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Margaret Woodbridge in 2022

Margaret Anne Woodbridge (born 1934) is a British academic and retired professor of social work. Her contributions has helped in the development of British social work education and child protection.

Education

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Woodbridge was educated at Queen Margaret's School, Yorkshire and University of St Andrews, where she gained an MA in Logic, Metaphysics and English in 1956. After training in social work and taking a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Science in 1959,[1] and an MA in 1964 from the University of Liverpool. She took the Advanced Casework course at the Tavistock Clinic from 1964 to 1965, and wrote her thesis at the University of Leicester in 1975.[2]

Career

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Woodbridge's first academic job was as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Social Science at Liverpool University under Professor Thomas Simey, where her research into adoption decisions by single mothers gained her an MA. From 1966–72 she was Lecturer in the School of Social Work at the University of Leicester, where she taught social policy and social work practice. Subsequently she held posts as Lecturer, London School of Economics (1973–76); Head of Department of Applied Social Studies, Goldsmiths' College (1976–86); Professor of Social Work and Director of Social Work Education, University of Stirling (1986–91),[3] where she was actively involved in developing training relating to child abuse in Forth Valley and assisting with the production of training materials for the Open University; and as the first Professor of Social Work at the Tavistock Clinic, jointly with Brunel University (1991–93). Here she was responsible with colleagues for the development of joint training in child abuse and protection for nurses and social workers,[4][5] a major project jointly sponsored by the English Nursing Board and the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work. Her main research interests have been in social work education and its knowledge base, interprofessional education and child protection. Books of note include Social Work Theory and Psychoanalysis,[6] Social Work and the Legacy of Freud[7] (with G. Pearson and J Treseder) and Learning and Teaching in Social Work: Towards reflective practice[8] (with M. Henkel).

Woodbridge was Editor of the British Journal of Social Work from 1985[9] to 1987[10] and sat on the editorial board for Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry from 1996–97. She chaired the Social Work Education Committee of the Joint University Council from 1988–91 and was a member of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work from 1989–92.

In 1985, Woodbridge was appointed[11][12] by Hillingdon Borough Council to chair the independent panel into the death of Heidi Koseda, a case that garnered national attention and was raised several times during a full day's debate on child abuse in the UK parliament.[13] The panel's 1986 report[14] was highly critical of the NSPCC and made 35 recommendations, including the creation of a national register of children at risk, special training for social workers and changes in legislation.[15][16][17][18] The Koseda inquiry and other investigations into child deaths around that time contributed to changes in legislation and improved inter-agency co-operation on child protection.[19] Guidance on inter-agency co-operation was published in 1998[20], while the Koseda inquiry's recommendation that the courts be empowered to compel an individual to divulge the whereabouts of a child was enacted by the UK parliament in 1989.[21]

Between 1988 and 1991 Woodbridge chaired the Area Review Committee on Child Protection for the Forth Valley.

Personal life

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Woodbridge is an amateur harpsichordist and continuo player, and an enthusiast for baroque and early music.[22][23] In retirement she gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Musical Studies from King’s College, University of London. In 2004 she married Robin Woodbridge (d.2010), a viol and recorder player. She has two stepsons and five grandchildren.

References

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  1. ^ "Social casework with unmarried parents | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  2. ^ Yelloly, Margaret (1975-01-01). Professional ideologies in British social work, with particular reference to the influence of psychoanalysis (thesis thesis). University of Leicester.
  3. ^ "University News: Stirling". The Times. 1986-06-20.
  4. ^ Yelloly, Margaret; Loughlin, Beverly; Rolph, Kathy; Stanford, Rose; Trowell, Judith (1994). "Shared learning in child protection: An evaluation: Margaret Yelloly, Beverly Loughlin, Kathy Ralph, Rose Stanford and Judith Trowell evaluated the success and effectiveness of the newly developed shared learning courses in child protection, commissioned by the English National Board and its counterpart in social work. Here, they describe their findings". Paediatric Nursing. 6 (8): 7–9. doi:10.7748/paed.6.8.7.s7. ISSN 0962-9513.
  5. ^ Stanford, Rose; Loughlin, Beverly; Trowell, Judith; Talbot, Marjorie; Yelloly, Margaret (1993). "Interprofessional learning in child protection: Rose Stanford, Beverly Loughlin, Marjorie Talbot, Judith Trowell and Margaret Yelloly describe the ENB/CCETSW training and evaluation initiative in child protection, aimed at developing a model of shared teaching and learning". Paediatric Nursing. 5 (3): 20–22. doi:10.7748/paed.5.3.20.s18. ISSN 0962-9513.
  6. ^ Yelloly, Margaret (1980). Social work theory and psychoanalysis. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 978-0-442-30166-8.
  7. ^ Pearson, Geoffrey; Treseden, Judith; Yelloly, Margaret, eds. (1988). Social work and the legacy of Freud: psychoanalysis and its uses. Basingstoke: Macmillan Education. ISBN 978-0-333-39781-7.
  8. ^ Yelloly, Margaret; Henkel, Mary, eds. (1995). Learning and teaching in social work: towards reflective practice. London ; Bristol, Pa: Jessica Kingsley. ISBN 978-1-85302-237-1.
  9. ^ "Editorial changes". The British Journal of Social Work. 1984. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a055017. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  10. ^ "Announcement". The British Journal of Social Work. 1986-05-01. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a055226. ISSN 1468-263X.
  11. ^ Timmins, Nicholas (1985-12-05). "Two social workers sacked over Jasmine". The Times.
  12. ^ Hencke, David (1985-12-05). "Private inquiry to be held on starved child's death". The Guardian.
  13. ^ "Child Abuse (Hansard, 29 November 1985)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  14. ^ "Heidi Koseda report - a Freedom of Information request to Hillingdon Borough Council". WhatDoTheyKnow. 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  15. ^ Moncur, Andrew (1986-03-22). "Report into child's death critical of NSPCC role". The Guardian.
  16. ^ Hencke, David (1986-03-25). "Death forces tighter NSPCC child protection". The Guardian.
  17. ^ Fletcher, David. "Tighter law on children demanded". The Daily Telegraph.
  18. ^ Bell, Gavin (1986-03-25). "Big NSPCC changes after criticism over girl's starvation death". The Times.
  19. ^ NSPCC. "History of Child Protection in the UK".
  20. ^ Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) and Welsh Office (1988) Working together: a guide to arrangements for inter-agency co-operation for the protection of children from abuse. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
  21. ^ https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/section/48
  22. ^ Yelloly, M (2002). "Lady Mary Killigrew (c 1587 - 1656), Seventeenth-Century Lutenist". The Lute. 42: 27–46.
  23. ^ Yelloly, M. (2005-02-01). "'The ingenious Miss Turner': Elizabeth Turner (d 1756), singer, harpsichordist and composer". Early Music. 33 (1): 65–80. doi:10.1093/em/cah041. ISSN 0306-1078.
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