Where I've been published

I am always keen to contribute expertise, opinion and ideas to publications, papers, research resources and podcasts around my specialisms. 

Here you'll find lists of where I've been published to date, including links to the latest podcast episodes and an article in Professional Social Work Magazine. 

Ongoing contribution to books, papers, podcasts and beyond.

If you would like to talk to me about providing comment, expertise and opinion on any of my specialisms, please do contact me.

PUBLICATIONS
My book and articles work has covered leadership and resilience, as well as both social work and anti-racism theory and practice. 

CONFERENCE PAPERS
These include contributions to papers presented to both research and practice conferences across the world.

BLOGS
I have contributed articles for PSDP and Research in Practice, as well as for Gov.uk.

PODCASTS
I am a regular contributor to the Social Work Matters podcast. 

Publications

Magazine articles

What makes a good reflective supervisor? British Association of Social Workers – Professional Social Work Magazine – May/June 2025 issue [read the article here]


Journal articles

Williams J. (2022) Supervision as a Secure Base: The role of Attachment Theory within the emotional and psycho-social landscape of social work supervision, Journal of Social Work Practice [here]. 

Williams, J., Ruch, G. and Jennings, S, (2022) Creating the conditions for collective curiosity and containment: insights from developing and delivering reflective groups with social work supervisors, Journal of Social Work Practice, 36:2, 195-207 [here]. 


Books

Williams, J. (forthcoming) ‘Reflect, Draw, Write, Talk: Co-developing creative psycho-social methods of inquiry with social work supervisors to explore the emotional and relational landscape of their work’. In, G. Ruch and M. Lefevre (eds.) Psycho-social and Practice-near Research in Social Work. Bristol: Policy Press.

Ahmed, S. and Williams, J. (2025) ‘Co-Creating a Model for Anti-Racist Supervision’. In, N. Jude, T. Moore and G. Simango (eds) The Anti-racist Social Worker in Practice. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781916925595 [here]

Bartoli, A. and Williams, J. (2024) ‘Becoming a Manager During a Global Pandemic’. In, A. Bartoli Becoming a Social Work Manager. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781915713759 [here]

Williams, J. (2021) ‘Re-wiring my Racist Brain: A Life’s Work’. In, T. Moore and G. Simango. (eds) The Anti-Racist Social Worker: Stories of Activism in social care and allied health professions. St Albans: Critical Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781914171413 [here]. 

Richardson, M., Peacock, F. (eds.) with Brown, G., Fuller, T., Smart, T and Williams, J. (2016). Fostering Good Relationships: Partnership Work in Therapy with Looked After and Adopted Children. London: Karnac Books. ISBN 9781782201519 [here]

Kinman, G., McMurray, I., and Williams, J. (2014) ‘Enhancing Self Knowledge, Coping Skills and Stress Resistance’ in Grant, L. and Kinman, G. (eds.). 2014. Developing Resilience for Social Work Practice. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781137302496 [here]. 



Conference Papers

Williams, J. and Takaendisa, M., 2024, Exploring Racism and Anti-racist Allyship in the Workplace, paper presented to the London Borough of Lewisham, Children’s Services, Black History Month event, October 2024.

Williams, J. 2024, Creating a Secure Base and a Safe Haven: Considering attachment theory in our relationships at work, paper presented to the London Borough of Lewisham, Children’s Services, Wellbeing Week, May 2024.

Lynch, A. and Williams, J. 2023, Book-ending participatory research processes: Developing relational and creative methods with social work practitioners and supervisors, paper presented to the International Conference for Practice Research, Aalborg Conference, Aalborg University, Denmark, June 2023.

Ahmed, S., Jennings, S., Smith, S. and Williams, J. 2023, Developing anti-racist supervision practices, paper presented to the Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, May 2023.

Williams, J., Ruch, G. and Jennings, S. 2023, Creating the conditions for collective curiosity and containment: Insights from developing and delivering reflective groups with social work supervisors, paper presented to the European Conference for Social Work Research, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, April 2023.

Williams, J. 2022, Reflect, Draw, Write, Talk: Co-developing psycho-social methods of inquiry with social work supervisors, paper presented to the International Doctoral Practice Research Seminar, hosted by the Helsinki Practice Research Centre, University of Helsinki, Finland; the Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research, University of Sussex, England; and the University of Melbourne, Australia [online event], December 2022.

Williams, J. 2022, Reflect, Draw, Write, Talk: Co-developing psycho-social methods of inquiry with research participants, paper presented to the Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research, Doctoral Research Seminar, University of Sussex England and University College, Oslo, Norway [online event], November 2022.

