Ebenezer Cudjoe

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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Mondays (16.00 to 17.00) Fridays (15.00 to 16.00)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Therapeutic Practice and Responsibility: Statutory Frameworks (PA126)
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Professional Practice in Careers with Children (PA230)
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Safeguarding and Ethical Practice (PA235)
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Research with Children and Young People (PA944)
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Dissertation (Childhood Studies) (PA333)
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Dissertation � Childhood Studies (PA945)
Publications
Journal articles (38)
Ayim, M., Abdullah, A., Bentum, H., Amponsah, EB., Cudjoe, E. and Manful, E., (2023). Contributing to indigenous social work practice in Africa: A look at the cultural conceptualisations of social problems in Ghana. Qualitative Social Work. 22 (1), 30-46
Owusu, AFS., Abdullah, A., Pinto, GH., Bentum, H., Moo, JTN., Ayim, M., Mbamba, CR. and Cudjoe, E., (2023). Where Do We Go After Surviving the Virus? Cross-Country Documentary Analysis of the Social Consequences Faced by COVID-19 Survivors. Community Health Equity Research & Policy. 43 (3), 329-338
Asamoah, E., Tam, CH-L. and Cudjoe, E., (2023). A systematic review of the roles of social workers in inclusive education for children with disabilities. International Social Work. 66 (1), 36-51
Cudjoe, E., Chiu, MYL. and Tam, CHL., (2023). Navigating peer relationships: What do friendships look like for children whose parents have mental illnesses?. Child Abuse Review. 32 (3)
Cudjoe, E., Tam, CHL. and Chiu, MYL., (2023). Constructing the the school paradox in the lives of children living with parental mental illness. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 135910452311541-135910452311541
Abdullah, A., Mbamba, CR., Amponsah, EB., Frederico, M., Cudjoe, E., Bentum, H. and Emery, CR., (2023). Safeguarding the welfare of refugee children in Ghana: Perspectives of practitioners in refugee camps. Children and Youth Services Review. 145, 106803-106803
Cudjoe, E., (2023). Making Sense of Husserlian Phenomenological Philosophy in Empirical Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 22, 160940692311710-160940692311710
Cudjoe, E., Tam, CHL., Effah, D., Amegashie, EF. and Tweneboah, AO., (2022). Living with parental mental illness is like a roller coaster: Reflections on children's lifeworld in the family setting. Journal of Clinical Nursing
Abdullah, A., Cudjoe, E., Frederico, M., Jordan, LP., Chiu, MYL., Asamoah, E. and Emery, CR., (2022). Filicide as a cultural practice in Ghana: The qualitative understanding of a family tragedy and its implications for child protection practice. Child Abuse & Neglect. 127, 105580-105580
Cudjoe, E., Amoateng, I., Nti‐Gyeabour, J. and Wisti, P., (2022). Exploring the support services of foster care leavers: An institutional ethnographic study. Health & Social Care in the Community. 30 (2), 685-694
Cudjoe, E., (2022). Using Diaries With Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Guidelines From a Study of Children Whose Parents Have Mental Illness. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 21, 1-9
Abdullah, A., Cudjoe, E., Ryu, W. and Emery, CR., (2021). During and beyond the frequent lockdowns: Addressing the pandemic (COVID-19)–related family violence through informal social control. Developmental Child Welfare. 3 (3), 225-234
Frimpong-Manso, K., Cudjoe, E., Abdullah, A., Deliege, A. and Eshun, EK-T., (2021). Keeping families afloat: Foster carer’s parenting experiences during COVID-19 in Ghana and implications for practice. Developmental Child Welfare. 3 (2), 85-99
Abdullah, A., Cudjoe, E., Jordan, LP. and Emery, CR., (2021). Child polyvictimization in Zongo communities in Ghana: Young people’s reflections on systemic resilience enablers. Child Abuse & Neglect. 119 (Pt 2), 105075-105075
Abdullah, A., Manful, E., Cudjoe, E. and Boateng, LK., (2021). How Did I Know When to Report Physical Neglect? Ghanaian Mothers’ Views on Delinquent Child Maintenance. Practice. 33 (3), 233-249
Cudjoe, E., Kwabia, DD., Chiu, MYL. and Abdullah, A., (2021). “Adding salt to wounds”: Parentification among children living with parents with mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of social workers. Developmental Child Welfare. 3 (1), 58-67
Cudjoe, E., Abdullah, A. and Manful, E., (2021). Parents’ Perceptions on the Outcomes of Children’s Participation in Child Protection Meetings in Ghana. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 30 (4), 1071-1081
