Groupwork
Welcome to Groupwork
Groupwork is the only British-based journal specialising in social applications of groupwork. It is peer reviewed and international in coverage, with articles on all the settings in which groupwork is practised, including health, nursing, occupational therapy, staff development, mental health, counselling, child care and education, youth and community work, social work, and criminal justice. Our fast track publication philosophy ensures that material is topical and relevant, as well as meeting the highest academic and professional standard. Information for authors Information about how to submit to Groupwork is available for download below. Authors should submit papers here. Call for papers: Decolonising Groupwork: Guest Editor Suryia Nayak We invite proposals for critically informed papers about groupwork that challenge hierarchies of who and what is at the centre and who and what is left at the margins of groupwork approaches. Submissions may be from anyone practicing decolonial groupwork, and may cover research, practice or policy. We welcome submissions from activists, community groups and accounts of groupwork happening in contexts of oppression. Full details can be downloaded below. Abstracts (up to 300 words) should be submitted to Jane McLaughlin ((jm4whitingbirch@aol.co.uk) by 30th September 2026. Seminar: Peer reviewing for academic journals Booking is now open HERE for our Zoom seminar on peer reviewing at 4:00pm UK time on 15th June 2026. Scholarly publishing is a community effort which cannot function without the support of competent peer reviewers. An understanding of the review process is also essential for authors and current and aspiring editorial board members and editors. The seminar will be led by Dr Mark Doel. Places are limited, so early booking is advised. Places are limited, so early booking is advised. Use this link to book through Eventbrite. Latest news Latest news will appear on this page, or visit us on Bluesky @whitingbirch.bsky.social Latest issue just published Latest issue is available here, offering articles on groupwork and technology, groupwork for social transformation, and groupwork and conservation. Book reviews If you are interested in undertaking book reviews for Groupwork, or wish to suggest books or materials for review in the journal, please email enquiries@whitingbirch.net. Some notes on reviewing books can be found on our resource pages. Groupwork in Practice. Groupwork's In Practice section contains papers which are more descriptive of practice than those we have traditionally published. Groupwork in Practice provides an opportunity for practising groupworkers to share their experience with others in the field. Instructions for authors can be downloaded below. Reviewing for Groupwork. We've added revised notes for reviewers below. These include notes on reviewing articles for the Groupwork in Practice Section of Groupwork. WRITING AND REVIEWING FOR GROUPWORK
Writing for Groupwork
Groupwork in Practice
Reviewing for Groupwork
Decolonising groupwork
EDITORS
Nick Pollard, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Blaine Robin, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK ASSOCIATE EDITOR Alison Skinner, Associate, Centre for Social Action, De Montfort University, UK REVIEWS EDITOR (NORTH AMERICA) Shirley R. Simon, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Loyola University, Chicago, USA EDITORIAL BOARD
Articles should preferably be submitted using PKP, the online submission system we use for Groupwork. Click on this link to start the submission process.
You will be asked to register as a user, after which the process is relatively straightforward. If you have 'technical' questions about the submission process, please email David Whiting: davidwhiting@whitingbirch.net If you wish to discuss content issues before submitting a paper, please contact the Co-Editor: Gloria Kirwan gloria.kirwan@mu.ie. Articles are welcome from all those who work with groups in any discipline: whether practitioners, trainers, researchers, users, or consultants. Accounts of innovations, research findings on existing practice, policy issues affecting groupwork, and discussions of conceptual developments are all relevant. Groupwork with clients, users, professional teams, or community groups fall within our range. Length: Full length articles; normally of around 4500 words, should show the context of practice and relate this to existing knowledge. We also accept brief contributions which need focus only on the issue at hand. Presentation: Documents should be in Word format and forwarded as an email attachment to the Editors. The name(s) of the author(s) should not appear in the text or in running heads. A title page should be included, with name of the author(s), a correspondence and an email address. A summary of no more than 200 words should also be provided, together with six key words. We use a Harvard system of referencing. References within the text should be cited by giving the author’s name and year of publication, eg. (Smith, 1928). Specific page numbers should be cited after a direct quotation. Those works cited in the text (and no others) should be listed at the end of the text in alphabetical order by author's name using the journal’s standard conventions. More detailed information on manuscript submission is available on the Author Resources page. Assessment: All articles are submitted to peer review by two assessors, and the editor takes final responsibility for the decisions that follow. BECOMING A REFEREE FOR GROUPWORK If you are interested in becoming a referree for Groupwork, contact Gloria Kirwan gloria.kirwan@mu.ie. Below you can download the notes for reviewers which show the approach taken by the Editors of this journal.
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