Senior Lecturer in Post Qualifying Social Work

I took up my role as Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Bedfordshire in 2023 and I current lead on the Post Qualifying course and will be leading units across our other qualifying courses as well.

I have been working as a social worker since I gained my MSc in Social Work from the University of Bedfordshire in 2012. I have worked with Child Protection and long term family work in a Local Authority setting. Prior to this I had experience working in the voluntary sector with a focus of working with children, mental health and homelessness.

I am a qualified Practice Educator and completed my training in 2016 and have supported and assessed student social workers and newly qualified social workers in practice since this time. I completed my foundation in Systemic Practice in 2018 alongside establishing a teaching unit in the Local Authority I worked in which I lead on for three years.

Throughout my career I have continued to work with the University of Bedfordshire through supporting with selection processes, group task assessments and guest teaching. More formally since 2021 I have taken an active role in the BLMK Teaching Partnership.

Qualifications

• Foundation in Systemic Practice 2017
• Practice Educator Level 2– University of Bedfordshire 2016
• MSc Social Work – University of Bedfordshire 2012
• BA Hons Comparative Literary Studies – University of Kent 2009

Teaching Expertise

• Social Work Practice Educator and Practice Educator mentor 2016 – 2023
• Consultant Social Worker within teaching unit in Child Protection 2017 - 2020
• Guest Practitioner lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire 2022
• ASYE and Student Lead Practitioner 2020 - 2023

Research Interests

• Systemic practice in the context of Child Protection Social Work.
• Anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice.
• The use of self in social work.
• Vicarious trauma in social work.
• The role of effective social work supervision.

Projects

• Presentation to the National Children’s and Adult’s Services Conference on Mental Wealth – a discussion on approaches to staff wellbeing. November 2019

Contact Details

E: Suzy.Mosedale@beds.ac.uk