Abstract: To follow.

Biography: Dr Ciarán Murphy is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Edge Hill University's Department of Social Work and Wellbeing. He is a qualified and registered social worker, having specialised in child care/protection. Ciarán is Board member, Trustee and Research Lead for the Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP) (UK registered charity no. 1190441); Associate Editor of Child Abuse Review (ISSN: 1099-0852); and sits on the Editorial Board for both Child Protection and Practice (ISSN: 2950-1938) and Child Abuse & Neglect (ISSN: 1873-7757).

Before working in academia, Ciarán practised for 10 years in the areas of child protection, substance misuse, and education welfare. He formerly sat on the Greater Manchester Family Justice Board sub-group for improving outcomes for children in the Family Court. In his last practice position as a consultant social worker, Ciarán was instrumental in developing and implementing new assessment models for children and families social work.

Acknowledgement: Text from Ciarán's Edge Hill University biography.