Michael Murphy

Senior Lecturer in Social Work

• Allerton C603
• T: 0161 295 2481
• E: m.murphy@salford.ac.uk
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When not teaching or researching

9.30 am – 4.00 pm

Michael was a social worker and senior practitioner in Staffs and Greater Manchester between 1978 and 1988. In1988/9 he taught social work at Liverpool University. In 1989 he set up and ran the first interagency safeguarding project for Bolton ACPC.

Michael Murphy is currently a senior lecturer in the school of Nursing Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Salford. Half of his time is spent as part of the Children and Families Research Centre. Michael also works on the post-qualifying award in childcare (PQ 2-6) in the north west of England.

Michael joined the national PIAT organisation (Promotion of Interagency Training) in 1994 and became a member of the co-ordinating committee in 1998. With PIAT he contributed to the training section in Working Together to Safeguard Children (Chapter 9, DoH, 1999, pp97-102) and to Training Together to Safeguard Children:Guidance on Interagency Training (Charles and Hendry [Eds} 2000, London:NSPCC).

Michael’s interest in interagency child protection processes led to the authorship of Working Together in Child Protection:An exploration of the multidisciplinary task and system (1995, Aldershot:Arena) and Developing collaborative relationships in interagency child protection work (2004, Russell House). He has also co-authored Partnership made Painless: a joined up guide to working together..

Michael is chair of the Bolton Substance Misuse research group, which was the coordinating group for the Highs and Lows of Family Life, a Lottery funded research project. The group is currently seeking funding for a longitudinal research project on children brought up in substance misusing families. Publications from this group include The highs and lows of family life (2001, Salford University) and The Child’s View (2004, Bolton ACPC/DAT). Michael co-edited Substance Misuse and Childcare (2000, Russell House) and Secret Lives:Working with children and young people from substance misusing families published in 2006.

Michael teaches mainly on the Post-Qualifying Award in Child Care. He runs two modules – Assessment and Intervention in child care and Developing Collaborative Practice in child care He assists with the Consolidation module.

Michael has four main research interests:-

1)Safeguarding practice. He has recently concluded a four year longitudinal study on child neglect for Action for Children.

2)Interagency Collaboration

3)The impact of substance misuse on the family

4)Staff Care/Staff Stress

Academic Qualifications

BA Hons University of Keele

Professional Qualifications

CQSW DASS Liverpool University

Adv Diploma in Counselling Manchester University

If registered with HCPC registration number

SW 29390

If a member of TCSW, registration number

Member BASW

Trustee ADS

Murphy, M. (1996) The child protection unit Aldershot:Ashgate

Harbin, F. and Murphy,M. (2000) Substance misuse and child care Lyme Regis: Russell House

Murphy, M., Harrison, R., Mann, G., Taylor, A., & Thompson, N. (2003). Partnership made Painless Lyme Regis: RHP.

Murphy, M. (2004) Developing collaborative relationships in interagency child protection work Lyme Regis:RHP

Murphy,M and Harbin,F. (2006) Secret Lives:Growing with Substance. Working with children and young people affected by familial substance misuse Lyme Regis:RHP

Murphy, M., & Harbin, F. (2003). The Assessment of Parental Substance Misuse and its impact on Childcare. In C. a. Hackett (Ed.), The assessment handbook Lyme Regis. RHP.

Murphy, M. and Oak, E. (2010) Safeguarding: the interagency dimension, risks and responsibilities  in Robb,M. and Thomson,R.(Eds)Critical practice with children and young people Milton Keynes:OU Press

Macrory,F. and Murphy,M. (2011) Management of the effects of pre-natal drugs in children of drug abusing parents in Preece,P. and Riley, E (Eds) Alcohol, Drugs and Medication in Pregnancy London: Mac Keith Press