Curriculum Vitae

         

        Personal Details
        Higher Education
        Posts Held
        Research
        Administrative and Community Contributions

        Personal Details

        Name:Andrew John KENDRICK
        Position:         
        Professor of Residential Child Care
        Department of Social Work
        Sir Henry Wood Building
        University of Strathclyde
        76 Southbrae Drive
        Glasgow
        DD1 4HN
        Scotland, UK
        Tel:+44 (0) 141 950 3037
        Fax:+44 (0) 141 950 3437

        Higher Education

        1973-1977      M.A. (Honours), Class 2:1, in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh.
        1978-1984Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, (Thesis Title, Landholding and Caste in a Sinhalese Highland Village), London School of Economics.

        Posts Held

        1998 - 2001       Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Dundee
        1993 - 1998 Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Dundee
        1990 - 1993Honorary Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Dundee.
        1987 - 1993Research Fellow, Department of Social Work, University of Dundee.
        1985 - 1986Research Officer, Social Work Department, Central Regional Council.

        Research

        1986-1987       An Evaluation of Four Urban Aid Community Projects (research officer) Funder - Central Region Social Work Department).
        1987-1990A Study of Child Care Reviews in Scotland (research fellow) Funder - The Scottish Office Social Work Services Group.
        1989 Inquiry into Child Care Policy in Fife; Analysis of Social Work Department Recommendations and Children's Hearing Decisions (consultancy) Funder - The Scottish Office Social Work Services Group
        1989-1992Evaluation in Practice Development Work with Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse (research fellow) Funder - The Scottish Office Social Work Services Group.
        1990-1994Factors which Promote the Development of an Integrated Child Care Strategy (with Elisabeth Mapstone). Funder - The Scottish Office Social Work Services Group.
        1990Evaluation of the Training Support Fund for Qualifying Training in the Voluntary Sector (with Irene Anderson) Funder - Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.
        1991 Tayside Voluntary Organisations Feasibility Study (with Irene Anderson) Funder - Tayside Voluntary Associations.
        1991 Orkney Mental Health Survey (with Margaret Thomson) Funder - Orkney Social Work Department.
        1991 Literature Review of Residential Child Care, Funder - The Scottish Office Social Work Services Group.
        1993 Research Study of Perth and Kinross Rural Youth Project, Funder - NCH Action for Children
        1994 Evaluation of Tayside Region Strategy for Young People, Funder - Tayside Region Social Work and Education Departments.
        1994-1995 Tayside Voluntary Organisations and Local Government Reorganisation (with Elaine Ennis). Funder - Tayside Voluntary Associations.
        1994 Literature Review of Child Sexual Abuse in the Context of Alternative Care (consultancy) Funder - Tayside Region Social Work Department
        1994-1995Child Abuse in Foster Care (with Stewart Brodie) Funder - Tayside Social Work Department.
        1995-1996Services for Children and Young People in Difficulty (with Elisabeth Mapstone) Funder - Joseph Rowntree Foundation
        1995-1996Interface between Child Care and Criminal Justice Systems: 16 - 18 Year Olds in Borders Regions (with Bryan Williams) Funder - Borders Region Social Work Department.
        1996 Evaluation of Skillstep Project (consultancy) Funder - Tayside Careers Service
        1996 Children’s Safeguards Review: A Literature Review, Funder - Scottish Office / DoH
        1997-1998 Study of Perth & Kinross Social Work Department Integrated Model of Children's Services, Funder - Perth & Kinross Social Work Department
        1998 Dundee Early Years Services (with Sheila Watt, IELL) Funder - Dundee Early Years Forum
        1999-2003 Evaluation of a Specialist Unit for Sexually Aggressive Young Men, Funder - Geilsland School
        2000-2001 Evaluation of Established Inter-Agency Initiatives which Seek to Combat School Exclusion (with Gwynedd Lloyd and Joan Stead, Department of Equity Studies and Special Education, University of Edinburgh) Funder - Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
        2002-2003 Evaluation of Sycamore Project Consultant Group, Funder - Aberlour Child Care Trust
        2002-2005 Evaluation of Secure Accommodation in Scotland (with Moira Walker, Gill McIvor and Margaret Malloch, Social Work Research Centre, University of Stirling, and Malcolm Hill, Glasgow Centre for the Child & Society, University of Glasgow) Funder - Scottish Executive
        2003-2005 Evaluation of the Fast Track Children's Hearings Pilots (with Malcolm Hill and Jon Bannister, Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow, and Moira Walker and Gill McIvor, Social Work Research Centre, University of Stirling) Funder - Scottish Executive
        2002-2005 Research and Consultancy with North Ayrshire Residential Child Care Services (with Judith Furnivall) Funder - North Ayrshire Council
        2003-2005 Young People's and Residential Child Care Staff's Experiences of Physical Restraint (with Kirstie McLean) Funder - Save the Children Fund
        2003-2004 Staff Morale, Qualifications and Retention in Residential Child Care in Scotland (with Ian Milligan) Funder - Social Education Trust
        2003-2004 Evaluation of Care Leavers Mentoring Project (with Mel Cadman) Funder - Fostering Network in Scotland

        Administrative and Community Contributions

        1990 - to dateCommittee Member, Social Services Research Group (Scotland).
        1992 - 1995 Member of Tayside Regional Council Joint Youth Strategy Group.
        1992 - to date Member, Association of Directors of Social Work Children and Families Standing Committee.
        1994 - 1998 Member, Board of Directors, Carolina House Trust, Dundee
        1994 - 2000 Member, Advisory Group of the Scottish Centre for Residential Child Care, Glasgow
        1995 - 1998 External Assessor, Advanced Certificate in Residential Child Care, Glasgow University
        1995Conference Organiser, Bridging the Gap, Association of Directors of Social Work and Scottish Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Section of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Joint Conference
        1996 Member, Organising Committee, Realities & Dreams: International Conference on Residential Child Care, The Centre for Residential Child Care, Glasgow
        1996 - 1997Member, Dundee City Council Children’s Strategy Working Group.
        1997 Conference Organiser, Children’s Services Plans - Collaboration or Confusion?, SSRG Scottish Branch Conference, Dundee.
        1997 - to date Member, Children in Scotland Practice Development Committee.
        1997 - 2001 Co-opted member, Angus Child Protection Committee
        1998 - to dateExternal Examiner, Course K268 Social Work with Young People, The Open University
        1998 - to dateMember, 'Research Highlights in Social Work' Advisory Group
        2002 - to dateEditorial Board member, International Journal of Child and Family Welfare
        2002 - to dateMember, Aberlour Child Care Trust Board of Governors
        2002 - to dateEditor, Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
        2003 - to dateEditorial Board member, Child & Youth Care Forum
        2003 - to dateAssociate Member, Executive Committee, EUSARF (European Scientific Association for Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents)

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