Breif Curriculum Vitae

1.        Surname                   Forename           
Dr.         Harlow                             Elizabeth                                                 

2. Qualifications

Academic:
1981 BA (Hons) Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford  (upper second)
1998 PhD (Social Sciences), University of Bradford 
Thesis title: ‘Gendered Subjectivities: Becoming Managers in a Social Services Department’

Professional:
1981 Certificate of Qualification in Social Work,   Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
2009 Certificate, Introduction to Group Analysis, Institute of Group Analysis.
2009 Certificate in Coaching for Professional Development and Leadership, Tavistock Institute, London.

  
3. Posts held  
2009 – current Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Salford
2004 – 2009 Senior Research Fellow, University of Salford
2003 - 2004 Senior Research Fellow, University of Salford (temporary)
2000 - 2004 Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Bradford (on leave of absence from 2003-4)
1989 - 2000 Lecturer in Social Work, University of Bradford
1988 -1989 Lecturer in Social Work, Trent Polytechnic (temporary exchange post)
1987 -1988 Senior Social Worker (team leader, temporary), Nottingham Social Services Department
1985 -1987 Social Worker (generic), Nottingham Social Services Department
1982- 1985 Social Worker (Intermediate Treatment), Nottingham Social Services Department
1981- 1982 Social Worker, Leicestershire Social Services Department

4. Current professional membership and advisory posts
2008 – current Registered as a qualified social worker with the General Social Care Council.
2006 – current member of the Policy Advisory Forum of the national charity the Fostering Network
2001 – current Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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5. Selected recent publications

Books:
2003 Information and Communication Technologies in the Welfare Services London: Jessica Kingsley (with Stephen Webb)
2000 Management, Social Work and Change Aldershot: Ashgate (with John Lawler)

Book chapters:
2009  ‘Theory Development and Contributions from Case Study Research’ in Mills, A., Durepos, G. and Wiebe, E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Case Study Research London: Sage.
2003 Wired Wonderland or Hypertext Hell: ICTs in the Welfare Services in Harlow, E. and Webb, S. (eds)  Information and Communication Technologies in the Welfare Services London: Jessica Kingsley, pp. 7-26.
2000 Introduction: Postmodernisation and Change in Social Work in Harlow, E. and Lawler, J. (eds) Management, Social Work and Change Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 5-15.
2000 New Managerialism in Social Services Departments: Changing Women’s Work in Harlow, E. and Lawler, J. (eds) Management, Social Work and Change Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 73-91.

Refereed journal papers:
2009 Eliciting Narratives of Teenage Pregnancy in the UK: Reflexively Exploring Some of the Methodological Challenges, Qualitative Social Work, 8 (2), pp. 211-218.
2006 Safeguarding Children. Challenges to the Operation of Core Groups, Child and Family Social Work, 11 (1), pp. 65-72 (with Stephen Shardlow).
2005 Postmodernization: a Phase We’re Going Through? Management in Social Care, British Journal of Social Work, 35 (7), pp. 1163-1174 (with John Lawler).
2004 Why Don’t Women Want to be Social Workers Anymore? New Managerialism, Post-feminism, and the Shortage of Social Workers in Social Services Departments in the UK, European Journal of Social Work, 7(2), pp. 167-179.
2004 Protecting Children: Why Don’t Core Groups Work? Lessons from the Literature, Practice, 16(1), pp. 29-39.
2003 New Managerialism, Social Services Departments and Social Work Practice Today, Practice 15(2), pp. 29-44.
2002 Gender, Parenting and Managerial Ambition in Social Work, Journal of Social Work, 2(1), pp. 65-82.

6. Organizational research, service evaluations and other contracts
2008 ‘Strengthening Employer Engagement in the Planning, Development and Delivery of Social Work Education’, Skills for Care, (with colleagues from the University of Salford).
 2008 ‘Evaluation of newly qualified social worker pilot programme’, Children’s Workforce Development Council (with colleagues form the University of Salford, the University of Bristol and King’s College, London).
2008 ‘Providing Support to the Practitioner-led Research Programme in 2008/9’, Children’s Workforce Development Council by the Making Research Count Consortium.
2007 ‘Fostering Matters: a Symposium Focusing on the Future of Foster Care in the UK’ held at the University of Salford on March 28th. , Whiting and Birch in partnership with the national charity the Fostering Network.
2006 ‘Evaluating Family Support Services’, Regional Charity.

2004 ‘Deciding their Futures’, Metropolitan Borough Council (with Steven Shardlow and Imogen Blood, all at the University of Salford).
2004 ‘Teenage Pregnancy: the lived Experiences of Young People’, Metropolitan Borough Council (with Julie Jones and Steven Shardlow, all at the University of Salford).
2003 ‘The Work of Core Groups’, Metropolitan Borough Council Area Child Protection Committee (with Steven Shardlow, University of Salford).
2002 ‘Women and Leadership Management’ Course for the Indian Chevening Programme, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Tender co-ordinated by Tom Franks, Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford.