Marion Wilson
Research Associate
Profile
Biography
Marion was awarded a PhD scholarship in 2014 by Hull University to better understand male prisoners’ experiences of bereavement. Following her studies, she undertook a range of roles situated within the country’s largest bereavement charity. Marion co-wrote a successful funding bid to pilot a tiered framework of bereavement support across eight prisons (male Category B, C and D, female open and closed). This was obtained through the MoJ/HMPPS Innovation fund. Marion managed the project, which included one-to-one and group support, psychoeducational sessions, and developing and setting up bereavement peer support.
Qualifications
- PhD in Social Policy, University of Hull
- MA in Counselling, York St John University
- PG Cert in Counselling Supervision, York St John University
- Cert Ed, University of Huddersfield
Research
Overview
Marion has research interests in prisoners’ stressors and associated means of coping, the impact of peer support, group support and bereavement.
Projects
As a Research Associate on the Addressing Mental Health in Custody: a Brief Learning Environment (AMICABLE) project, Marion is involved in undertaking qualitative research across four prison sites. The project has been set up to develop and evaluate a peer-led problem support mentor scheme, which sits within the Forensic Mental Health research theme.
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