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Vicary, Sarah; Young, Alys; Rodriguez, Natalia; Tipton, rebecca; Napier, Jemina and Hulme, Celia (2025). The luxury of time: A reflexive thematic analysis of omnipresence, contradiction, and passivity in interpreter-mediated mental health act assessments. Qualitative Social Work, 24(1) pp. 111–126.

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Social Work History Network eds. (2025). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 10(1)

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Social Work Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (SWIPA) eds. (2024). Network Information and News Bulletin, 3

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Rodriguez-Vicente, Natalia; Young, Alys; Vicary, Sarah; Napier, Jemina; Tipton, Rebecca and Hulme, Celia (2024). Interpreter mediation in statutory mental health assessments: a scoping review. Interpreting and Society: an Interdisciplinary Journal, 4(2) pp. 159–195.

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Social Work Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (SWIPA) eds. (2024). Network Information and News Bulletin, 2

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Ferguson, Gillian and Vicary, Sarah (2024). Introducing a holistic model for Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in social work practice and research. In: Authentic Care in Health and Social Care, and Education Conference, 28 Jun 2024, University of Greenwich: Institute of Life Course Development, London, UK.

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Vicary, Sarah (2024). Tick box or relationship-based? How will history judge our work with older people? Professional Social Work, May-Jun 24

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Social Work Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (SWIPA) eds. (2024). Network Information and News Bulletin, 1

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Young, Alys; Vicary, Sarah; Tipton, Rebecca; Rodríguez Vicente, Natalia; Napier, Jemina; Hulme, Celia and Espinoza, Francisco (2024). Mental health professionals' (AMHPs) perspectives on interpreter-mediated mental health act assessments. Journal of Social Work, 24(2) pp. 219–239.

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Vicary, Sarah and Ferguson, Gillian (2024). Social Work Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: A Methodological Approach for Practice and Research. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education.

Vicary, Sarah (2024). [Book Review]: How Social Workers Assess and Manage Risk and Uncertainty. Qualitative Social Work, 23(1) pp. 213–215.

Ferguson, Gillian and Vicary, Sarah (2024). Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), social work education, continuing professional learning and development (CPLD).

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McCusker, Pearse; Gillespie, Lauren; Davidson, Gavin; Vicary, Sarah and Stone, Kevin (2023). The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Social Work: Evidence for Impact? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(20), article no. 6927.

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Hemmington, Jill and Vicary, Sarah eds. (2023). Making Decisions in Compulsory Mental Health Work: Boundaries, Frames and Perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press.

Vicary, Sarah (2023). Nurses as AMHPs: From 'Unclean' to 'Honorary Social Worker'. In: Hemmington, Jill and Vicary, Sarah eds. Making Decisions in Compulsory Mental Health Work: Boundaries, Frames and Perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 131–145.

Social Work History Network eds. (2023). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 9(1)

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Vicary, Sarah (2022). [Book Review] The medicalisation of everyday life: A critical perspective by Barbara Fawcett, Zita Weber, and Helen Bannister. Journal of Social Work, 22(5) pp. 1318–1319.

Vicary, Sarah; McCusker, Pearse; Davidson, Gavin and Stone, Kevin (2022). Conducting Research Online Using Surveys: An Exploratory Survey of Mental Health Social Work in Europe.

Social Work History Network eds. (2022). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 8(1)

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Vicary, Sarah (2022). “Pull;” the Active Use of Dissonance. An IPA Pearl to Show Emotion Management in Action. Practice: Social Work in Action, 74(1) pp. 146–165.

Young, Alys; Rodriguez-vincente, Natalia; Tipton, Rebecca; Napier, Jemina and Vicary, Sarah (2022). A Scoping Review of interpreter-mediated assessments under the Mental Health Act (1983) and international equivalents. International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols (INPLASY), article no. 202220086.

