Dr Jenny Driscoll

Profile

Dr Jenny Driscoll is a Reader in Children’s Rights and Programme Director of the MA International Child Rights and Development at King’s College London. Jenny brings a children’s rights-based approach to child welfare and protection and her background as a barrister specialising in care proceedings fuels commitment to research designed with outcomes for children and young people at the fore. Jenny has particular expertise in collaborative and multi-agency work for the protection of children in England and in development contexts; in young people’s experience of state care; and in relation to ethical practice in research with children and young people. Her book on the educational and relational experiences of young people transitioning from care to independence was published by Routledge in 2018. She is an Associate Editor of Child Abuse Review.

Research

Publications

• 2021: Driscoll, J., Hutchinson, A, Lorek, A. Kiss, K. and Kinnear, E. (2021) ‘Hearing the voice of the child through the storm of the pandemic: the impact of Covid-19 measures on the detection and response to child protection concerns’ The International Journal of Children’s Rights 29: 400-425
• 2020: ‘Children’s rights and the protective care continuum’ in Fernandez, E. and Delfabbro, P. Child Protection and the Protective Care Continuum: Theoretical, empirical and practice insights, London-New York: Routledge, 52-64 
• 2020: 'The Role of Para Social Workers in Rural Communities in Uganda: Strengthening Community Resilience for the Protection of Children' Child Abuse Review 29(5): 416-432
• 2019: ‘The Rights of Children in the Child Protection System: a case study in ambivalence?’ in a special conference issue of the Journal of the Australian Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies Developing Practice 54: 21-34 
• 2019: ‘Present needs and future prospects: exploring the policy conundrum of working children in developing nations’ in Fenton-Glynn, C. (ed) Children’s Rights and Sustainable Development Cambridge University Press
• 2018: ‘Strangers and Estrangement: young people’s renegotiations of birth and foster family relationships as they transition out of care’ Children’s Geographies 17(5): 539-551 https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2017.1422209.
• 2018: ‘Schools and the safeguarding agenda’ chapter in Maguire, M. & Glackin, M. (eds.) Becoming a Teacher, 5th edition, Open University Press 
• 2018: Transitions from Care to Independence: Supporting Young People Leaving Care to Fulfil their Potential (Abingdon: Routledge)

Expertise