Dr Calvin Swords

Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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Meeting the Needs of Children in Direct Provision from a Best Practices Perspective: An In-depth Literature Review | PI | Youth New Ross / Consultancy | 01-JUL-21 | 30-NOV-21 | 6004.89 |
Peer Reviewed Journals
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2021 | ''Responding to the 'Weight of the World': Unveiling the 'Feeling' Bourdieu in Social Work''
Houston, S. & Swords, C. (2021) ''Responding to the 'Weight of the World': Unveiling the 'Feeling' Bourdieu in Social Work''. British Journal of Social Work, [DOI] [Details] |
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2021 | 'Critical realism, mimetic theory and social work'
Houston S.;Swords C. (2021) 'Critical realism, mimetic theory and social work'. Journal of Social Work Practice, 22 (2):345-363 [DOI] [Details] |
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2021 | 'Using Social Constructionism to Research the Recovery Movement in Mental Health in Ireland: A Critical Reflection on Meta-theory Shaping the Inquiry'
Swords, Calvin and Houston, Stan (2021) 'Using Social Constructionism to Research the Recovery Movement in Mental Health in Ireland: A Critical Reflection on Meta-theory Shaping the Inquiry'. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 21 (1) [Details] |
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2021 | 'Social recovery: a new interpretation to recovery-orientated services - a critical literature review'
Norton, MJ;Swords, C (2021) 'Social recovery: a new interpretation to recovery-orientated services - a critical literature review'. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 16 :7-20 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2021 | '“The ‘Social’ can really work in Mental Health Social Work: A Critical Literature Review of how the understanding of recovery has evolved and converged towards the skillset of Social Work”'
Swords, C & Houston, S (2021) '“The ‘Social’ can really work in Mental Health Social Work: A Critical Literature Review of how the understanding of recovery has evolved and converged towards the skillset of Social Work”'. Irish Social Worker, (1) [full-text] [Details] |
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2020 | 'Analysing a Parents capacity to change: towards a model for child protection social workers'
Houston, S. & Swords, C. (2020) 'Analysing a Parents capacity to change: towards a model for child protection social workers'. Journal of Social Work Practice, [DOI] [Details] |
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2020 | 'Exploring the Concept of Recovery in Irish Mental Health Services: A Case Study of Perspectives within an Inter-Professional Team, Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies : Vol. 20: Iss. 1, Article 4'
Swords, Calvin and Houston, Stan (2020) 'Exploring the Concept of Recovery in Irish Mental Health Services: A Case Study of Perspectives within an Inter-Professional Team, Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies : Vol. 20: Iss. 1, Article 4'. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, [Details] |
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2020 | 'Is sharing really caring? A vision or an aspiration? Irelands new mental health policy 2020'
Swords C.;Norton M.J. (2020) 'Is sharing really caring? A vision or an aspiration? Irelands new mental health policy 2020'. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, [DOI] [Details] |
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2019 | 'Recovery and Co-Production: Understanding the Diverging Paradigms and Potential Implications for Social Workers'
Swords, C. (2019) 'Recovery and Co-Production: Understanding the Diverging Paradigms and Potential Implications for Social Workers'. Irish Social Worker, [Details] |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Provided an overview of the preliminary findings from the authors PhD, which focused on exploring how recovery is socially constructed in Irish Mental Health Services.
Calvin Swords (2021) Provided an overview of the preliminary findings from the authors PhD, which focused on exploring how recovery is socially constructed in Irish Mental Health Services. [Oral Presentation], An exploration of the social construction of the concept of recovery in mental health and how this may impact on the delivery of services – an Irish case study, Trinity College Dublin [Details] |
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2019 | The presentation focused on the early stages of the authors PhD research, exploring recovery in Irish mental health services.
Calvin Swords (2019) The presentation focused on the early stages of the authors PhD research, exploring recovery in Irish mental health services. [Oral Presentation], An exploration of the social construction of the concept of recovery in mental health and how this may impact on the delivery of services – an Irish case study’, Dublin [Details] |
Article
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Creating Equality for those in Crisis Transforming Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services through Co-Production.
Norton, M. & Swords, C. (2021) Creating Equality for those in Crisis Transforming Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services through Co-Production. Article [DOI] [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2020 | Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar for PhD | Irish Research Council |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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CORU | Registered Social Worker | 22-JUN-17 / |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2018 | Trinity College Dublin |
Teaching Interests
External Collaborators
Name | Role / Description | Country | |
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Dr. Stan Houston | Professor | IRELAND |