Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences, London.

Editorial Work: Learned/Refereed Journals – sometime: Co–Editor: Issues in Social Work Education, Social and Public Policy Review, Associate Editor: Practice. Editorial Board:  British Journal of Social Work. Journal of Social Work, Social and Public Policy Review, Practice

Funding Council: Sometime Committee Membership. National Health Service Executive: Research and Development Awards Responsive Grants Committee

Research Assessment Exercise: HEFCE Specialist RAE Advisor to the Social Work and Social Policy Panel

Sometime Visiting Professor and Fellow, University of Exeter, Centre for Evidence Based Social Services,

High Court, Dublin:  [Case Record Number 2001 14p] Author: Report of inquiry into events leading to the Death of Catherine, Jennifer (aged 9) and Louise Palmer (aged 7) – while Catherine Palmer was under Psychiatric Care Report for High Court Dublin (A case of comparable tragedy and import to those in the U.K. such as Jasmine Beckford & (baby) Peter Connelly)

Invited Lead for Parliamentary Expert Seminar for MPs and Lords on Child Protection following death of Baby Peter Connelly.  Sponsored by Parliamentary Select Committee for Social Science and Social Policy

Prize: Empirical Article of the Year, Social Work Education, 2017: World Congress on Social Work, Education and Social Development (Dublin).

Authored work amongst the top 100 cited social work publications in the world

Over 120 publications in the form of books, edited works and original articles in learned journals. Includes 31 original articles in the British Journal of Social Work alone (widely regarded to ”set the standard for academic publishing in social work” & the journal with the highest number of world top 100 cited publications )[https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/pages/About & https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/article-abstract/42/4/765/1627016?login=false%5D

Consultancy Roles: 12 local and regional authorities.