Education

Margaret Fingleton

Lecturer

Dr. Margaret Fingleton is a lecturer and tutor in the School of Social Sciences, Law and Education in TU Dublin, City Campus. Margaret previously worked as an Assistant lecturer in the Tallaght campus and lectured on the MA programme in Carlow College. She has over 20 years’ experience of working as a social care worker and leader in residential and community care settings. As owner and manager of Finwey Farm she pioneered the use animal-assisted therapy and forest school education in Ireland. She has co-created the Integrative Framework for Social Care and continues to develop this area. Her PhD research focused on the experiences of Black Minority Ethnic social care students in Ireland.

Professional expertise

Professional Practice, Safeguarding, Leadership and management, Reflective practice, Placement supervision, Disability studies.

Quality assurance, inspection, and regulation with CORU, ETBI and Association of Guardianship Providers Ireland

Creation of the Integrative Framework for Social Care in conjunction with my colleague Jenny Mc Garr. More details on the framework can be found in the publication list below or at: https://www.socialcareframework.com

Research Interests

Professional practice, Critical Race Theory, Social Justice, Anti-racism practice, Animal assisted therapy and Forest School, Community engagement, sustainable development. PhD research focused on the experiences of Black Minority Ethnic social care students in Ireland.

Wider academic interests and affiliations

Member of the Irish Association of Social Care Educators (2013-present)
Member of the Education Advisory Group, Social Care Ireland (2021-present)
Review panel CORU Health and Social Care Regulator (2019-to date)
Recipient of the Authentic Assessment Scholarship by the TU Dublin Impact Project, 2021
External Examiner for TUS, Athlone (2019-2022)
External Examiner Waterford Institute of Technology (2015-2018)

Publications:

Orcid No: 0000-0002-8025-7126

Fingleton, M. (2023). Stories to Challenge the Status Quo - Experiences of Black Minority Ethnic Social Care Students in Ireland. Technological University Dublin. DOI: 10.21427/JSRB-5W64 https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1121&context=appadoc

McGarr, J. & Fingleton, M. (2023). Evaluating the Integrative Framework for Practice Teaching with social care educators and students. Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 20(1). Doi. Available from: https://journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JPTS/index

McGarr, J., Fingleton, M., Molloy, N., Larkin, G., Connell, M., Jameson, A. & Shier, A.M. (2021). Every day is a school day: Educators experiences of utilising an integrative framework within social care education in Ireland. Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 9(2). Doi: 10.21427/4K1Q-2J33. Available from: "Educators Experiences of Utilising an Integrative Framework within Social Care Education in Ireland" by Jennifer McGarr, Margaret Fingleton et al. (tudublin.ie)

Fingleton, M & Brown, T. (2021). A guide to the Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Workers. Domain 1. Ed. Lyons, D & Brown, T. E-book. Available from:

https://socialcareireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Guide-to-Domain01v3.pdf

McGarr, J. & Fingleton, M. (2020). Reframing social care within the context of professional regulation: Towards an integrative framework for practice teaching. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 20(2). Doi: 10.21427/jwzt-v004. Available from: Reframing Social Care within the Context of Professional Regulation: Towards an Integrative Framework for Practice Teaching within Social Care Education (tudublin.ie)

Smith, K., Shier, A.M., Fingleton, M &Murphy, K. (2016). Guest Editor’s Introduction: Social Care, Social Policy and Social Justice. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies: Vol. 16: Iss. 2, Article 1. Available from: http://arrow.dit.ie/ijass/vol16/iss2/1

McSweeney, F., & Fingleton, M. (2016) A Collaborative Approach to Designing a M.A. in Social Research in Response to the Changing Higher Education and Social Environment in Ireland. Higher Education in Transition Symposium, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, , November 2-6). Available from: https://arrow.dit.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=heit161

Conference papers

Fingleton, M (2024). Amplifying voices of Black Minority Ethnic social care students. Key lessons for policy and practice. Social care conference: Beyond Registration: -the challenges of equality, diversity and inclusion for social care workers and the communities they serve, Cork. April 2024.

Fingleton, M (2022) ‘Racism and Discrimination in Social Care’ Zine based on research findings from PhD. 500 copies circulated at the Social Care Ireland 2022 conference.

Fingleton, M., McGarr, J, McHugh, J and Mulkeen, M. (2022) Professional Identity Formation and the Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Workers (Experiential Workshop). Social Care Ireland Annual Conference April 2022, Sligo, Ireland.

Fingleton, M and McGarr, J. (2022) To infinity and beyond: Reconnecting through an integrative framework for social care. Results of a pilot study on using the framework in social care education (Paper presentation). Social Care Ireland Annual Conference April 2022, Sligo, Ireland.

Fingleton, M. (2018) Migrant students experiences of Higher Education and Social care. Health and Social Care Conference, Dublin Castle. November 2018.

Fingleton, M. (2017) Workshop on Reflective Practice for students in Social Care. Social Care Conference, April 2017, Galway.

Fingleton, M. (2016). Poster presentation on pilot research to incorporate CPD into the Placement portfolio for social care students. Health and Social Care Conference November 2016, Dublin Castle.