I am a senior lecturer in the department of Social Work and Social Care. I am a member of the Psychological and Cognitive Conditions Research Group in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education. My research interests involve mental health and wellbeing, social work and social care.
I am a registered social worker and Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). My career has involved practice in community mental health teams; specialist community services for people experiencing psychosis; and as a forensic social worker, working with mentally disordered offenders in regional secure services and in the community.
European Social Work Research Association
Recovery Research Network
Peer reviewer for European Journal of Social Work
Registered Social Worker HCPC
I am a member of the Psychological and Cognitive Conditions Research Group in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education. My research interests involve mental health and wellbeing, social work and social care.
Hood, Rick, Brent, Maria, Abbott, Simon and Sartori, Daniele (2018) An exploration of practitioner-service user relationships in social work. The British Journal of Social Work, ISSN (print) 0045-3102 (Epub Ahead of Print)
Abbott, Simon (2018) Using the law in mental health social work practice in a changing national and global context : challenges and opportunities offered by a therapeutic jurisprudence lens. In: 8th European Conference for Social Work Research : Social Work in Transition : Challenges for Social Work Research in a Changing Local and Global World; 19 - 21 Apr 2018, Edinburgh, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Abbott, Simon (2017) Using the law in social work AMHP practice to navigate coercion and care. In: 7th European Conference for Social Work Research : Challenges in Social Work Research – Conflicts, Barriers and Possibilities in relation to Social Work; 19 - 21 Apr 2017, Aalborg, Denmark. (Unpublished)