Mr Andrew Eccles

Lecturer

Social Work and Social Policy

Personal statement

My research and knowledge exchange interests are around the intersection of political science and social policy, viz. the use of policy instruments, policy discourses, and the excercise of power in the implementation of social policy. I have a particular interest in exploring these themes, but also ethical issues, across the use of technologies in social care; more specifically telecare technologies. My teaching interests are in a similar vein but a broader arc; contemporary social policy, ethics, and interprofessional organization & working across the human services.

Publications

Remote care technologies, older people, and the social care crisis in the United Kingdom : a multiple streams approach to understanding the 'silver bullet' of telecare policy: Eccles Andrew; Ageing and Society (2020); https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X19001776
Personalisation : back to the future? Reflections on the 1968 Act: Eccles Andrew, Taylor Raymond; Fifty Years of the Social Work Scotland Act (2018) (2018)
The Enablers and Barriers to Voluntary Sector Organisations Providing Personalised Support through Delivery of Self Directed Support : Part Two: The Experience of SDS: Eccles Andrew, Cunningham Ian; (2018)
Integrated working: Eccles Andrew; Social Work in a Changing Scotland (2018) (2018)
Addressing the social care crisis in the United Kingdom : the 'magic bullet' of telecare policy: Eccles Andrew; 13th International Symposium & 2017 Annual Conference on Social Policy, pp. 1-26 (2017)
The Enablers and Barriers to Voluntary Sector Organisations Providing Personalised Support through Delivery of Self Directed Support: Eccles Andrew, Cunningham Ian; (2016)

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Professional activities

Implementation of telecare technologies: discourses and ethical issues: Invited speaker; 2012
The Social Care Informatics Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (External organisation): Member; 6/2010
Borders Council UK on ethical issues around the use of telecare technologies: Advisor; 5/2010
7th World Congress of Gerontechnology: Organiser; 5/2010
SICSA Socio-Technical Systems Meeting University of Glasgow: Invited speaker; 4/2010
Greater Glasgow Health Board CHCP on teamworking in health and social care: Advisor; 9/2009

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Projects

From welfare to wellbeing: the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 at 50: Eccles, Andrew (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 09-Jan-2018
Providing full Personalised Support for Voluntary Sector to Deliver 4 SDS options: Eccles, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Cunningham, Ian (Co-investigator); 12-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2017

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Address

Social Work and Social Policy
Lord Hope Building

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