Professional Development Network
Education & Social Care
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The Professional Development
team is committed to high quality delivery and support. We are involved with our
own professional updating and undertake professional and/or academic
qualifications and research. The team reflects a wide variety of backgrounds and
experiences including non-traditional entry into teaching and training and
varied personal and academic histories. The majority of staff maintain an active
involvement in their profession and in their specialist areas and most are
current practitioners with experience of teaching and training at both Higher
Education level and with professional colleagues.
The
Professional Development Studies team works closely with organisations to
develop high quality accredited and non-accredited Professional Development
programmes that are responsive and specific to their needs. PDS is flexible and
contemporary in approach; we are developing an e-Professional Development
Network to ensure organisations have access to current research carried out
through Continuing Professional Development activities and are we are actively
involved in partnerships with other training providers and professional bodies
to deliver innovative and creative local, regional and national provision
Janet Phillips, CPD Manager, Southend Campus
(01702) 328314
jphil@essex.ac.uk
Sarah Wiblin, Professional Development Studies Administrator
(01702) 328229
swiblin@essex.ac.uk
Associate Lecturers
Zoe Goodwin
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Originally a clothes designer Zoe decided to change careers following a
successful part time teaching placement in a secondary school. She has a keen
interest in teacher training having gained her PGCE through the first cohort of
Open University students and currently works as an OU tutor for the now flexible
PGCE distance learning course. Zoe has a particular
awareness of the need for training to continue throughout a teacher's career and
has worked hard over the past few years to merge initial teacher training with
NQT induction and continuing professional development.
Alan Hadwin
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My safeguarding practice experience includes acting as advisor in
hundreds of safeguarding investigations, serious concerns about service
providers meetings and lately a serious case review. I have also developed
and presented safeguarding adults awareness training to adult care services, the
NHS, the police and the private and voluntary sector.
Jane Herd
- Professionally
qualified, experienced and successful practitioner, trainer, manager and
director in the area of relationship based social work and therapeutic
childcare. With significant expertise in provision, creation and management of
multi-disciplinary services too hard to reach and complex families in the
health, social care and voluntary fields.
Stephen Jordan
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Curriculum Leader I am responsible for developing the Social work degree, cross
school development and good practice. I have 16 years experience as a social
work practitioner in a variety of social work settings, across different client
groups, mental health, work with older people and extensively with children and
families. I am an accredited practice teacher and for the last 12 years have
practice taught students. I am a member of the British Association for
Social Work.
Research Interests
The experience of overseas trained social workers working in the UK; Role of
Emotional Intelligence in the training and recruitment of Social workers; ADHD
and attachment disorders.
Mathew
Klaushofer - I have
practised as a Social Worker, a Senior Social Worker and a Manager in Local
Authority Social Care, and as a Children's Services Practitioner in the NSPCC.
I have experience in assessing and treating children and families in a tier 3
child and adolescent mental health service and I am a UKCP-registered systemic
(family) psychotherapist.
Currently I undertake independent social work consultancy preparing parenting
capacity, viability, and child protection risk assessments. I also undertake
Kinship, Special Guardianship and Form F assessments. I am trained in, and have
experience of undertaking, Extended Community Based Assessments (ECBA). I have
experience of providing quality assurance (Performance Management) services for
Local Authorities and NHS Trusts. I am also an accredited Practice Teacher for a
local Social Work degree course.
Jim Ledwidge -
Prior to becoming a freelance
consultant in October 2006 I gained extensive front-line service and management
experience in a variety of settings over a 24 year career in Local Authority
Social Services. I worked with all client groups, and latterly specialised in
managing services for people who are physically disabled or who have sensory
needs.
Karen Murphy
- Karen is
committed to providing a quality social service for the population of the county
in which she resides. She has kept abreast of training and have developed Self
Directed Support and delivered the training for West Sussex County Council, a
local authority who was one of the first to implement Individual Budgets in the
initial pilot scheme monitored by Ibsen. Karen conducted policy research
with regard to Self Directed Support in her Doctorate at the Tavistock and was
subsequently approached to conduct lectures and seminars on both Self Directed
Support and psychoanalytic approaches to older age social work, which she has
done for the last two years. She is presently completing her proposal for
research into people with dementia whose carers admit them to residential care.
Richard Taylor -
Richard has a Masters Degree in Professional Practice for which
he gained a distinction for both Planning and Research Units. During the course
he gained a great insight into the concept of addressing prior learning for
adult practitioners and feel confident to develop this further with the field of
teacher training. As a result of his work with the Course Leader he was invited
to participate in a research project on 'Creative Practitioners' in the work
place. Richard has working knowledge of training systems and current government
policies, combined with a high level of 'professionalism' as his judgments and
observations would affect young teachers' careers. As part of this role he has
delivered training sessions to trainee teachers at Anglia Ruskin University and
the N.Essex SCITT centre.
John Ubsdel -
John is a senior officer working within the
School Improvement Team for Southend Borough Council's Children & Learning
Services. His role includes a lead on Special Schools and training for teachers
and support workers with 'Non Traditional Learners' . He has taught within a
variety of school settings and also local authorities with London and Kent
through to Essex. John is currently, in partnership with another senior officer,
promoting the authority's Leadership Strategy.
Suzie Stephens - Suzie is a Senior Lecturer who has
been making a significant contribution to the delivery of PGC Practice
Education, PGD Leading & Managing in Social Work and PGC Approaches to Working
Therapeutically with Children, Young People and Families. She led
workshops on Social Pedagogy as part of the annual PDS Conference for Social
Workers and will take a lead role in developing the social care provision in PDS
in the coming year.
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