Dr Daniel Burrows
Senior Lecturer
- burrowsdr1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75501
- 1.01, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
After working as a qualified social worker for seven years, I moved over to higher education in 2014, and was appointed as Lecturer in Social Work in 2018. Most of my time in practice was spent in the Children's Hospital for Wales. I completed my Professional Doctorate in Social Work in 2018, which was based on an ethnographic study of a hospital social work team, whose work centred around discharge planning for older people. This work formed the basis of my first book, Critical Hospital Social Work Practice, which was published by Routledge in 2020. My research interests include social work with older people, rights-based practice and care planning. I teach primarily on the MASW, and am a member of the Senior Personal Tutor Team, which supports the school's personal tutoring programme and provides enhanced pastoral support to students.
Biography
Academic Qualification Attained
2002 MA(Oxon) Classics, Oxford University
2006 MA Social Work, Cardiff University
2016 Post-graduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University
2018 Doctor of Social Work, Cardiff University
Professional Experience
I practised as a qualified social worker for seven years, most of which was spent in the Children's Hospital for Wales, Cardiff.
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic positions
2014 - 2018: Lecturer in Health and Social Care, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Publications
2024
- O'Dwyer, S. T. et al. 2024. Suicidal thoughts and behaviours in parents caring for children with disabilities and long-term illnesses. Archives of Suicide Research (10.1080/13811118.2024.2363230)
- Burrows, D., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Sheehan, L., Jones, S. and Kyle, R. 2024. Trapped: Experiences of unpaid carers of clinically vulnerable people “shielding” during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Journal of Social Work 24(1), pp. 73-92. (10.1177/14680173231197628)
2023
- Burrows, D. 2023. A cautionary tale about ‘respondent validation’: The dissonant meeting of ‘field self’ and ‘author self’. In: Smith, R. J. and Delamont, S. eds. Leaving the Field: Methodological Insights from Ethnographic Exits. Manchester: Manchester University Press
- Burrows, D. and Lyttleton-Smith, J. 2023. Unpaid carers. In: Livingston, W., Redcliffe, J. and Quinn Aziz, A. eds. Social Work in Wales. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 131-142.
2022
- Burrows, D. and Lyttleton-Smith, J. 2022. Cyfeiriadau Ymchwil yn y Dyfodol ar gyfer Gofal Di-dâl yng Nghymru. Project Report. Caerdydd: Prifysgol Caerdydd.
- Burrows, D. and Lyttleton-Smith, J. 2022. Future research directions for unpaid caring in Wales. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Burrows, D. 2022. Social work for ‘liquid old age’: some insights from an ethnographic study of a hospital social work team. Ethics and Social Welfare 16(3), pp. 258-273. (10.1080/17496535.2021.1996619)
2021
- Burrows, D., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Sheehan, L. and Jones, S. 2021. Lleisiau gofalwyr yn ystod pandemig COVID-19: negeseuon ar gyfer dyfodol gofalu di-dâl yng Nghymru.
- Burrows, D., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Sheehan, L. and Jones, S. 2021. Voices of carers during the COVID-19 pandemic: messages for the future of unpaid caring in Wales.
2020
- Burrows, D. 2020. Critical hospital social work practice. Routledge.
- Scourfield, J., Evans, R., Colombo, G., Burrows, D., Jacob, N., Williams, M. and Burnap, P. 2020. Are youth suicide memorial sites on Facebook different from those for other sudden deaths?. Death Studies 44(12), pp. 793-801. (10.1080/07481187.2019.1614109)
2018
- Burrows, D. 2018. Social work within a medical setting: an ethnographic study of a hospital social work team. , Cardiff University.
Teaching
I teach primarily on the MA Social Work, but also provide some input to the MSc Social Science Research Methods (SSRM) Social Work/Care Pathway and professional doctorate programmes in the school.
On the MASW I convene the following modules:
Principles and Context of Statutory Social Work (Stages 1 & 2 - jointly with Dr David Wilkins)
Understanding Evidence for Social Work Practice (Stages 1 & 2)
Working with Individuals, Families, Groups and Communities (Stage 3)
My main research interests are:
Unpaid carers
Social work with older people
Inter-professional work, especially social work in medical settings
Care planning in adult social care
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0534-266X
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Unpaid carers
- Care planning in adult social care
- Social work with older people
- Rights-based practice
- Inter-professional work
