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PUBLICATIONS:
“Institutionalising People in the Community: A Reflection on Distress”, in The Handbook of Mental Health and Space: Community and Clinical Applications, edited by Laura McGrath and Paula Reavey (Routledge, 2019)
“An Investigation Into Community Mental Health Staff Experiences”, Journal of Social Work Practice 24:1 (2010), pp. 49-61. DOI:10.1080/02650530903532757
An Investigation into Staff Experiences of Working in the Community with Hard to Reach Severely Mentally Ill People, PQDT - UK & Ireland (2008)
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
British Association of Social Workers 1993: MH needs of the Bangladeshi Community in Britain.
Annual Doctoral Conference at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust:
2008: Ethical considerations in social research
2009: Combining research methods in qualitative research
2010: Preparing for Academic Research and finding the Research Question
Symposium on Occupational Survival 2010: Presented aspects of my research
City of London Research Conference 2014: Setting up Forensic MH aftercare services in the community
International Society of Forensic Mental Health 2012: Risk Stories - helping service users to understand their risky behaviours.
And several others I’ve forgotten to keep track of.
COUNSELLING EXPERIENCE:
2020–Present
Family therapy - Home-Start Barnet (honorary
2017–Present
Assessment of parents - Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust (honorary)
2005–2020
Individual & group counselling of service users - St Martin of Tours
2001–2008
Psychotherapy with young people - Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust
1994–2005
Systemic interventions with families of service users with severe and enduring mental illness, including those experiencing bereavement, domestic violence and other complications of mental illness (various statutory Mental Health services)
TEACHING:
Visiting lecturer: I facilitate work discussion groups and lectures for social work students completing Masters in Social Work. Topics include: MH law and practice, working with relationships and risk management.
Facilitated ongoing research & methodology seminars: Professional Doctorate in Social Work course. Mentoring and supervising research students
(Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust).
Guest lectures to graduate and postgraduate social work students at the London School of Economics, Middlesex University, London, Metropolitan University, London & statutory Mental Health Services, e.g. City of London, Tyneside & Forest of Dean
Provided training and facilitated staff seminars & learning sets at St Martin of Tours
EVENTS ORGANISED:
Adding Life to Years: An international conference on changing attitudes, treatments and services for Older People - National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
Mental Health Services for Minority Communities in the UK : A national conference on the hidden needs of minority communities.
Annual Staff Conference: Inviting various academics and practising professionals to share their experiences and developmental work with the staff in St Martin of Tours.
PEER REVIEWING:
I have peer reviewed articles for the Journal of Social Work Practice and the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health