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Research Interests
After qualifying as a social worker in 1995 I worked for 12 years in mental health services, in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, as a Community Mental Health Team social worker, out of hours Approved Social Worker, project manager and team leader in assertive outreach and rehabilitation. My main research interests are in the area of mental health, specifically: the effectiveness of mental health services; the social determinants of mental health; human rights and mental health/mental capacity legislation; and the associations between adverse childhood experiences and mental health. I'm the Strand Lead for What Works for Communities within the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation; the Queen's coordinator for the Approved Social Work Programme; and one of the social work representatives on the Department of Health's Reference Group for the Mental Capacity Act Northern Ireland 2016.
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Projects 2010 2019
R2583SES: The RELATIONSHIP BETWEeN ALCOHOL AND MeNTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS : a rapid review of evidence
Campbell, A., Butler, M., Davidson, G. & McLaughlin, A.
19/03/2019 → …
Project: Research
R2367SES: NSPCC/ESRC Identifying and Responding to the Trauma of Maltreated Children
Duffy, M., Best, P., Bunting, L., Davidson, G., Devaney, J. & French, D.
07/02/2017 → …
Project: Research
R4788SES: Regional Audit of the Think Family Initiative
Davidson, G., Bunting, L., Devaney, J., Duffy, J. & Grant, A.
30/01/2017 → …
Project: Research
R4737NUR: An evaluation of health & social care professional's family focused practice with parents who have mental illness, their children and families in adult mental health and children's services in Northern Ireland
Grant, A., Davidson, G., Devaney, J., Duffy, J., Galway, K. & Perra, O.
11/11/2015 → …
Project: Research
Research Output 2007 2019
Attaining Theoretical Coherence within Relationship-Based Practice in Child and Family Social Work: The Systemic Perspective
Coulter, S., Houston, S., Mooney, S., Devaney, J. & Davidson, G., 10 Oct 2019, In : British Journal of Social Work. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Social Work
social work
Marketing
evidence
social worker
Community treatment orders and mental health social work: Issues for policy and practice in the UK and Ireland
Campbell, J., Davidson, G., McCusker, P., Jobling, H. & Slater, T., May 2019, In : International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 64, p. 230-237 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Social Work
Ireland
jurisdiction
Mental Health
social work
Developing trauma informed care in Northern Ireland: Health and mental health care systems
Bunting, L., Montgomery, L., Mooney, S., MacDonald, M., Coulter, S., Hayes, D., Davidson, G. & Forbes, T., 2019, 39 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
File
Developing trauma informed care in Northern Ireland: The child welfare system
Bunting, L., Montgomery, L., Mooney, S., MacDonald, M., Coulter, S., Hayes, D., Davidson, G. & Forbes, T., 2019, 39 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
File
Developing trauma informed care in Northern Ireland: The education system
Bunting, L., Montgomery, L., Mooney, S., MacDonald, M., Coulter, S., Hayes, D., Davidson, G. & Forbes, T., 2019, 37 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
File
Prizes
Internationalising the Social Work Curriculum
Janet Anand (Recipient), Gavin Davidson (Recipient), John Pinkerton (Recipient), Anne Campbell (Recipient) & Katharine Dill (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
team teaching
social work
curriculum
Queen's University Teaching Award - Excellence in Teaching in a Team
Paul Murphy (Recipient), Gavin Davidson (Recipient), Joseph Duffy (Recipient), Lorna Montgomery (Recipient), Gerard Gormley (Recipient) & Ian Walsh (Recipient), 20 Jun 2017
Prize: Other distinction
university teaching
drama
social work
role play
Teaching
Research and Development Office Doctoral Fellowship
Gavin Davidson (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Mental Health Services
Research
Service User involvement in teaching and assessing Social Work students
Joseph Duffy (Recipient), Bernadette Kelly (Recipient), Chaitali Das (Recipient), Gavin Davidson (Recipient) & David Hayes (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship
Gavin Davidson (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Decision making
Activities 2003 2019
6th Annual Social Work and Social Care Research in Practice Conference
Gavin Davidson (Speaker)06 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
File
Education for Transformation: Mental Health Morning
Trisha Forbes (Organiser), Claire McCartan (Presenter), John Moriarty (Contributor), Gavin Davidson (Contributor), Karen Galway (Contributor)16 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
6th Annual Social Work and Social Care Research in Practice Conference
Lorna Montgomery (Speaker), Paul Murphy (Speaker), Gavin Davidson (Contributor), Joe Duffy (Advisor)06 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Forensic Mental Health Past, Present and Future
Mark Linden (Organiser), Karen Galway (Session chair), Richard Bunn (Member of the organising committee), Gavin Davidson (Invited speaker), Cherie Armour (Invited speaker), Michelle Templeton (Invited speaker), Helen Walker (Invited speaker)13 Sep 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
The distinctive contribution of social work to mental health
Gavin Davidson (Organiser)10 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Press / Media
Stormont meeting explores connection between trauma and violent offending
Colm Walsh, Shadd Maruna & Gavin Davidson
10/01/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Impact
Reducing the Death and Injury of Children from Abuse and Neglect
John Devaney (Participant), Anne Lazenbatt (Participant), Lisa Bunting (Participant), Gavin Davidson (Participant), Trevor Spratt (Participant), David Hayes (Participant)
Impact: Public Policy Impact, Societial Impact