Dr Sophie Hallett
Uwch Ddarlithydd
Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
- HallettS1@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76909
- Adeilad Morgannwg, Ystafell Ystafell 2.15, Rhodfa’r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3WA
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Trosolwyg
I am a social policy academic, and my expertise falls within the area of children and young people and social care. My intellectual interests revolve around aspects related to social policy analysis, care, welfare, childhood and youth.My specialist field is youth and child sexual exploitation, and reflects the interdisciplinary nature of my work.
My methodological approach to research is qualitative, participative, ethnographic, and discourse analytic.
My intellectual aim is to explore and understand the relationship between policy and practice – between public discourse(s), ideology, culture and lived experience, in the context of care and welfare practices, with regards to those occupying interstitial categories and marginalised spaces.
I am affiliated to CASCADE (Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre), contributing to research projects, engagement and knowledge exchange activities, and playing an active role in strategic decision-making and elements of operational delivery of the work of the centre.
It is my goal to lead in research which generates public debate, interrogates societal values, its categories and assumptions, and which pursues reflexive and reciprocal knowledge, with the aim of serving society and contributing to social change - primarily through influencing public service policy and professional practice. Key achievements have been developing a UK-wide reputation as an expert in CSE, and I am recognised as a lead academic expert on CSE in Wales, where I am also involved in the development of CSE policy and frontline practice, whilst also building a profile as an academic with specialist expertise in research and knowledge on children and young people and social care. I have a sincere and demonstrable commitment to achieving policy and practice impact, as well as to contributing to academic knowledge and delivering excellent research-led teaching. I am committed to theoretically informed, empirically-driven research that is interdisciplinary, is methodologically innovative whilst sitting firmly within well-established traditions.
Cyhoeddiad
2022
- Rees, A., Roberts, L., Mannay, D., Evans, R., Staples, E. and Hallett, S. 2022. Listening to the experts: Learning about relationships and their impact on educational experiences from children and young people in state care. Relational Social Work 6(2), pp. 36-57. (10.14605/RSW622202)
2019
- Hallett, S., Deerfield, K. and Hudson, K. 2019. The same but different? Exploring the links between gender, trauma, sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours. Child Abuse Review 28(6), pp. 442-454. (10.1002/car.2591)
- Mannay, D., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Evans, R. and Andrews, D. 2019. Enabling talk and reframing messages: working creatively with care experienced children and young people to recount and re-represent their everyday experiences. Child Care in Practice 25(1), pp. 51-63. (10.1080/13575279.2018.1521375)
- Morrison, F., Cree, V., Ruch, G., Winter, K. M., Hadfield, M. and Hallett, S. 2019. Containment: exploring the concept of agency in children's statutory encounters with social workers. Childhood 26(1), pp. 98-112. (10.1177/0907568218810101)
- Winter, K., Morrison, F., Cree, V., Ruch, G., Hadfield, M. and Hallett, S. 2019. Emotional labour in social workers' encounters with children and their families. British Journal of Social Work 49(1), pp. 217-233. (10.1093/bjsw/bcy016)
- Staples, E., Roberts, L., Lyttleton-Smith, J. and Hallett, S. 2019. Enabling care-experienced young people’s participation in research: CASCADE Voices. In: Mannay, D., Rees, A. and Roberts, L. eds. Children and Young People 'Looked After’? Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
2017
- Hallett, S., Crowley, A., Deerfield, K., Staples, E. and Rees, A. 2017. Review of the Wales Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation (CSE) statutory guidance. Available at: https://gov.wales/review-wales-safeguarding-children-and-young-people-sexual-exploitation-statutory-guidance-0