Williams J. 2022, Imagining Anti-Racist Supervision in the 21st Century: Why we still need to talk about this!, paper presented to the Hertfordshire County Council and Hertfordshire Teaching Partnership: Practice Week, online, June 2022.

Williams, J. and Damman, J. 2021, Changing Child Welfare Organisations through the Supervisory Relationship, paper presented to the Kempe Center's International Virtual Conference, Denver, Colorado, US, October 2021.

Williams, J. and Ruch, G. 2021. Learning to Learn: Reflections on the Development and Delivery of the PSDP Model of Teaching and Learning, paper presented to the Joint Social Work and Education Conference, Cardiff, July 2021.

Williams, J. 2021. ‘Together Apart’- Navigating the Virtual Territory of Social Work Supervision, Paper presented to the Making Research Count, Institute for Applied Social Research Conference, Luton, May 2021. 

Williams, J. 2021. Learning from the Practice Supervisor Development Programme: What practice supervisors and supervisees need, to achieve good reflective supervision, key note lecture presented to the annual Practice Educators Conference, Kingston University, London, May 2021.

Williams, J. and Domakin, A. 2019. Learning from the Practice Supervisor Development Programme, paper presented to the annual Link Officers conference on Leading and Embedding Learning, Research in Practice, Birmingham, November 2019.

Williams, J. 2019. Supervision and Attachment Patterns: The Role of Attachment Theory within the Emotional Landscape of Social Work Supervision, paper presented at the Research in Practice Conference on building practice supervision in learning organisations, Leicester, February 2019.

Williams, J. 2017. A Secure Base: The Role of Attachment Theory within the Emotional Landscape of Supervision, paper presented at Making Research Count, Institute of Applied Social Research Conference at University of Bedfordshire, Luton, July 2017.

Richardson, M., Peacock, F., Williams, J. 2016. Fostering Good Relationships: Partnership Work in Therapy with Looked After and Adopted Children, paper presented at the Association for Family Therapy Conference, Brighton, September 2016.

Blogs

Humanising social work: Evolving hope through relational learning with practice supervisors – 28.07.2022 [here]. 

Three years on, three perspectives: Longer term reflections on the impact of the Practice Supervisor Development Programme 07.03.2022 [here]. 

Celebrating learning from PSDP and announcing the fourth wave of delivery 25.07.2022 (Practice Supervisor Development Programme Repository) [here]. 

Coalition calls! Developing confidence in anti-racist supervision practice 22.06.2021 (Practice Supervisor Development Programme Repository) [here]. 

Feeling, thinking, being: A call to mindfulness in times of crisis 14.05.2020 (Practice Supervisor Development Programme Repository) [here]

Cats, dogs and pineapples – reflections from the virtual delivery of ‘PSDP: Supervising the Supervisor’ 26.10.2020 (Practice Supervisor Development Programme Repository) [here]. 

What a difference a year makes! Reflections from PSDP pilot participants 06.01.2020 (Practice Supervisor Development Programme Repository) [here]. 

Unfamiliar Circumstances: Reflections on present times 28.04.2020 [here]. 

Aspirations for the new ‘Supervising the Supervisor’ Programme 24.08.2020 (Practice Supervisor Development Programme Repository) [here]. 

Place, space and time: Reflections on the bespoke Practice Supervisor Development Programme 23.07.2019 (Practice Supervisor Development Programme Repository) [here]. 

Podcasts

13.01.2021 - Social Workers Matter, with Dr Sylvia - Safe Spaces for Thinking, Dialogue and Learning [Apple Podcasts]. 

10.08.2022 - Social Workers Matter, with Dr Sylvia - Becoming an Antiracist Practitioner [Apple Podcasts]. 

26.02.2023 - Social Workers Matter, with Dr Sylvia - Co Facilitators Sandie, Sharon, Jo & Sylvia in conversation [Apple Podcasts]. 

02.06.2025 - The Relational Social Work Podcast - Supervision and the Spaces In-between [The Relational Social Work Podcast] [Spotify]

04.06.2025 - Anti-Racist Supervision in Practice, with Dr Sylvia [Apple Podcasts]

Professional Social Work Magazine article (May/June 2025 issue)

The importance of tuning into oneself, developing our empathetic skills and our compassion, celebrating individuality. These facets and more are all part of what makes a good reflective supervisor, as I discuss in this article for Professional Social Work Magazine (May/June 2025) published by The British Association of Social Workers.
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