Specialism: Adult Services, Mental Health, Other
Location: England: East, England: East Midlands, England: Isle of Wight, England: London, England: North East, England: North West, England: South East, England: South West, England: West Midlands, England: Yorkshire and the Humber
Profile: 20 years local authority experience working with adults.
Qualified Best Interest Assessor.
Accredited Domestic Homicide and Safeguarding Adult Review Chair/Review author.
Specific interest in safeguarding, domestic abuse and mental capacity.
Also experienced in delivering the social care response to a major incident.
Research with older people.
Assessment and teaching of social work students. Multi-agency training.
I work with: Complaints, Court assessments, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Private/ independent sector, Quality assurance, Research, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Qualifications: BA Social Work; MSc Advanced Social Work; Best Interest Assessor; PG Dip Law
Professional registrations: Social Work England