- Mannay, D., Evans, R., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A. and Andrews, D. 2017. The consequences of being labelled ‘looked-after’: Exploring the educational experiences of looked-after children and young people in Wales. British Educational Research Journal 43(4), pp. 683-699. (10.1002/berj.3283)
- Karen, W., Viviene, C., Hallett, S., Hadfield, M., Gillian, R., Fiona, M. and Holland, S. 2017. Exploring communication between social workers, children and young people. British Journal of Social Work 47(5), pp. 1427-1444. (10.1093/bjsw/bcw083)
- Ruch, G., Winter, K., Cree, V., Hallett, S., Morrison, F. and Hadfield, M. 2017. Making meaningful connections: using insights from social pedagogy for statutory social work practice. Child and Family Social Work 22(2), pp. 1015-1023. (10.1111/cfs.12321)
- Hallett, S. 2017. Making sense of child sexual exploitation: exchange, abuse and young people. Bristol: Policy Press. (10.2307/j.ctt1t895fv)
2016
- Evans, R., Hallett, S., Rees, A. and Roberts, L. 2016. The acceptability of educational interventions: Qualitative evidence from children and young people in care. Children and Youth Services Review 71, pp. 68-76. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.030)
- Hallett, S. 2016. ‘An uncomfortable comfortableness’: ‘care’, child protection and child sexual exploitation. British Journal of Social Work 46(7), pp. 2137-2152. (10.1093/bjsw/bcv136)
- Hickle, K. and Hallett, S. 2016. Mitigating harm: considering harm reduction principles in work with sexually exploited young people. Children & Society 30(4), pp. 302-313. (10.1111/chso.12145)
- Mannay, D., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Evans, R. and Andrews, D. 2016. Exploring the educational experiences and aspirations of Looked After Children and Young People (LACYP) in Wales. Project Report. Cardiff: Children's Social Care and Research and Development Centre (CASCADE).
- Mannay, D. and Hallett, S. 2016. Reflecting on the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. Presented at: Looked After Children In Education: National Strategic Group (NSG), Cardiff, UK, 9 March 2016.
2015
- Mannay, D., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Evans, R. E. and Andrews, D. 2015. Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/understanding-educational-experiences-opinions-attainment-achievement-aspirations-looked-after-children-wales/?lang=en
- Mannay, D., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Evans, R. E. and Andrews, D. 2015. Executive summary: Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales.. Technical Report.
2013
- Hallett, S. 2013. Child sexual exploitation in South East Wales: problems and solutions from the perspectives of young people and professionals. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Rees, A., Roberts, L., Mannay, D., Evans, R., Staples, E. and Hallett, S. 2022. Listening to the experts: Learning about relationships and their impact on educational experiences from children and young people in state care. Relational Social Work 6(2), pp. 36-57. (10.14605/RSW622202)
- Hallett, S., Deerfield, K. and Hudson, K. 2019. The same but different? Exploring the links between gender, trauma, sexual exploitation and harmful sexual behaviours. Child Abuse Review 28(6), pp. 442-454. (10.1002/car.2591)
- Mannay, D., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Evans, R. and Andrews, D. 2019. Enabling talk and reframing messages: working creatively with care experienced children and young people to recount and re-represent their everyday experiences. Child Care in Practice 25(1), pp. 51-63. (10.1080/13575279.2018.1521375)
- Morrison, F., Cree, V., Ruch, G., Winter, K. M., Hadfield, M. and Hallett, S. 2019. Containment: exploring the concept of agency in children's statutory encounters with social workers. Childhood 26(1), pp. 98-112. (10.1177/0907568218810101)
- Winter, K., Morrison, F., Cree, V., Ruch, G., Hadfield, M. and Hallett, S. 2019. Emotional labour in social workers' encounters with children and their families. British Journal of Social Work 49(1), pp. 217-233. (10.1093/bjsw/bcy016)
- Mannay, D., Evans, R., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A. and Andrews, D. 2017. The consequences of being labelled ‘looked-after’: Exploring the educational experiences of looked-after children and young people in Wales. British Educational Research Journal 43(4), pp. 683-699. (10.1002/berj.3283)
