All Stories

  1. Accounting for gender and sexuality in social work leadership: An exploratory study of lesbian leader perspectives

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Christine Cocker

  2. Lesbian perspectives and experiences of gender and sexuality in leadership in social work and social care: a review of the literature

    Article • September 2025, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Christine Cocker

  3. Older LGBTQ+ people and the equality/human rights implications of inequalities in older age healthsocial care provision

    Article • August 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Christine Cocker

  4. Not in the family: trans people’s experiences of family relationships and the implications for support in later life

    Article • July 2024, Policy Press

    Christine Cocker

  5. Social Work Teaching Partnerships: Changing Landscapes in Social Work Education

    Article • Practice, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Cocker

  6. Learning from safeguarding adult reviews about Transitional Safeguarding: building an evidence base

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, April 2022, Emerald

    Christine Cocker

  7. Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Christine Cocker

  8. Transitional Safeguarding: Opportunities to Improve Safeguarding Practices with Young People

    Article • Practice, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Cocker

  9. Following the Death of Ms A: A Local Authority Response to Transitional Safeguarding

    Article • Practice, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Cocker

  10. Transitional Safeguarding: presenting the case for developing Making Safeguarding Personal for young people in England

    Article • The Journal of Adult Protection, January 2021, Emerald

    Christine Cocker

  11. Transitional Safeguarding: Transforming How Adolescents and Young Adults Are Safeguarded

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Christine Cocker

  12. Doing the right thing and getting it right: professional perspectives in social work on supporting parents from gender diverse communities

    Article • International Journal of Transgender Health, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Cocker

  13. Research Ethics with Gender and Sexually Diverse Persons

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Christine Cocker

  14. Sexuality and religion: from the court of appeal to the social work classroom

    Article • Social Work Education, August 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Cocker

  15. Lesbian and Gay Foster Care and Adoption, 2nd edn, Stephen Hicks and Janet McDermott

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Christine Cocker

  16. What do we know about transgender parenting?: Findings from a systematic review

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, April 2019, Wiley

    Christine Cocker

  17. Potential value of the current mental health monitoring of children in state care in England

    Article • BJPsych Open, November 2018, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Christine Cocker

  18. Having children outside a heterosexual relationship: options for persons living with HIV

    Article • Sexually Transmitted Infections, October 2018, BMJ

    Christine Cocker

  19. Making Safeguarding Personal and Social Work Practice with Older Adults: Findings from Local-Authority Survey Data in England

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, June 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Christine Cocker

  20. Positioning discourse on homophobia in schools: What have lesbian and gay families got to say?

    Article • Qualitative Social Work, April 2018, SAGE Publications

    Christine Cocker

  21. Rights through Alliances: Findings from a European Project Tackling Homophobic and Transphobic Bullying in Schools through the Engagement of Families and Young People

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Christine Cocker

  22. Social Work with Lesbians & Gay Men

    Article • January 2011, SAGE Publications

    Christine Cocker

  23. Sex, Sexuality and Relationships: Developing Confidence and Discernment When Assessing Lesbian and Gay Prospective Adopters

    Article • Adoption & Fostering, April 2010, SAGE Publications

    Christine Cocker

  24. Out and Proud? Social Work's Relationship with Lesbian and Gay Equality

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, March 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Christine Cocker

  25. What is the Impact of Public Care on Children's Welfare? A Review of Research Findings from England and Wales and their Policy Implications

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, July 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Christine Cocker

  26. Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption: Out of the Closet into the Mainstream?

    Article • Adoption & Fostering, December 2008, SAGE Publications

    Christine Cocker

  27. Legal, Social and Attitudinal Changes: An Exploration of Lesbian and Gay Issues in a Training Programme for Social Workers in Fostering and Adoption

    Article • Social Work Education, February 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Christine Cocker

  28. Improving the mental and emotional well-being of looked after children: connecting research, policy and practice

    Article • The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, January 2006, SAGE Publications

    Christine Cocker