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Dr Ray Jones
Professor of Social Work at the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, run jointly by Kingston University and St George's, University of London.
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Find out more about Dr Ray Jones
- Overview
- Qualifications
- Research
- Media Highlights
- Key Industry Roles
- Major Research Collaborations
Overview
Dr Ray Jones is a registered social worker with 40 years' practice and management experience in residential care and community social work within local authorities and a major national childcare organisation. From 1992 to 2006 he was Director of Social Services, and then Director of Adult and Community Services, in Wiltshire, leading a top three-star rated service with an annual spend of £126m and 3,200 employees.
Ray was the first chief executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, and has served as chair of the British Association of Social Workers. He has been an advisor to numerous government policy and research committees and is a member of the Nuffield Foundation's Children and Family Law Grants Committee and a trustee of major Scottish-based voluntary social care organisation Quarriers.
The author of five books and over 100 published papers, Ray is a frequent media columnist and commentator and has undertaken research on adolescents and social work, decision-making in child protection and direct payments for disabled people.
Email: ray.jones1@hotmail.co.uk
Qualifications
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Research
Authored books
- Jones R (1987). Like Distant Relatives. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
- Jones R (1982) From Resident to Community Worker. SWT/UEA Social Work Monographs.
- Jones R; Kerslake A (1979). Intermediate Treatment and Social Work. Heinemann.
- Jones R (1979). Fun and Therapy. National Youth Bureau.
Edited books:
- Jones R; Pritchard C (eds) (1980). Social Work with Adolescents. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Chapters in edited books
- Jones R (2008). Social work and Management. In: Barnard A; Horner N; Wild J (eds). The Value Base of Social Work and Social Care. Open University Press
- Jones R (in press). Values and Management in Social Work. In: Wild J (ed). Values in Social Work. Open University Press.
- Jones R and Evans C (2005). Really Making It Happen: The Experience of Services Users Evaluating Social Care. In: Lowes L and Hullat I (eds). Involving Service Users in Health and Social Care Research. Routledge.
- Jones R (1997). Living through a Maelstrom. In: National Association of GPs Annual Year Book.
- Jones R (1996). Primary Care: Realising the Potential. In Meads G (ed) Primary Care Management. Reprinted in Health and Social Services in Primary Care. Financial Times Health Care.
- Jones R (1996). Swimming Together: The Tidal Change for Statutory Agencies and the Voluntary Sector. In: Philpott T and Hanvey C (eds). Sweet Charity. Routledge and Kegan Paul.
- Jones R (1995). Disability, Discrimination and Local Authority Social Services. In: Zarb J (ed) Removing Disabling Barriers. Policy Studies Institute.
- Jones R (1983). Justice, Social Work and Statutory Supervision. In: Morris A and Giller H (eds). Providing Criminal Justice for Children. Arnold.
Journal articles
Selected recent articles:
- Jones R (2008). Self-Directed Support: Watching out for the Pitfalls. Journal of Integrated Care 16(1): 44-47
- Jones R (2007). A Journey Through the Years: Ageing and Social Care. Ageing Horizons. 6: 42-51
- Jones R (2005). A Sea Change in a Teacup: A Comparison of Five Recent Government Policy Papers. Journal of Integrated Care 13(4): 2-5
- Jones R (2004). Bringing Health and Social Care Together for Older People: Wiltshire's Journey from Independence to Interdependence to Integration. Journal of Integrated Care 12 (1): 27-32
- Jones R with Evans C (2004). Engagement and Empowerment, Research and Relevance: Comments on User-Controlled Research. Research Policy and Practice 22(2): 5-13
Media Highlights
Ray is an accomplished and prolific media commentator and has been interviewed extensively by the national press, both print and broadcast. Coverage highlights include numerous appearances on Sky News, BBC News, ITN and Channel 4 discussing significant child protection issues, including the tragic case of Baby P.
Ray is regularly invited to write for a range of specialist publications and is a frequent contributor to the Guardian newspaper's Society section.
Key Industry Roles
Ray co-founded and chaired the Centre for Evidenced-Based Social Services at the University of Exeter, which from 1997 to 2005, achieved a grant income in excess of £1m from, amongst others, the Department of Health and 16 councils with social services responsibilities in South West England .
He also founded and chaired the Bath University and Wiltshire Social Services Research Partnership, which, from 1997 to 2006, was awarded research grants of £650,000. The partnership undertook 12 research studies, including two major studies on child protection and family group conferences and on the outcomes for older people of integrating health and social care community services.
Ray is the immediate past chair of the Marlborough Brandt Group (MBG), which has international linking and development programmes within The Gambia in West Africa.
He was also a European Community advisor to the then new Slovenian government on the development of welfare policies.
More recently, he has been a consultant with the Russian-European Trust for Welfare Reform, working with senior policy makers and social services directors .
Major Research Collaborations
Ray's most recent collaborations include:
Member of Leonard Cheshire's National Operations Committee (2006- continuing).
Serving as an expert witness and advisor to the police investigating an unlawful killing of a man with severe and multiple impairments (2008).
Working with the Russian-European Trust for Welfare Reform with senior policy makers and social services directors across Russia on developing services for older people in rural areas (2006-2008).