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Welcome to Groupwork
Groupwork is the only British-based journal specialising in social applications of groupwork. It is peer reviewed and international in coverage, with articles on all the settings in which groupwork is practised, including health, nursing, occupational therapy, staff development, mental health, counselling, child care and education, youth and community work, social work, and criminal justice.
Our fast track publication philosophy ensures that material is topical and relevant, as well as meeting the highest academic and professional standard.
INFORMATON FOR AUTHORS Information about how to submit to the Journal is available for download below. Authors should submit papers here.
Call for papers: Technology and Groupwork
The use of digital technology in the delivery of a whole range of health and social services has increased dramatically in the past decade, particularly in the period since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This special issue will showcase how technology is not only changing, but reshaping the delivery of services and the experiences of people who use them – in this case, the experiences of groupwork participants.
We invite proposals for critically informed papers describing the use of technology in the delivery of groupwork. Papers may cover research, practice or policy issues.
Abstracts of up to 300 words should be sent to Jane McLaughlin (jm4whitingbirch@aol.co.uk) to arrive by 31st March 2023.
2025 Seventh Groupwork Student Essay Competition Winner
The call for submissions for the Seventh Student Essay Competition will be issued soon.
The next prize will be awarded in June 2026.
Ethics statement. The Groupwork ethics statement is available for download below.
Book reviews If you are interested in undertaking reviews for Groupwork, or wish to suggest books or materials for review in the journal, please contact the Reviews Editor, Shirley Simon at editors@gpwk.co.uk. Some notes on reviewing books can be found on our resource pages.
Groupwork in Practice. Groupwork's In Practice section contains papers which are more descriptive of practice than those we have traditionally published. Groupwork in Practice provides an opportunity for practising groupworkers to share their experience with others in the field. Instructions for authors can be downloaded below.
Reviewing for Groupwork. We've added revised notes for reviewers below. These include notes on reviewing articles for the Groupwork in Practice Section of Groupwork.
Groupwork is the only British-based journal specialising in social applications of groupwork. It is peer reviewed and international in coverage, with articles on all the settings in which groupwork is practised, including health, nursing, occupational therapy, staff development, mental health, counselling, child care and education, youth and community work, social work, and criminal justice.
Our fast track publication philosophy ensures that material is topical and relevant, as well as meeting the highest academic and professional standard.
INFORMATON FOR AUTHORS Information about how to submit to the Journal is available for download below. Authors should submit papers here.
Call for papers: Technology and Groupwork
The use of digital technology in the delivery of a whole range of health and social services has increased dramatically in the past decade, particularly in the period since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This special issue will showcase how technology is not only changing, but reshaping the delivery of services and the experiences of people who use them – in this case, the experiences of groupwork participants.
We invite proposals for critically informed papers describing the use of technology in the delivery of groupwork. Papers may cover research, practice or policy issues.
Abstracts of up to 300 words should be sent to Jane McLaughlin (jm4whitingbirch@aol.co.uk) to arrive by 31st March 2023.
2025 Seventh Groupwork Student Essay Competition Winner
The call for submissions for the Seventh Student Essay Competition will be issued soon.
The next prize will be awarded in June 2026.
Ethics statement. The Groupwork ethics statement is available for download below.
Book reviews If you are interested in undertaking reviews for Groupwork, or wish to suggest books or materials for review in the journal, please contact the Reviews Editor, Shirley Simon at editors@gpwk.co.uk. Some notes on reviewing books can be found on our resource pages.
Groupwork in Practice. Groupwork's In Practice section contains papers which are more descriptive of practice than those we have traditionally published. Groupwork in Practice provides an opportunity for practising groupworkers to share their experience with others in the field. Instructions for authors can be downloaded below.
Reviewing for Groupwork. We've added revised notes for reviewers below. These include notes on reviewing articles for the Groupwork in Practice Section of Groupwork.
WRITING AND REVIEWING FOR GROUPWORK
Writing for Groupwork
Groupwork in Practice
Reviewing for Groupwork
Writing for Groupwork
Groupwork in Practice
Reviewing for Groupwork
EDITOR
Gloria Kirwan, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Alison Skinner, Associate, Centre for Social Action, De Montfort University, UK
REVIEWS EDITOR (NORTH AMERICA)
Shirley R. Simon Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Loyola University, Chicago, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD
Gloria Kirwan, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Alison Skinner, Associate, Centre for Social Action, De Montfort University, UK
REVIEWS EDITOR (NORTH AMERICA)
Shirley R. Simon Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Loyola University, Chicago, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD
- Carol S. Cohen, Associate Professor, Adelphi University School of Social Work, New York, USA
- Mark Doel, Research Professor Emeritus of Social Work, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- Paul Johnson, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Southern Maine, USA
- Brian Kelly Associate Professor, Chicago School of Social Work, Loyola University, USA
- Cheryl Lee, Professor, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach, USA
- Suryia Nayak, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford, UK
- Nick Pollard, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- Sue Taplin, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Gloucestershire, UK
- Amanda M.L. Taylor-Beswick, Lecturer in Social Work, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
- David Ward, Professor of Social and Community Studies, De Montfort University. UK
- Mary Wilson Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University College, Cork, Ireland
Articles should preferably be submitted using PKP, the online submission system we use for Groupwork. Click on this link to start the submission process.
