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Over 150 people attended yesterday’s webinar in the Homelessness series at King's, in which Karl Mason, Senior Lecturer and MSc Social Work Course Lead at Royal Holloway, University of London, shared emerging findings from his PhD research which provides important insights into the experiences of assessment processes, practices and outcomes from the perspective of people experiencing homelessness.
In a section of his presentation with application beyond the field of homelessness, Karl explained some of the theoretical underpinning of his work, encouraging attendees to think through what we mean when we talk about 'needs' and highlighting the relevance of the work of Axel Honneth (on recognition) and Miranda Fricker (on epistemic injustice). See Karl's slides.
Webinar participants thanked Karl ‘for an excellent presentation and discussion’ which was described as ‘very informative and eye opening’, ‘thought provoking’ and a ‘really insightful webinar. Gave me more to think about. Much appreciated’.
‘Thank you so much, this has been so informative and great for further thinking and reflection. Brilliant research.’
Coming up
The next webinar in this series is Memory loss and physical frailty amongst people experiencing homelessness on 12 December 2024 with speakers Penny Rapaport and Jo Dawes from University College London.
Please get in touch with Jess Harris if you would like to join the mailing list for the Homelessness series to hear about future events.
People experiencing homelessness often have multiple, complex needs that intersect around issues of substance use, mental and physical ill-health, offending histories and institutional care experiences. They are frequently asked to engage with assessments by multiple agencies, which may be experienced as repetitive, embarrassing, judgemental and even dangerous.
The webinar will share findings from a study which provides important insights into the experiences of assessment processes, practices and outcomes from the perspective of people experiencing homelessness. Suggestions for practice to help avoid the repetition or inducing of shame and trauma will be shared.
It will be led by Karl Mason, Senior Lecturer, MSc Social Work Course Lead, and Co-Lead Health and Social Care Research Cluster, Royal Holloway, University of London
Homelessness series at King's
This webinar, which takes place on MS Teams only, is part of the Homelessness series, organised out of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London.
We generally send out the slides following meetings and post them here, but do not record sessions.
Please get in touch with Jess Harris if you would like to join the mailing list for the Homelessness series.
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