Cudjoe, E., Nti-Gyeabour, J., Amoateng, I. and Tetteh, AA., (2021). Gender-equal Norway, a reality for all? The views and experiences of immigrants. Journal of Gender Studies. 30 (4), 465-477
Abdullah, A., Cudjoe, E., Young, S., Choi, AWM., Jordan, LP., Chiu, MYL. and Emery, CR., (2021). Regulating the traditional kinship care practice in Ghana: Reflections from young people with kinship care experience. Child: Care, Health and Development. 47 (3), 329-335
Manful, E., Abdullah, A. and Cudjoe, E., (2021). When Parents Fail: Addressing Delinquent Child Maintenance Through Informal Resources. Research on Social Work Practice. 31 (3), 278-284
Cudjoe, E., Abdullah, A. and Chiu, MYL., (2021). Experiences of Children in Kinship Care (CKC) in Ghana. Journal of Family Issues. 42 (4), 741-761
Cudjoe, E. and Chiu, MYL., (2020). What do children know about their parent’s mental illness? A systematic review of international literature on children in families with mental illness. Children and Youth Services Review. 119, 105638-105638
Manful, E., Cudjoe, E. and Abdullah, A., (2020). Towards child-inclusive practices in child protection in Ghana: Perspectives from parents. Children and Youth Services Review. 119, 105594-105594
Abdullah, A., Cudjoe, E., Emery, CR. and Frederico, M., (2020). Moving towards independent living in Ghana: Narratives from young adults about their kinship care experience. Journal of Adolescence. 79 (1), 148-156
Abdullah, A., Frederico, M., Cudjoe, E. and Emery, CR., (2020). Towards Culturally Specific Solutions: Evidence from Ghanaian Kinship Caregivers on Child Neglect Intervention. Child Abuse Review. 29 (5), 402-415
Awortwe, V., Bentum, H., Cudjoe, E. and Abdullah, A., (2020). A reason for the unmet needs of children in contact with social services? Non-resident fathers’ perspectives on delinquent child maintenance claims. Children and Youth Services Review. 117, 105298-105298
Cudjoe, E. and Abdullah, A., (2020). Drawing on Kinship Care Support for Older People during a Pandemic (COVID-19): Practice Considerations for Social Workers in Ghana. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 63 (4), 254-256
Abdullah, A., Cudjoe, E. and Manful, E., (2020). Creating a better kinship environment for children in Ghana: Lessons from young people with informal kinship care experience. Child & Family Social Work. 25 (S1), 207-214
Bentum, H., Abdullah, A., Amponsah, EB. and Cudjoe, E., (2020). Becoming Professionals in Inclusive Education Settings: Perspectives from Ghanaian Social Work Students on Their Motivations. Practice. 32 (2), 129-143
Cudjoe, E., Abdullah, A. and Chua, AA., (2020). Children’s Participation in Child Protection Practice in Ghana: Practitioners’ Recommendations for Practice. Journal of Social Service Research. 46 (4), 462-474
Manful, E., Abdullah, A. and Cudjoe, E., (2020). Decision-Making on Child Neglect: Ghanaian Social Workers’ Views and Experiences. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice. 3 (2), 271-285
Cudjoe, E., Uggerhøj, L. and Abdullah, A., (2020). “We are consultants, not collaborators”: Young people’s experiences with child protection meetings in Ghana. Children and Youth Services Review. 109, 104748-104748
Cudjoe, E., Abdullah, A. and Chiu, MYL., (2019). What makes kinship caregivers unprepared for children in their care? Perspectives and experiences from kinship care alumni in Ghana. Children and Youth Services Review. 101, 270-276
Cudjoe, E. and Abdullah, A., (2019). Parental participation in child protection practice: The experiences of parents and workers in Ghana. Qualitative Social Work. 18 (4), 693-709
Asamoah, E., Ofori-Dua, K., Cudjoe, E., Abdullah, A. and Nyarko, JA., (2018). Inclusive Education: Perception of Visually Impaired Students, Students Without Disability, and Teachers in Ghana. SAGE Open. 8 (4), 215824401880779-215824401880779
Abdullah, A., Cudjoe, E. and Manful, E., (2018). Barriers to childcare in Children's Homes in Ghana: Caregivers' solutions. Children and Youth Services Review. 88, 450-456
Abdullah, A., Cudjoe, E. and Frederico, M., (2018). Barriers to Children's Participation in Child Protection Practice: The Views and Experiences of Practitioners in Ghana. Children Australia. 43 (4), 267-275
Manful, E. and Cudjoe, E., (2018). Is kinship failing? Views on informal support by families in contact with social services in Ghana. Child & Family Social Work. 23 (4), 617-624
Book chapters (1)
Cudjoe, E. and Chiu, MYL., (2021). Kinship Care Support for Children Whose Parents Have Mental Illness in Ghana. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Springer International Publishing. 1- 17. 9783030681272
Contact
Academic support hours:
Mondays (16.00 to 17.00) Fridays (15.00 to 16.00)