I graduated as a social worker from Kingston in 1994 and did my Masters in Professional Education and training here in 2012. I worked for 25 years in various capacities in the Probation Service. I teach under and post-graduate education in the School of Social work, with emphasis on Practice Education, leadership and management and early transitions into social work practice. I work on the BA (Hons) Working with Children and Young People; social pedagogy. Research interests include domestic abuse and fathering, practice education and I recently lead on the completion of a report with colleagues for the Home Office on cross-county lines drug dealing. I lead on the operational aspects of our Developing Together teaching partnership for Kingston University and am the liaison tutor for managing relationships with our employer partners. I am an accredited DASH trainer and make this training is available to all Kingston social work students
Senior Lecturer