• Social Work

I am a registered social worker, having practised in Community Care and hospital-based settings in England and Scotland before settling in the field of children and families social work for the majority of my career. I have worked mainly in statutory settings within local authorities and I was laterly involved in integrated services through the New Community Schools agenda.

I studied for my Social Work Masters at Edinburgh University. I have always enjoyed teaching and I was a practice teacher for a number of years. I returned to University in a teaching capacity in 2003 when I joined the University of Dundee as a Teaching Fellow. At Dundee I directed undergrduate child protection CPD provision, including the Certificate in Child Care and Protection, untill I moved to the University of Stirling in 2008.

I am currently the programme director for the Graduate Certificate in Child Welfare and Protection.

 

• Analysis in assessment, judgement and forms of rationality in child welfare and protection practice, the use of intuition in professional judgement

• Childhoods, Families and Relationships

• CWP901-Graduate Certificate in Child Welfare and Protection: Understanding children's needs: context and framework (Co-ordinator)
• CWP902-Graduate Certificate in Child Welfare and Protection: Undestanding children's experiences: assessment and decision-making (Co-ordinator)
• CWP903-Graduate Certificate in Child Welfare and Protection: Improving outcomes for children and young people (Co-ordinator)
• SPC911-Social Differentiation (Dissertation Supervisor)

Books

• Helm, D. (2010) Making Sense of Child and Family Assessment: How to Interpret Children's Needs. London, Jessica Kingsley

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