Dr Kish Bhatti-Sinclair
reader in social policy and social work
Kish is known for shaping the debates on black perspectives and de-colonising social work practice. Kish’s research includes the development of methodologies sensitive to the needs of black and minority ethnic populations, and theories, such as modern racism testing discriminatory attitudes and behaviours. Kish has undertaken quantitative analysis of case data from the USA and produced evaluation reports for local authorities. Her work on child sexual exploitation critiques hard to reach children and perpetrator profiles. Kish’s book projects include: Anti-Racist Practice in Social Work (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) which examines attitudes and behaviours in relation to law, policy and practice on race equality. Diversity, Difference and Dilemmas (OUP/McGraw Hill, 2017) examines, for example, the disproportionate attention paid to immigrants and terrorists in populist policy and media reporting.
Professor Kish Bhatti-Sinclair
Head of Social Work and Social Care
Publications
Bhatti-Sinclair, K. (2021) Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young refugees – children and young people alone in the UK in a pandemic in Turner, D. (Editor), Social Work and Covid-19: lessons for education and practice, Critical Publishing, ISBN: 9781913453619, pp. 23-33.
Bhatti-Sinclair, K. and Sutcliffe, C. (2020) Group Localised Child Sexual Exploitation Offender,Who and Why, Seen and Heard, the Journal of the National Association for Children’s Guardians, Family Court Advisers and Independent Social Workers, Vol. 30, Issue 4, pp 51-68..
Bhatti-Sinclair, K. and Sutcliffe, C. (2019), Normative and Positive Social Work in the Context of the Placement Decision: A Defence of Social Workers, Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 20(2), pp 77-94, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v20i2.1260.
Bhatti-Sinclair, K. and Smethurst, C. (2018) Understanding Group Localised Child Sexual Exploitation, Seen and Heard, the Journal of the National Association for Children’s Guardians, Family Court Advisers and Independent Social Workers, Vol. 28, Issue 4, October 2018, ISSN 1744-1072.
Bhatti-Sinclair, K. and Smethurst, C. (Eds.) (2017), Diversity, Difference and Professional Dilemmas: Developing Skills in Challenging Times, Open University Press/McGraw Hill, ISBN: 9780335261826.
Bhatti-Sinclair, K. (2011), Anti-Racist Practice in Social Work, Palgrave/Macmillan, ISBN: 978-0-230-01307-0.