Personal profile

Approach to teaching

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.

Research interests

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.

Education/Academic qualification

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

External positions

Social Worker, Brighton and Hove City Council

20162024

Social Worker, East Sussex County Council

20142016

Benefits Caseworker, National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux

20002012

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics where Lucy Evans is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
  • 1 Similar Profiles