You will be asked to register as a user, after which the process is relatively straightforward. If you have 'technical' questions about the submission process, please email David Whiting: davidwhiting@whitingbirch.net
If you wish to discuss content issues before submitting a paper, please contact the Co-Editor: Gloria Kirwan gloria.kirwan@mu.ie.
Articles are welcome from all those who work with groups in any discipline: whether practitioners, trainers, researchers, users, or consultants. Accounts of innovations, research findings on existing practice, policy issues affecting groupwork, and discussions of conceptual developments are all relevant. Groupwork with clients, users, professional teams, or community groups fall within our range.
Length: Full length articles; normally of around 4500 words, should show the context of practice and relate this to existing knowledge. We also accept brief contributions which need focus only on the issue at hand.
Presentation: Documents should be in Word format and forwarded as an email attachment to the Editors. The name(s) of the author(s) should not appear in the text or in running heads. A title page should be included, with name of the author(s), a correspondence and an email address. A summary of no more than 200 words should also be provided, together with six key words.
We use a Harvard system of referencing. References within the text should be cited by giving the author’s name and year of publication, eg. (Smith, 1928). Specific page numbers should be cited after a direct quotation. Those works cited in the text (and no others) should be listed at the end of the text in alphabetical order by author's name using the journal’s standard conventions.
More detailed information on manuscript submission is available on the Author Resources page.
Assessment: All articles are submitted to peer review by two assessors, and the editor takes final responsibility for the decisions that follow.
BECOMING A REFEREE FOR GROUPWORK
If you are interested in becoming a referree for Groupwork, contact Gloria Kirwan gloria.kirwan@mu.ie.
Below you can download the notes for reviewers which show the approach taken by the Editors of this journal.
You will be asked to register as a user, after which the process is relatively straightforward. If you have 'technical' questions about the submission process, please email David Whiting: davidwhiting@whitingbirch.net
If you wish to discuss content issues before submitting a paper, please contact the Co-Editor: Gloria Kirwan gloria.kirwan@mu.ie.
Articles are welcome from all those who work with groups in any discipline: whether practitioners, trainers, researchers, users, or consultants. Accounts of innovations, research findings on existing practice, policy issues affecting groupwork, and discussions of conceptual developments are all relevant. Groupwork with clients, users, professional teams, or community groups fall within our range.
Length: Full length articles; normally of around 4500 words, should show the context of practice and relate this to existing knowledge. We also accept brief contributions which need focus only on the issue at hand.
Presentation: Documents should be in Word format and forwarded as an email attachment to the Editors. The name(s) of the author(s) should not appear in the text or in running heads. A title page should be included, with name of the author(s), a correspondence and an email address. A summary of no more than 200 words should also be provided, together with six key words.
We use a Harvard system of referencing. References within the text should be cited by giving the author’s name and year of publication, eg. (Smith, 1928). Specific page numbers should be cited after a direct quotation. Those works cited in the text (and no others) should be listed at the end of the text in alphabetical order by author's name using the journal’s standard conventions.
More detailed information on manuscript submission is available on the Author Resources page.
Assessment: All articles are submitted to peer review by two assessors, and the editor takes final responsibility for the decisions that follow.
BECOMING A REFEREE FOR GROUPWORK
If you are interested in becoming a referree for Groupwork, contact Gloria Kirwan gloria.kirwan@mu.ie.
Below you can download the notes for reviewers which show the approach taken by the Editors of this journal.
Below you will find our Library Recommendation Form. Please complete and send it to your Library Serials Department. We offer range of introductory offers, which may be of interest to your library.
Subscription rates for 2015 and 2016 for Groupwork (ISSN print: 0951-824X. ISSN online: 1746-6091)
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Individual subscriptions are online only. Individual subscribers wishing to obtain print copies may do so for a small additional charge - contact enquiries@whitingbirch.net.
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Libraries £190/€250.00/US$295.00 (print and online)
Individuals £35.00/€47.50/US$55.00 (online only)
Rates for institutions such as local authorities and voluntary bodies available on application.
Online editions through PKP
Whiting & Birch online journals are hosted by PKP. To access electronic content, you must be a registered PKP user, as your PKP ID will be needed to access the journal. Registration is a simple and cost-free process. A current subscription permits access to current issues and all back issues already on line. If you decide not to renew, you will retain access to volumes actually paid for, but not to the rich archive. Whiting & Birch is a member of Portico and LOCKSS/CLOCKSS, organisations whose aim is to preserve digital content in perpetuity.
How to subscribe
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- Direct from from the publisher. Email enquiries@whitingbirch.net in the first place
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Individuals
Email enquiries@whitingbirch.net.
Individual subscriptions are online only. Individual subscribers wishing to obtain print copies may do so for a small additional charge - contact enquiries@whitingbirch.net.
Enquiries to:
Subscriptions
Whiting & Birch Ltd
90 Dartmouth Road
London
SE23 3HZ
England
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+44(0)20-8244-2421
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