Dr Philip Heslop

My interests are social work with autistic people, foster care, kinship care and male carers.

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• Reframing Communication between Autistic People and Neurotypical Social Workers through Artificial Intelligence, Hwang, S., Heslop, P., Wang, P., Pandya, S., Zhai, B., Metcalfe, D., Woo, W., Morgan, C. 24 Apr 2026, In: The British Journal of Social Work
• Adapted Safety Plans to Address Self-Harm and Suicide Behaviours in Autistic Adults: single arm feasibility trial and external pilot RCT, Rodgers, J., Bhattarai, N., Goodwin, J., Gordon, I., Heslop, P., Nielsen, E., O’Connor, R., Ogundimu, E., Pelton, M., Ramsay, S., Townsend, E., Vale, L., Wagnild, J., Wilson, C., Cassidy, S. 1 Nov 2025, In: Public Health Research
• Adapting Safety Plans for Autistic Adults with Involvement from the Autism Community, Goodwin, J., Gordon, I., O'Keeffe, S., Carling, S., Berresford, A., Bhattarai, N., Heslop, P., Nielsen, E., O'Connor, R., Ogundimu, E., Pelton, M., Ramsay, S., Rodgers, J., Townsend, E., Vale, L., Wilson, C., Cassidy, S. 28 May 2025, In: Autism in Adulthood
• Health economic evaluation of Autism Adapted Safety Plans: findings on feasibility of tools from a pilot randomised controlled trial, Bhattarai, N., Goodwin, J., Pelton, M., Gordon, I., Rodgers, J., Cassidy, S., Wagnild, J., Wilson, C., Heslop, P., Ogundimu, E., O’Connor, R., Ramsay, S., Townsend, E., Vale, L. 31 Mar 2025, In: BMC Health Services Research
• Performing social work: Young fathers’ reflections on social work, Heslop, P., Atkinson, K. 1 Oct 2025, In: British Journal of Social Work
• Feasibility and acceptability of autism adapted safety plans: an external pilot randomised controlled trial, Rodgers, J., Cassidy, S., Pelton, M., Goodwin, J., Wagnild, J., Bhattarai, N., Gordon, I., Wilson, C., Heslop, P., Ogundimu, E., O'Connor, R., Ramsay, S., Townsend, E., Vale, L. 1 Jul 2024, In: EClinicalMedicine
• The Benchmarking Exercise Programme for Older People (BEPOP): Design, Results and Recommendations from The First Wave of Data Collection, Caulfield, L., Arnold, S., Biase, S., Buckland, C., Heslop, P., Hurst, C., Sayer, A., Skelton, D., Witham, M. 1 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls
• Adapted Suicide Safety Plans to Address Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Behaviours in Autistic Adults: Protocol for a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial, Rodgers, J., Goodwin, J., Nielsen, E., Bhattarai, N., Heslop, P., Kharatikoopaei, E., O'Connor, R., Ogundimu, E., Ramsay, S., Steele, K., Townsend, E., Vale, L., Walton, E., Wilson, C., Cassidy, S. 28 Feb 2023, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies
• Autism, Ageing, and Social Care, Stewart, M., Sang, K., Charlton, R., Gow, A., Woolrych, R., Dragone, M., Rodgers, J., Parr, J., Heslop, P., Stewart, C. 1 May 2023, INSAR 2023, Kansas City, US, INSAR: International Society for Autism Research
• Autistic Parents’ Personal Experiences of Parenting and Support: Messages from an Online Focus Group, Hwang, S., Heslop, P. 1 Jan 2023, In: The British Journal of Social Work

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• Supporting autistic people as they age: equipping social workers to work with autistic people, Heslop, P. (Principal Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/07/23 - 30/12/25, £14,919.00

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• Examination: External Examiner 2026
• Membership of network: PFAN CIC (External organisation) 2024
• Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Parents, Families and Allies Network CIC Conference 2022
• Oral presentation: BASW Webinar - Social work with autistic people during COVID 19 and beyond. 2020
• Examination: Experiences of foster care parents caring for non-family related foster children in de Deur, Gauteng Province, South Africa 2020
• Membership of committee: BASW Special Interest Group social work with autistic people and people with learning disabilities (External organisation) 2020
• Membership of committee: BASW - CPD pathway BASW capabilities statements re autistic people and people with a learning disability (External organisation) 2019
• Membership of committee: BASW Homes not Hospitals (External organisation) 2019
• Oral presentation: BASW Capabilities Statement Launch - Contextualizing social work and autism 2019
• Oral presentation: Social work and autism 2019

• PhD June 26 2015
• Childcare MA June 30 2007
• Education September 01 2005
• Sociology and Social Policy BA (Hons) September 02 1985
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015
• Social Worker Health & Care Professional Council (HCPC) 2014