Joan Hunt, MA (Cantab); Dip Soc Admin, Cert Applied Social Studies; Home Office Letter of Recognition in Child Care

Joan Hunt, MA (Cantab); Dip Soc Admin, Cert Applied Social Studies; Home Office Letter of Recognition in Child Care

Joan Hunt qualified and practised as a social worker before entering academic life in 1985 as a researcher in the Socio-Legal Centre for Family Studies at the University of Bristol. She has been a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford since 1998, moving from the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies in 2001 to join the Department of Social Policy and Social Work. Her research interests are in child and family law, the operation of the family justice system and the interface between law and legal institutions, families and social welfare agencies. Current and recent work covers three main areas: the work of what were previously guardians ad litem and family court welfare officers (now officers of CAFCASS); kinship care (ie the full-time substitute care of children who cannot live with their birth parents by members of their extended families) and disputes about child contact and residence following parental separation or divorce.

Telephone: (01865) (2)80324

Email: joan.hunt@socres.ox.ac.uk

Selected recent publications (since 2000)

Hunt, J. and Roberts, Ceridwen. (2005). Intervening in litigated contact: ideas from other jurisdictions Fully referenced version. Family Policy Briefing, 4, September 2005.

Hunt, J. and Roberts, Ceridwen. (2004). 'Child contact with non-resident parents'. Family Policy Briefing 3, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford.

Hunt, J., Head, A. and Drucker, N. (2003). 'Capturing Guardian Practice Prior to CAFCASS' Oxford Centre for Family Law and Practice Working Paper.Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford. 2003

Hunt, J., Drucker, N. and Gill, B. (2003). 'Understanding Variation in the Hours Guardians Spend on Care Cases'. Oxford Centre for Family Law and Practice Working Paper. Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford

Hunt, J. (2003). Researching Contact. London: National Council for One Parent Families

Buchanan, A. & Hunt, J. (2003). 'Disputed Contact Cases in the Courts in Children and Their Families'. In Bainham, A Lindley, B Richards, M & Trinder, E (eds) Contact Rights and Welfare .Oxford: Hart Publishing

Hunt, J. (2003). Family and Friends Carers. Scoping Paper prepared for the Department of Health. London: Department of Health

Hunt, J. (2002). Professionalising Lay Justice: the role of the court clerk in family proceedings. Lord Chancellor's Department

Buchanan, A., Hunt, J., Bretherton, H. & Bream, V. (2001). Families in conflict: Perspectives of children and parents on the Family Court Welfare Service. Bristol: Policy Press

Buchanan, A., Hunt, J., Bretherton, H. & Bream, V. (2001). 'Families in conflict: Perspectives of children and parents on the Family Court Welfare Service’. Family Law, 31, 900-903

Hunt, J. (2001). 'Kinship Care, Child Protection and the Courts'. in Broad, B Kinship Care: the placement choice for children and young people Russell House

Hunt, J. (2000). 'Making timely decisions for children: research on a court sample'. in Buchanan, A & Hudson, B (eds) Promoting Children's Emotional Well-being. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

	Hunt, J. and Roberts, Ceridwen. (2005). Intervening in litigated contact: ideas from other jurisdictions Fully referenced version. Family Policy Briefing, 4, September 2005.
	Hunt, J. and Roberts, Ceridwen. (2004). 'Child contact with non-resident parents'. Family Policy Briefing 3, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford.
	Hunt, J., Head, A. and Drucker, N. (2003). 'Capturing Guardian Practice Prior to CAFCASS' Oxford Centre for Family Law and Practice Working Paper.Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford. 2003
	Hunt, J., Drucker, N. and Gill, B. (2003). 'Understanding Variation in the Hours Guardians Spend on Care Cases'. Oxford Centre for Family Law and Practice Working Paper. Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford
	Hunt, J. (2003). Researching Contact. London: National Council for One Parent Families
	Buchanan, A. & Hunt, J. (2003). 'Disputed Contact Cases in the Courts in Children and Their Families'. In Bainham, A Lindley, B Richards, M & Trinder, E (eds) Contact Rights and Welfare .Oxford: Hart Publishing
	Hunt, J. (2003). Family and Friends Carers. Scoping Paper prepared for the Department of Health. London: Department of Health
	Hunt, J. (2002). Professionalising Lay Justice: the role of the court clerk in family proceedings. Lord Chancellor's Department
	Buchanan, A., Hunt, J., Bretherton, H. & Bream, V. (2001). Families in conflict: Perspectives of children and parents on the Family Court Welfare Service. Bristol: Policy Press
	Buchanan, A., Hunt, J., Bretherton, H. & Bream, V. (2001). 'Families in conflict: Perspectives of children and parents on the Family Court Welfare Service’. Family Law, 31, 900-903
	Hunt, J. (2001). 'Kinship Care, Child Protection and the Courts'. in Broad, B Kinship Care: the placement choice for children and young people Russell House
	Hunt, J. (2000). 'Making timely decisions for children: research on a court sample'. in Buchanan, A & Hudson, B (eds) Promoting Children's Emotional Well-being. Oxford: Oxford University Press.