Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Career Profile

Jonathan Scourfield is Professor of Social Work in Cardiff School of Social Sciences, having formerly worked as a probation officer and secondary school teacher.

Main Areas of Teaching

• Social science perspectives on social work
• Advanced social work practice
• Gender relations and society

Currently supervising doctorates on direct payments for disabled people; public discourse on murder-suicide; the role of statutory social workers in suicide prevention and schools-based mental health promotion for young people.

Professional Contribution

• Member of commissioning panel for AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme ‘Youth’ call (2009)
• Member of the ESRC interim recognition panel for doctoral training in social work (2005)
• Editor of special issue of Critical Social Policy on gender and child welfare (26, 2, 2006)
• Co-editor Contemporary Wales 2003-6 and member of editorial collective for Critical Social Policy 2003-5
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Updated April 2013.