Ms Jane McLenachan

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.

• 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

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

BA (Hons) Social Work

• 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

Registered Social Worker with General Social Care Council, 2005

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

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

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

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