Staff profile

I am a Research Associate in the School of Applied Social Sciences currently working on two projects, namely Longitudinal Evaluation of the Step Up to Social Work Programme (also see https://www.facebook.com/CareersinSocialWork) and Think Ahead Social Work Qualifying Programme Evaluation.

I joined the School of Applied Social Sciences in 2010 when I was awarded a Durham Doctoral Studentship and successfully defended my PhD thesis in 2014. Prior to studying in Durham University, I graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance in Russia.

Between 2006 and 2008 I participated in a social project which developed social advertising for looked after children as well as promoted the practice of adoption in a children’s home in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Since 2009 I have been an active member of the two largest Non-Governmental Organizations in Saint-Petersburg called Petersburg’s Parents and Step Forward, both work very closely with looked after children.

• Research with looked after children and care leavers
• Residential care for children
• Child development
• Interventions with children and young people
• Participatory research
• Child maltreatment

Journal Article

• This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22
  
  Hope, S., Stepanova, E., Lloyd-Houldey, O., Hillier-Brown, F., Hargreaves, D., Nicholls, D., Summerbell, C., Viner, R. M., Dedat, Z., Owen, E. C., & Scott, S. (2023). This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), Article 1448. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10442-6
• Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs
  
  Scourfield, J., Carpenter, J., Warner, N., Maxwell, N., Venn, L., Stepanova, E., O’Donnell, C., Jones, R., Elliott, M., & Smith, R. (2023). Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs. Journal of Social Work, 23(6), 1022-1042. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173231194432
• Measurement Instruments for Integration within Children and Young People Healthcare Systems and Networks: A Rapid Review of the International Literature
  
  Dedat, Z., Hope, S., Hargreaves, D., Lloyd-Houldey, O., Nicholls, D., Scott, S., Stepanova, E., Summerbell, C., Viner, R. M., & Hillier-Brown, F. (2023). Measurement Instruments for Integration within Children and Young People Healthcare Systems and Networks: A Rapid Review of the International Literature. International Journal of Integrated Care, 23(2), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7028
• Understanding Care Leavers in Russia: Young People's Experiences of Institutionalisation.
  
  Stepanova, E., & Hackett, S. (2014). Understanding Care Leavers in Russia: Young People’s Experiences of Institutionalisation. Australian Social Work, 67(1), 118-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407x.2013.868011

Report

• Social Work During Covid-19: Learning for the Future Challenges, Best Practice and Professional Transformation
  
  Kong, S., Noone, C., Quintana, A., Pharoah, C., Wills, D., Shears, J., Sildatke, K., Roberts, W., Thanki, V., Stepanova, E., Charnley, H., Smith, R., Banks, S., & Hawkes, S. (2021). Social Work During Covid-19: Learning for the Future Challenges, Best Practice and Professional Transformation. British Association of Social Workers.