Dr David N Jones
Job Title
Honorary Fellow
Country (Address)
United KingdomResearch interests
Research interests
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Jones, D. N. and S. Woolfe (1987). 'Towards a new professionalism.' Community Care (26th June 1987): 16–20.
Jones, D. N., J. Pickett, M. R. Oates and P. Barbor (1987). Understanding child abuse. Basingstoke, Macmillan Education.
Jones, D. N., J. Baraclough and K. Bilton (1999). 'Taking a social history.' Professional Social Work (December 1999): 7.
Jones, D. N. (2000). 'Social Work History Network.' Professional Social Work (November 2000): 21.
Jones, D. N. and A. Bretherton (2002). Organisational audit: releasing creativity or enforcing conformity? in Social Work Around the World II. Dodds, I. and N.-T. Tan, Eds. Berne, International Federation of Social Workers Press: 144–157.
Jones, D. N. and V. Sewpaul (2004). 'Global standards for social work education and training.' Social Work Education 23 (5): 493 – 513
Jones, D. N. (2006). 'Editorial - international social work.' British Journal of Social Work 36 (3): 361–363.
Jones, D. N. (2007). 'Global denken, lokal handeln.' SozialAktuell (6 (June)): 8–9.
Jones, D. N. (2009). An insider study of Joint Reviews of local authority social services. PhD, Warwick University. https://pugwash.lib.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2339408~S9 (Accessed on 12 August 2025)
Jones, D. N. (2011). Maintaining professional integrity in an area of political conflict: working with a sexually abused girl in the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Commentary 2. in Practising social work ethics around the world. Banks, S. and K. Nøhr, Eds. London, Routledge: 228–231.
Jones, D. N. and R. Truell (2012). 'The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development: A place to link together and be effective in a globalized world.' International Social Work55 (4): 454–472.
Jones, D. N. (2015). Serious Case Reviews in child protection - historical reflections. ADCS Virtual Staff College http://thestaffcollege.uk/wp-content/uploads/historical_reflections_publish.pdf (Accessed on 31 January 2018).
Jones, D. N. and A. Florek (2015). Child Sexual Exploitation: a study of international comparisons. Nottingham, The Virtual Staff College https://thestaffcollege.uk/publications/child-sexual-exploitation-a-study-of-international-comparisons/ (Accessed on 14 February 2024).
Jones, D. N. (2018). The critical role of social work in disaster response: experiences in the United Kingdom. in The Routledge handbook of green social work. Dominelli, L., B. Hok-bun and B. R. Nikku, Eds. London, Routledge: 51–62.
Jones, D. N. (2018). Regulation of social work and social workers in the United Kingdom: contexts and questions. Birmingham, UK, British Association of Social Workers https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-and-practice/resources/social-work-regulation-contexts-and-questions (Accessed on 22 February 2018).
Jones, D. N. (2018). 'Promoting community and environmental sustainability (editorial).' International Social Work 61 (4): 471–475.
Jones, D. N. and A. I. F. Lima (2018). Social work and social welfare in Europe. Bibliography of social work. New York, Oxford University Press.
Jones, D. N. (2020). International social work and social welfare: Europe. Encyclopedia of Social Work 20th edition. Franklin, C. New York, National Association of Social Workers Press and Oxford University Press.
Jones, D. N. (2020). Regulation and inspection of social work: costly distraction or stimulus to improve? in Social work: past, present and future. Bamford, T. and K. Bilton, Eds. Bristol, Policy Press: 37–58.
Jones, D. N. (2020). The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development. Fourth report: Strengthening recognition of the importance of human relationships. Rhinefelden, Switzerland, IFSW: 355. https://www.ifsw.org/product/books/global-agenda-for-social-work-and-social-development-4th-report/ (Accessed on 12 August 2025)
Jones, D. N., P. K. Shajahan, A. Bihari and S. Das (2020). Evaluating the First Decade of the Global Agenda. in Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development: fourth report. Strengthening recognition of the importance of human relationships. Jones, D. N., Ed. Rheinfelden, IFSW: 302–330.
Jones, D. N. (2022). 'Comparative histories of Commonwealth social work.' Bulletin of the Social Work History Network 8 (1): 8–10.
Jones, D. N. (2023) "The development of regulation of social work in the UK and around the Commonwealth." Bulletin of the Social Work History Network 9, (1): 32–37 (February 2023) https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru/assets/swhn/bulletin/2023/bulletin-of-the-swhn-2023-vol9-iss1.pdf (Accessed on 3 November 2024)
Jones, D. N. (2024). 'The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development: a conflicted global concept?' Practice36 (2): 101–109.
Jones, D. N., J. Hanley and B. Robb (2025). Social work professional organizations in the United Kingdom: the resilience of the British Association of Social Workers in turbulent times. in Social work professional organizations: comparative international perspectives. Guidi, R., Ed. Bristol, UK, Policy Press: 104–120.
Background
Dr David N Jones qualified as a social worker in 1974 and has extensive international, national and local government, NGO and private sector experience. He was General Secretary, British Association of Social Workers (1985-1994) and Assistant Director, Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (1994-2000). He was President of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) 2006-10 and Global Coordinator of The Global Agenda for Social Work (2010-2020). He is General Secretary of the Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW) and a Trustee of Children and Families Across Borders (ISS-UK). He has been closely involved in the politics of professional organisations and also the policy and practice of regulation of social work qualifications and practice in the UK and internationally. He has published and spoken extensively on social work practice and management in the UK and overseas.