conversation with Gerry Nosowska and Paul Willis. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season three: Episode 1. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2024) The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season three. Episode 0: Introduction to Season three. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2024) “Social work is a noble profession”: Relationships, stories, and the value of social work with older people. A conversation with Nick Andrews. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season three. Episode two. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2024) “Working with older people is a very, very interesting field”: Social work and older people in Germany. A conversation with Sigrid Mairhofer. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season three. Episode six. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2024) You need a social worker to say, what can we do to make life better for you?”: Social work and family carers. A conversation with Alisoun Milne. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season three. Episode four. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) Domestic abuse services for men, women, and children: A conversation with Sarah Martin-Denham. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season two. Episode three. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) Domestic abuse and Eastern European Women. A conversation with Louise Harvey-Golding and Carrier Phillips. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season two. Episode five. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) Domestic abuse, help seeking, and the experiences of Thai women in the UK: A conversation with Angie Wilcock. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season two. Episode four. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) Introduction to season 2 of The Portal Podcast. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) Key messages for practice from season 2 of The Portal Podcast. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) The Portal Podcast: Domestic abuse and older people. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2023) Financial consequences of domestic abuse: A conversation with Emma Aggar, Paula McCormack and Darren McGee. The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Season two. Episode two. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2022) The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Series one, episode three: A conversation with Donna. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2022) The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Series one, episode two: A conversation with Rick. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2022) The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Series one, episode four: A conversation with Lesley. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2022) The Portal Podcast: Linking research and practice for social work. Series one, episode five: A conversation with Angie and Sheila. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2022) The Portal Podcast: Linking research and practice for social work. Series one, episode seven: A conversation between Sarah and Lesley. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley (2022) The Portal Podcast: Linking research and practice for social work. Series one, episode six: A conversation with Nicola and Demi. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley The Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Series one, episode 1: A conversation with Neil Evans. [Audio]

Lonbay, Sarah and Deacon, Lesley Portal Podcast: Linking Research and Practice for Social Work. Series one. Episode 0. [Audio]