Dr Laura Steckley
Reader
Social Work
Personal statement
My research interests broadly involve deepening our understanding of key areas of practice in order to improve the experiences and life chances of children and young people in residential child care.泭 I am currently involved in research looking to identify potential threshold concepts in education for residential child care practitioners.泭 My largest study to date involved in-depth exploration and theorisation around physical restraint in residential child care.
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My teaching is mostly on residential child care, with supporting research, theory and social policy related to child development and the impact of trauma and other forms of adversity on that development.泭 I lead up the MSc in Advanced Residential Child Care and serve as Vice Convener on the University's research ethics committee.
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I joined the 勛圖tv in 2003 and am simultaneously part of the School of Social Work & Social Policy and CELCIS (the Centre of Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland).泭 Before coming to the University, I worked in direct practice, management and training in residential treatment for adolescents in the United States and residential child care here in Scotland.
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 2019
Publications
- , Deeley Sarah, Watson Gemma
- (2025)
- , Deeley Sarah, Watson Gemma
- (2025)
- Child & Youth Care Aspects of Relational Practice (2025) (2025)
- Cryne Adrienne,
- Relational Child and Youth Care Practice Vol 37, pp. 132-149 (2025)
- Social work research with children and young people (2025) (2025)
- , Gaitens Christine, Walsh Simon
- The Art of Relational Weaving A Guide to the Essence of Relational Practice in Child and Youth Care (2024) (2024)
Professional Activities
- Participant
- 26/2/2026
- Recipient
- 27/2/2025
- Invited speaker
- 24/9/2024
- Invited speaker
- 28/8/2024
- Speaker
- 6/10/2023
- Member
- 2023
Projects
- Butler, Joanna (Principal Investigator) Cunningham, Ian (Co-investigator) Joshi, Manish (Co-investigator) Steckley, Laura (Co-investigator)
- 04-Jan-2025 - 03-Jan-2027
- Steckley, Laura (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 15-Jan-2025
- Steckley, Laura (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Burns, Claire (Principal Investigator) Doyle, Kathleen Isobel (Co-investigator) McMeeking, Joanne (Co-investigator) Ottaway, Heather (Co-investigator) Paterson, Steven (Co-investigator) Scott, Jane (Co-investigator) Steckley, Laura (Co-investigator)
- Previous awards on 130252 (new subproject required)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
- McCreadie, Craig (Principal Investigator) Steckley, Laura (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
- Steckley, Laura (Principal Investigator) Deeley, Sarah (Co-investigator) Bettencourt, Michael (Co-investigator) Hollins, Lee Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2023