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Hemmington, Jill; Graham, Matthew; Marshall, Alan; Brammer, Andy; Stone, Kevin and Vicary, Sarah (2021). Approved Mental Health Professionals, Best Interests Assessors and People with Lived Experience: An Exploration of Professional Identities and Practice.

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Stone, Kevin; McCusker, Pearse; Davidson, Gavin and Vicary, Sarah (2021). An Exploratory Survey of Mental Health Social Work in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), article no. 10462.

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Vicary, Sarah (2021). The Settlement House Movement Revisited: A Transnational History Conclusion. In: Gal, J; Kongeter, S and Vicary, S eds. Research in Social Work. Bristol University Press, pp. 221–229.

Gal, John; Köngeter, Stefan and Vicary, Sarah eds. (2020). The Settlement House Movement Revisited: A Transnational History. Research in Social Work. Bristol: Policy Press.

Social Work History Network eds. (2020). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 7(1)

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Vicary, Sarah; Stone, Kevin; McCusker, Pearse; Davidson, Gavin and Spencer-Lane, Tim (2020). “It's about how much we can do, and not how little we can get away with”: Coronavirus-related legislative changes for social care in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 72, article no. 101601.

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Vicary, Sarah; Stone, Kevin; Hemmington, Jill and Leah, Caroline (2020). Research Informed Practice; Practice Informed Research [Editorial]. Practice: Social Work in Action, 32(4) pp. 247–251.

Vicary, Sarah; Stone, Kevin and Spencer-Lane, Tim (2020). The Approved Mental Health Professional Practice Handbook. Bristol: Policy Press.

Stone, Kevin; Vicary, Sarah; Scott, Charlotte and Buckland, Rosie (2020). Ethical Approval and Being a Virtuous Social Work Researcher. The Experience of Multi-site Research in UK Health and Social Care: An Approved Mental Health Professional Case Study. Ethics and Social Welfare, 14(1) pp. 156–171.

Gal, John; Kongeter, Stefan and Vicary, Sarah (2020). Introduction. In: Gal, John; Kongeter, Stefan and Vicary, Sarah eds. Settlement House Movement Revisted: A Transnational History. Research in Social Work. Policy Press, pp. 1–11.

Vicary, Sarah (2020). Conclusion. In: Gal, John; Kongeter, Stefan and Vicary, Sarah eds. Settlement House Movement Revisted. Research in Social Work. Policy Press, pp. 221–229.

Vicary, Sarah; Young, Alys and Hicks, Stephen (2019). ‘Role Over’ or Roll Over? Dirty Work, Shift and Mental Health Act Assessments. The British Journal of Social Work, 49(8) pp. 2187–2206.

Social Work History Network eds. (2019). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 6(1)

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Vicary, Sarah (2019). Role over or roll over? Dirty work, shift and Mental Health Act Assessments. In: Approved Mental Health Professional National Conference 2019 Research-Informed Practice Practice-Informed Research?, 14 May 2019, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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Vicary, Sarah (2019). “A stout pair of shoes and an umbrella” how much has the experience of mental health social work changed? In: Researching the history of social work research, 26 Mar 2019, University of Chester.

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Vicary, Sarah (2019). [Book review] Newly qualified social workers: A practice guide to the assessed and supported year in employment Steven Keen, Jonathan Parker, Keith Brown and Di Galpin. Journal of Social Work, 19(2) pp. 304–305.

Wiles, Fran and Vicary, Sarah (2019). Picturing social work, puzzles and passion: exploring and developing transnational professional identities. Social Work Education, 38(1) pp. 47–62.

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Vicary, Sarah (2019). A critique of drawing as a research method for data generation in Qualitative Inquiry. In: ECQI 3rd European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, 13-15 Feb 2019, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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Vicary, Sarah (2019). [Book Reviews] 'Critical issues in social work law' by Brammer & Boylan, and 'Mental health' by Hutchinson & Hickman. Journal of Social Work, 19(1) pp. 163–165.

Vicary, Sarah (2019). [Book review] Mental health law Brenda Hale. Journal of Social Work, 19(6) pp. 833–835.