- Karen, W., Viviene, C., Hallett, S., Hadfield, M., Gillian, R., Fiona, M. and Holland, S. 2017. Exploring communication between social workers, children and young people. British Journal of Social Work 47(5), pp. 1427-1444. (10.1093/bjsw/bcw083)
- Ruch, G., Winter, K., Cree, V., Hallett, S., Morrison, F. and Hadfield, M. 2017. Making meaningful connections: using insights from social pedagogy for statutory social work practice. Child and Family Social Work 22(2), pp. 1015-1023. (10.1111/cfs.12321)
- Evans, R., Hallett, S., Rees, A. and Roberts, L. 2016. The acceptability of educational interventions: Qualitative evidence from children and young people in care. Children and Youth Services Review 71, pp. 68-76. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.030)
- Hallett, S. 2016. ‘An uncomfortable comfortableness’: ‘care’, child protection and child sexual exploitation. British Journal of Social Work 46(7), pp. 2137-2152. (10.1093/bjsw/bcv136)
- Hickle, K. and Hallett, S. 2016. Mitigating harm: considering harm reduction principles in work with sexually exploited young people. Children & Society 30(4), pp. 302-313. (10.1111/chso.12145)
Book sections
- Staples, E., Roberts, L., Lyttleton-Smith, J. and Hallett, S. 2019. Enabling care-experienced young people’s participation in research: CASCADE Voices. In: Mannay, D., Rees, A. and Roberts, L. eds. Children and Young People 'Looked After’? Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
Books
- Hallett, S. 2017. Making sense of child sexual exploitation: exchange, abuse and young people. Bristol: Policy Press. (10.2307/j.ctt1t895fv)
Conferences
- Mannay, D. and Hallett, S. 2016. Reflecting on the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. Presented at: Looked After Children In Education: National Strategic Group (NSG), Cardiff, UK, 9 March 2016.
Monographs
- Hallett, S., Crowley, A., Deerfield, K., Staples, E. and Rees, A. 2017. Review of the Wales Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation (CSE) statutory guidance. Available at: https://gov.wales/review-wales-safeguarding-children-and-young-people-sexual-exploitation-statutory-guidance-0
- Mannay, D., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Evans, R. and Andrews, D. 2016. Exploring the educational experiences and aspirations of Looked After Children and Young People (LACYP) in Wales. Project Report. Cardiff: Children's Social Care and Research and Development Centre (CASCADE).
- Mannay, D., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Evans, R. E. and Andrews, D. 2015. Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/understanding-educational-experiences-opinions-attainment-achievement-aspirations-looked-after-children-wales/?lang=en
- Mannay, D., Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Evans, R. E. and Andrews, D. 2015. Executive summary: Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales.. Technical Report.
Thesis
- Hallett, S. 2013. Child sexual exploitation in South East Wales: problems and solutions from the perspectives of young people and professionals. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
I am a social policy academic, and my expertise falls within the area of children and young people and social care. My intellectual interests revolve around aspects related to social policy analysis, care, welfare, childhood and youth. My specialist field is youth and child sexual exploitation.
Current projects
Hallett, S. (PI), Crowley, A., Deerfield, K., Rees, A., Staples, E. (2017) Review of the Safeguarding Children and young people from sexual exploitation (CSE) guidance. Welsh Government. £40.000.
Hallett, S. (PI), Forrester, D., and Verbruggen, J. (2016-18) Keeping safe? An analysis of the outcomes of work with sexually exploited young people in Wales. Health and Care Research Wales. £237,890
Mannay, S. (PI) and Hallett, S. (2016-17). Improving the Educational Experiences and Attainment of Looked After Children and Young People. ESRC Impact Acceleration Fund. £25,000.
Hallett, S. (PI) and Innes, M. (2016-17) A new child sexual exploitation policing knowledge hub: enhancing police responses to child sexual exploitation, other forms of child sexual abuse and associated vulnerabilities in adolescence. The International Centre: Researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking, College of Policing and HEFCE Knowledge Fund. £21,600.
