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I joined the Social Work team as a lecturer in 2024. I am a registered social worker, and a qualified Best Interests Assessor and Practice Educator.
I joined the university after 10 years frontline social work in adult services. I have worked for ESCC and BHCC, in community teams, rehabilitation centres and most recently on the stroke ward in the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Before qualifying as a social worker I worked for Citizens Advice.
My areas of interest and teaching specialisms are around dementia, multi-disciplinary work, mental capacity, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
My approach as a lecturer and social worker is underpinned by taking a relationship-based approach and promoting reflective practice.
In addition to my role as a lecturer, I coordinate social worker student placements both the first placements in non-statutory settings (advocacy organisation, homeless charities, hospices, schools etc) and the second year placements with our local authority partners.
With a group of colleagues, I have published a piece of practitioner research around perceptions of social work in an acute hospital setting. I have been trained to be a facilitator for reflective practice groups and I am interested in research around the use of reflective models (across different disciplines), and the role of emotions in social work practice.
Master, Social Work, University of Brighton
Award Date: 1 Jul 2014
Master, English Literature, University of Sussex
Award Date: 1 Jul 2000
Bachelor, English Literature and Soviet Studies
Award Date: 1 Jul 1989
Social Worker, Brighton and Hove City Council
2016 → 2024
Social Worker, East Sussex County Council
2014 → 2016
Benefits Caseworker, National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
2000 → 2012
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review