Sarah-Jo continues to be involved in research and knowledge exchange related to domestic abuse. As a practising social worker, she became increasingly concerned about the extent to which child to mother violence and abuse was a feature in families known to Children's Social Care and the familiar pattern of women being blamed for their experiences of abuse. Examining the issue from a feminist perspective, Sarah-Jo's research considered the relationship between domestic abuse and 'mother abuse' and the implications for developing effective responses to this issue.

Sarah-Jo has also been part of a team of researchers commissioned to undertake two evaluations of projects located in the East Midlands, funded through the Government's Domestic Abuse Innovation Fund; one focused on extending and improving service provision for women fleeing domestic abuse who use substances and have mental ill-health; the other on extending refuge provision and outreach services to women who have no recourse to public funds.

Most recently, Sarah-Jo was part of an evaluation team focused on a regional strategy to recruit foster carer and supported lodgings providers for unaccompanied refugee minors. She is currently focused on disseminating findings from this evaluation and developing a research proposal to follow up the evaluation findings.