Vicary, Sarah; Cree, Viviene E. and Manthorpe, Jill (2018). [Editorial] Social Work Education - A Local and Global History. Practice, 30(4) pp. 223–226.

Vicary, Sarah; Copperman, Jeanette and Higgs, Alison (2018). Social work education through distance learning: the challenges and opportunities. Social Work Education; The International Journal, 37(6) pp. 685–690.

Vicary, Sarah; Gal, John and Koengeter, Stefan (2018). Exploring the history of settlements. Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 5(1) pp. 4–5.

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Social Work History Network eds. (2018). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 5(1)

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Vicary, Sarah and Bailey, John (2018). A deliberative study into the impact of integration on mental health social work in England: merely a dialogue or activism? Journal of mental health training education and practice, 13(2) pp. 77–89.

Vicary, Sarah (2017). Emotion management and the Approved Mental Health Professional. In: Contemporary Issues in Mental Health: A seminar series from SCWRU and MRC, 14 Nov 2017, Kings College, London, UK.

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Vicary, Sarah (2017). [Book Review] Critical and Creative Research Methodologies in Social Work by L Bryant. Qualitative Social Work, 16(5)

Vicary, Sarah (2017). The future has a long history: the influence of the study of social work history on education and practice. Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 4(1) pp. 8–10.

Vicary, Sarah (2017). Emotion management and the Approved Mental Health Professional: "pull" the active use of dissonance. In: XXXVth International Congress on Law and Mental Health, 9-14 Jul 2017, Prague, Czech Republic.

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Vicary, Sarah; Young, Alys and Hicks, Stephen (2017). A reflective journal as learning process and contribution to quality and validity in interpretative phenomenological analysis. Qualitative Social Work, 16(4) pp. 550–565.

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Social Work History Network eds. (2017). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 4(1)

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Wiles, Fran and Vicary, Sarah (2017). Being a social worker: exploring and teaching about professional identities. In: EASSW-UNAFORIS 2017 European Conference, 27-29 Jun 2017, Paris, France.

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Vicary, Sarah (2017). Mental Health Social Work: its social, legal or psychiatric character?

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Vicary, Sarah (2017). Social work research and IPA: A contemporary study into approved mental health practice. “Pull”: the active use of dissonance. In: 1st International Conference on IPA, 21-22 May 2017, Glasgow, UK.

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Vicary, Sarah (2017). An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Impact of Professional Background on Role Fulfilment: a study of approved mental health practice. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis University of Manchester.

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Vicary, Sarah; Young, Alys and Hicks, Stephen (2017). Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in social work research: a current study. In: European Conference for Social Work Research, 19-21 Apr 2017, Aalborg University, Denmark.

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Vicary, Sarah (2017). [Book Review] Ethics and Law for Social Workers by Robert Johns. Journal of Social Work, 17(5)

Vicary, Sarah (2017). [Book Review] Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law for Social Workers by Simon Godefroy. Journal of Social Work, 17(2)

Social Work History Network eds. (2016). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 3(2)

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Vicary, Sarah (2016). The Feeling rule and approved mental health practice.

Vicary, Sarah (2016). Mental Health Social Work: its social, legal or psychiatric character? In: 6th Conference on Sociology and Social Work, 25-26 Aug 2016, Zwolle, Netherlands.

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Social Work History Network eds. (2016). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 3(1)

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Vicary, Sarah (2016). Emotion management in statutory social work. In: Social Work seminars, Department of Social Work and Interprofessional Education, 25 May 2016, University of Chester.

Vicary, Sarah (2016). Exploring the relationship between research and practice in mental health social work; narrowing the dialogue between research and practice. In: 6th European Conference for Social Work Research, 30 Mar - 1 Apr 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

Vicary, Sarah (2016). Exploring the role and experience of Approved Mental Health Professionals. In: Inaugural UK Mental Disability Law Conference, 30 Jun - 01 Jul 2016, Nottingham, UK.

