Ms Liz Clarke

BA Modern European Studies, PG Diploma Mental Health Studies, MA/DipSW Applied Social Studies, Masters in Public Administration

Senior Lecturer in Social Work

School of Sport, Nutrition and Allied Health Professions

Role

I am currently the Subject Coordinator for the BA, MA and PGDip Social Work Degree course which involves having some oversight of the programme structure and delivery. I am also involved as Module Leader for a number of the BA and MA/PGDip modules, specifically in relation to Children and Families Social Work, and Professional Skills including Communication Skills. I am also partly involved in for recruiting and supporting Practice Educators who support our social work students on placement.

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Modules taught

SWRK7009 Professional Communication and Skills Development;
SWRK5005 Children and Families Social Work;
SWRK7002 Theory and Intervention in Children and Families Social Work;
SWRK7011 & SWRK6011 Skills;
SWRK6005 Professional Consolidation

Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

Social Work England

Further details

Other experience

Child Protection Social Worker
Manager of mental health service in the Voluntary Sector
Independent Practice Educator

I started working for mental health services (Nottingham Advocacy Group, MIND, Oxfordshire Mental Health Matters, etc.) in the Voluntary sector 20 years ago and completed a PGCert from Anglia Ruskin University in Mental Health Studies in 1999. I trained as a Social Worker and qualified with a Masters in Applied Social Studies and a Diploma in Social Work from Oxford University in 2003.

I went on to manage an adult mental health voluntary sector service in South Oxfordshire for 5 years. I then practiced as a Children and Families Social Worker in Oxford City and Banbury for a year and then as a Child Protection Social Worker in South Oxfordshire for 4 years. I graduated with a MA in Public Administration from Warwick University in 2013.

For the past 10 years, I have acted as an Independent Practice Educator for Social Work students on placement. I joined the Social Work teaching team at Oxford Brookes University in November 2014. I also work as a part-time Tutor in Social Work at Ruskin College.