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Message ID: 11048

Date: 2022-02-04

Author:Lee, Bethany

Subject:Call for Papers on Residential Care Workforce: Special Issue for journal of Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Dear colleagues, Please help us disseminate widely the call for papers for an upcoming special issue. Thanks for your consideration! Bethany CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Residential Treatment for Children and Youth Residential Care Personnel: Workforce Issues and Solutions Deadline: June 30, 2022 This international special issue seeks to critically examine workforce issues for Residential Care Personnel working at agencies (public and private) providing out-of-home care to children and adolescents around the globe. Submissions can be research articles reporting findings of studies (qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods) or conceptual articles. They can also be practice-focused case studies comprising an analysis of what is working in individual agencies/programs. We welcome collaborative submissions from teams comprising practitioners and academic colleagues. Papers should include a section about the relevance to policy and/or practice. We are seeking submissions on the following topics: * What constitutes a Residential Care Personnel? What are their roles and responsibilities? How do workers operate within a wider team? * What are the best ways to recruit and retain workers? * How has COVID impacted the recruitment and retention of Residential Care Personnel? * What are the pre-employment training and qualification requirements for Residential Care Personnel? * How are workers trained within their role? * How extensive is burnout? How is burnout best prevented/managed? * Is self-care a focus for Residential Care Personnel? What opportunities for self-care are available? How easily can it be accessed? Prospective authors are strongly encouraged to discuss their specific focus or ideas with the Guest Editors in advance of submission. Guest Editors: Camela M. Hughes, PhD Assistant Director of Performance and Quality Improvement LaSalle School (USA) hughes@lasalle-school.org Lisa Holmes, PhD Professor of Applied Social Science School of Education and Social Work University of Sussex (UK) ljh54@sussex.ac.uk Residential Treatment for Children & Youth receives all manuscript submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/RTCY. Please indicate: “Special Issue: Residential Care Personnel” when submitting. For formatting guidelines please go to https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=wrtc20 ___________________________________ Bethany R. Lee, Ph.D. Professor Director of the PhD and Postdoctoral Programs School of Social Work University of Maryland 525 W. Redwood St. Baltimore, MD 21201 410-706-3809 blee@ssw.umaryland.edu Affiliated faculty at Yonsei University School of Social Welfare, Seoul, South Korea

Dear colleagues, Please help us disseminate widely the call for papers for an upcoming special issue. Thanks for your consideration! Bethany CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Residential Treatment for Children and Youth Residential Care Personnel: Workforce Issues and Solutions Deadline: June 30, 2022 This international special issue seeks to critically examine workforce issues for Residential Care Personnel working at agencies (public and private) providing out-of-home care to children and adolescents around the globe. Submissions can be research articles reporting findings of studies (qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods) or conceptual articles. They can also be practice-focused case studies comprising an analysis of what is working in individual agencies/programs. We welcome collaborative submissions from teams comprising practitioners and academic colleagues. Papers should include a section about the relevance to policy and/or practice. We are seeking submissions on the following topics: * What constitutes a Residential Care Personnel? What are their roles and responsibilities? How do workers operate within a wider team? * What are the best ways to recruit and retain workers? * How has COVID impacted the recruitment and retention of Residential Care Personnel? * What are the pre-employment training and qualification requirements for Residential Care Personnel? * How are workers trained within their role? * How extensive is burnout? How is burnout best prevented/managed? * Is self-care a focus for Residential Care Personnel? What opportunities for self-care are available? How easily can it be accessed? Prospective authors are strongly encouraged to discuss their specific focus or ideas with the Guest Editors in advance of submission. Guest Editors: Camela M. Hughes, PhD Assistant Director of Performance and Quality Improvement LaSalle School (USA) hugheslasalle-school.org Lisa Holmes, PhD Professor of Applied Social Science School of Education and Social Work University of Sussex (UK) ljh54sussex.ac.uk Residential Treatment for Children & Youth receives all manuscript submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/RTCY. Please indicate: “Special Issue: Residential Care Personnel” when submitting. For formatting guidelines please go to https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=wrtc20 ___________________________________ Bethany R. Lee, Ph.D. Professor Director of the PhD and Postdoctoral Programs School of Social Work University of Maryland 525 W. Redwood St. Baltimore, MD 21201 410-706-3809 bleessw.umaryland.edu Affiliated faculty at Yonsei University School of Social Welfare, Seoul, South Korea