Vicary, Sarah (2016). [Book Review] Innovations in Social Work Research: Using Methods Creatively Louise Hardwick, Roger Smith and Aidan Worsley (eds). British Journal of Social Work, 47(4) pp. 1270–1271.

Vicary, Sarah (2016). [Book Review] The Social Workers Guide to Children and Families Law 2nd edn., by Lynn Davies. Journal of Social Work, 16(1) pp. 123–124.

Vicary, Sarah A. O. and Reynolds, Janet (2015). Bruising in older adults: what do social workers need to know? Journal of Adult Protection, 17(6) pp. 351–359.

Social Work History Network eds. (2015). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 2(2)

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Vicary, Sarah and Bailey, John (2015). Mental health social work in [name] National Health Service Trust; a model for integrated care.

Vicary, Sarah (2015). Mental Health Social Work: the evidence? In: Launch Mental Health Social Work Forum, 31 Mar 2015.

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Social Work History Network eds. (2015). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 2(1)

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Vicary, Sarah (2015). [Book Review] Making Good decisions: Law for Social Work Practice by Michael Preston-Shoot. Journal of Social Work, 15(4) pp. 450–451.

Vicary, Sarah (2015). [Book Review] Research Methods for Social Workers: A practice-based approach (2nd ed.) by Samuel S Faulkner and Cynthia A Faulkner. Journal of Social Work, 15(1)

Vicary, Sarah (2015). [Book Review] Qualitative Research in Social Work, Anne E Fortune, William J Reid, and Robert L Miller (eds). Journal of Social Work, 14(5) pp. 549–550.

Social Work History Network eds. (2014). Bulletin of the Social Work History Network, 1(1)

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Vicary, Sarah; O'Hare, Philip and Hemmington, Jill eds. (2014). Approved Mental Health Practice: Essential Themes for Students and Practitioners. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Vicary, Sarah (2014). Underpinning themes, theories and research. In: Vicary, Sarah; O'Hare, Philip and Hemmington, Jill eds. Approved Mental Health Practice: Essential Themes for Students and Practitioners. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 7–22.

Vicary, Sarah and O'Hare, Philip (2014). Introduction. In: Vicary, Sarah; O'Hare, Philip and Hemmington, Jill eds. Approved Mental Health Practice: Essential Themes for Students and Practitioners. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Hemmington, Jill; O'Hare, Philip and Vicary, Sarah (2014). Conclusion: Old Values, New Problems? In: Vicary, Sarah; O'Hare, Philip and Hemmington, Jill eds. Approved Mental Health Practice: Essential Themes for Students and Practitioners. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Vicary, Sarah (2014). Using Drawing to Generate Data: Exploring the Role and Experiences of Approved Mental Health Professionals.

Vicary, Sarah (2014). [Book Review] Social Work Law and Ethics by Jonathan Dickens. Journal of Social Work, 14(2) pp. 219–220.

Vicary, Sarah (2011). The changing role of social workers in developing contexts for mental health professionals. In: Seden, Janet; Vicary, Sarah; McCormick, Mick and Morgan, Alun eds. Professional Development in Social Work. Post-qualifying Social Work. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 83–89.

Vicary, Sarah (2011). A note on 'image' methodology for social work qualitative research: socially inclusive research methods for service users. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 15(3) pp. 119–127.

Seden, Janet; Vicary, Sarah; McCormick, Michael and Morgan, Alun eds. (2010). Professional Development in Social Work: Complex Issues in Practice. Post-qualifying Social Work. London: Routledge.

Fraser, Sandy and Vicary, Sarah eds. (2008). The Critical Practitioner in Social Work and Health Care. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

Vicary, Sarah (1999). The Liverpool Mental Health Crisis Service and its effectiveness’. In: Tomlinson, Dylan Ronald and Allen, Kevin J. eds. Crisis Services and Hospital Crises. Farnham: Ashgate.