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: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/hls
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.
BA (Hons) Social Work
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
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
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