Mrs Kathleen Henderson
MSW Course Leader
Contact
- Email: k.henderson@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Kingston Hill
- Faculty: Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education
- School: School of Allied Health, Midwifery and Social Care
- Department: Department of Social Work and Social Care
About
I am a qualified social worker (registered with HCPC) and practice educator, with 32 years' experience of working with children and families. I have been a social work lecturer here since 2004 and am now the course leader on the Masters in Social Work course. I am a Senior Fellow with the Higher Education Academy.
My specialist interests include Domestic Abuse, Safeguarding Children, Practice Learning, Simulated skills development and Solution-focused brief therapy. I set up and manage the social work skills lab on the Kingston Hill campus. I enjoy skills development and experiential learning and am passionate about involving service users and carers. I completed the university's MA programme for Professional Education and Training in 2010. As part of this, I undertook research for my dissertation on Work-Based Supervisors which was published in September 2012. I am a member of the British Association of Social Work (BASW) England Committee.
Areas of specialism
- Children & families
- Domestic Abuse
- Practice Learning
- Skills development
- Solution-focused brief therapy
Qualifications
- MA Professional Education and Training
- Practice Educator Award
- Advanced Social Work Award
- Diploma in Social Studies
Industry links
I have been a member of the professional body for social work , The British Association of Social Work (BASW) for 30 years. For the last three years , I have been privileged to be elected to the BASW England committee.
Research
Henderson, K et al (2017) Self-Efficacy and Outcomes: Validating a Measure Comparing Social Work Students' Perceived and Assessed Ability in Core Pre-Placement Skills. British Journal of Social Work (2017) 0, 1–22
Henderson, K et al (2017) On the learning journey: what helps and hinders the development of social work students' core preplacement skills? Social Work Education, 36:1, 6-25,
Henderson, K and Mathew- Byrne, J (2015) ‘Developing Communication and Interviewing Skills', Chapter 1 in Skills for Social Work Practice. Palgrave
Henderson, K (2010) ‘Work-based supervisors: the neglected partners in practice learning' Social Work Education 29(5), pp. 490-502.
Publications
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Number of items: 4.
Article
Tompsett, Hilary, Henderson, Kathleen, Matthew Byrne, Jane, Gaskell Mew, Elaine and Tompsett, Christopher (2017) Self-efficacy and outcomes : validating a measure comparing social work students' perceived and assessed ability in core pre-placement skills. The British Journal of Social Work, 47(8), pp. 2384-2405. ISSN (print) 0045-3102
Tompsett, Hilary, Henderson, Kathleen, Mathew Byrne, Jane, Gaskell Mew, Elaine and Tompsett, Chris (2017) On the learning journey : what helps and hinders the development of social work students’ core pre-placement skills? Social Work Education, 36(1), pp. 6-25. ISSN (print) 0261-5479
Henderson, Kathleen Juliette (2010) Work-based supervisors: the neglected partners in practice learning. Social Work Education, 29(5), pp. 490-502. ISSN (print) 0261-5479
Book Section
Henderson, Kathleen and Mathew-Byrne, Jane (2016) Developing communication and interviewing skills. In: Davies, Keith and Jones, Ray, (eds.) Skills for social work practice. London, U.K. : Palgrave. pp. 1-22. ISBN 9781137390264