Ms Jane McLenachan

Job: Head of Division of Social Work & Health Studies

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: School of Applied Social Sciences

Address: De Montfort, University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH.

T: +44 (0)116 250 6570

E: jmclenachan@dmu.ac.uk

W: www.dmu.ac.uk/hls

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Personal profile

Qualified social worker since 1981. Experienced children and families and child protection social worker. Qualified practice educator, with experience of delivering practice educator training and development programmes. Social work education expertise: teaching, programme development and management. Development, delivery and management of post qualifying and continuing professional development programmes.

Experienced external examiner. Head of Division for Social Work & Health Studies: managing portfolio of provision, including Social Work, Health Studies and Sociology degrees; Foundation Degree in Children, Families & Community Health; Leadership & Management; Clinically Led Commissioning and Medical Education.

Research interests/expertise

Service user and carer involvement in professional education and training
Social work education and training
Child protection
Children and families work
Evaluation of social work training and practice
Partnership working

Qualifications

Advanced Award in Social Work
MA Child Care Law & Practice
Practice Teacher Award
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work
BA Applied Social Studies

Courses taught

BA (Hons) Social Work

Membership of external committees

Joint University Council Social Work Education Committee, Learning & Teaching Committee Chair, 2009 – present.
Social Work Reform Board, Careers Working Group, member, 2010 – present.
The College of Social Work Partnership Implementation Advisory group.
Member of Health Professions Council Social Work Visitor Panel

Professional licences and certificates

Registered Social Worker with General Social Care Council, 2005

Conference attendance

European Conference for Social Work Research, Basle, March 2012:

International Research and Exchange of Social Work Professionals between England & South Africa

Consultancy work

Contracts with Skills for Care
Children’s Workforce Development
Council/Department for Education

Externally funded research grants information

International Research and Exchange of Social Work Professionals between England and South Africa, Skills for Care, provision of research training and support, October 2010 – March 2012, professional consultant and research supervisor (PI – Hellmuth Weich)

Evaluation of Step Up to Social Work, Children’s Workforce Development Council/Department for Education, evaluation, July 2011 – October 2012, PI