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My teaching and research interests lie predominantly around the field of mental health: communicating with people in mental distress, unpaid carers and mental health, the interface of mental health and the criminal justice system, social interventions for people experiencing mental ill health, and mental health training for non-mental health professionals (including police officers and social workers).
I am the module lead for ‘Enabling Places and Spaces: Social perspectives on disability and mental health’ (from 2023), and deliver some mental health content on other modules. Previously, I was the module lead for the Practice Research module and the academic coordinator for year two of the MA in Social Work Practice (Think Ahead). During this time, I also supervised 45 MA students undertaking empirical research studies, a number of which have been published, and was awarded Supervisor of the Year 2021.
In addition to teaching, I have been a qualitative researcher for over 20 years post-PhD, specialising in evaluations of interventions in health and social care. Although I am predominantly a qualitative researcher I have experience of using a range of research techniques and methodologies, including interviews, focus groups and workshops, randomised controlled trials and quasi-experimental trials, systematic reviews and scoping reviews, questionnaires and surveys. Studies have included children and young people, working age and older adults, service users, carers, and practitioners. I also have substantial experience in working with non-academic partners. This includes work with mental health trusts, police forces, Local Authorities and NHS Trusts in England, health and social care services across Europe, and an organisation providing social services in the United States.