Hallett, S. (PI) and Hudson, K. (2016-19) ‘Gwella’: A national knowledge and practice hub preventing risk of child sexual exploitation and sexually harmful behaviours. Delivering Sustainable Social Services Grant – Welsh Government, with Barnardo’s Cymru. £219,393. (Full award £1.5 million)
Hallett, S. (PI) and Forrester, D. 2015. Responding to Risk: An Analysis of Referrals and Outcomes for Young People at Risk of CSE. DTC Type 2 Doctoral Studentship Award
Previous research funding
- Mannay, D. (PI), Staples, E., Hallett, S., Roberts, L., Rees, A., Andrews, D. (2015) Understanding the educational experiences, opinions, attainment and aspirations of looked after children in Wales. DfES and Welsh Government. £60,000
- Scourfield, J. (PI) and Hallett, S. (2014-16) Sexually exploited boys in Wales: How do we identify them and what services do they need? Barnardo’s Cymru, £3094
- Hallett, S. (PI) (2014) Communication in social work with children: A qualitative research project. CUROP, £1500
Impact
I have a sincere commitment to achieving policy and practice impact. My PhD work into CSE has informed the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan CSE strategy and practice guidance, and training on CSE for sexual health clinics operating under the Aneurin Bevan Health Board. My CASCADE practice briefing on CSE is hosted as a resource on the Public Health England website. I was invited to be a critical friend on the South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner’s review into police and partnership approaches to tackling CSE in Wales, and to the development of a resource for raising awareness of CSE for elected members. I was the Wales representative on an advisory group for a Comic Relief funded research project into the sexual exploitation of children and young people with learning disabilities across the UK, run by Paradigm Research, CCFAR at Coventry University, Barnardo's, The Children's Society and BILD (British Institute for Learning Disability). I have also been invited as a keynote speaker to various conferences, including the Wales’ Independent Reviewing Officers national conference, and the ‘Protecting Girls - Preventing Harm’, Home Office and South Wales Police conference. I have also presented to Jenny Rathbone AM and Welsh Government advisors at a briefing to inform the Wales Gender Based Violence and Sexual Abuse Bill, and to the CSE evidence exchange meeting, organised by Children’s Commissioner for Wales.
In addition, I played a significant role in the research, analysis and development of outputs from the Looked After Children in Education Research, commissioned by Welsh Government. Recommendations from this research were incorporated into the newly launched Education strategy for Looked After Children. I am working with SOCSI colleagues, and in partnership with Welsh Government to extend the impact of this research, including the joint development of a Schools Education Charter. I also made radio and TV appearances as part of disseminating this research.
Addysgu
I teach at both Masters and Undergraduate level covering: Contemporary Perspectives on Youth and Childhood; Feminism and Citizenship; Social Policy Analysis; Introduction to Social Policy; Research in Action; Research with Children and Young People; Children and Childhood.
I also convene and teach on the Childhood and Youth MSc module.
Bywgraffiad
Education
- 2013: PhD (NISCHR funded studentship.) Cardiff University.
Title: ‘Child sexual exploitation’ in South-East Wales: Problems and solutions from the perspectives of young people and professionals’. Examiners: Professor Amanda Coffey and Professor Karen Broadhurst. - 2008: MSc Social Science Research Methods - Social Policy (distinction). Cardiff University.
Dissertation title: ‘Agency, Subjectivity and Child Sexual Exploitation: Opportunities for Social Care Practice’. - 2002: BA (Hons) Communication. Cardiff University.
Career overview
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Cymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch (o 2019)
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
- 2016 - present: Lecturer (Social Policy), Cardiff University
- 2015 - 2016: Research Associate (CASCADE), Cardiff university
- 2013 - 2015: Research Associate, Talking and Listening to Children Project, Cardiff University.
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- 2015 - 2016: Member of the School Advisory Group
- 2013 - 2015: Staff elected member of the School Board
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
Mae gennyf ddiddordeb mewn goruchwylio myfyrwyr y mae eu diddordebau yn eu gweld yn ymgysylltu ag unrhyw un o'r meysydd canlynol:
- camfanteisio'n rhywiol ar blant;
- gofal a'r profiad gofal;
- damcaniaethau ieuenctid a phlentyndod;
- methodolegau cyfranogol a chreadigol;
- ethnograffeg sefydliadol;
- dadansoddiad o ddisgyrsiau.