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Academic Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer working part-time at Teesside University and continuing to practice as an independent therapeutic social worker part-time. I am Course Leader for the Contemporary Social Work post-qualifying programme, Module Leader for Research and teach across BA and MA modules. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, External Examiner for two courses at Northumbria University and create bespoke specialist training for NHS partnerships, local authorities and third sector organisations.
I'm a therapeutically trained Social Worker who specialises in preparing and supporting carers to provide loving homes for children who have experienced abuse, trauma and instability in their early lives. I have worked predominantly in adoption, fostering and special guardianship since qualifying in 2011. Prior to this, I spent five years working and volunteering in residential and community child and adult social care settings in the UK, Eastern Europe, India and Africa. During this time, I worked with homeless adults with learning and physical disabilities, mental illness, domestic abuse and substance misuse problems.
After gaining my BSc (Hons) Psychology and MA Social Work at the University of Manchester, I undertook an MSc in Professional Practice in Health and Social Care at Salford then completed my PhD at the University of Sheffield and my PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at Teesside University.
Over the past decade I have developed an interest in international conceptualisations of permanence, equality and diversity and how research can inform and improve inclusivity in Social Work practice. I am passionate about social justice, promoting inclusion and supporting children's emotional well-being. I have a particular interest in research, support and empowerment for LGBTQ+ carers and care-experienced young people. I am also interested in contemporary gender studies and addressing forms of cisgenderism and heteronormativity that work to disadvantage trans and non-binary people. I am Vice Chair of the TU Staff Gender Focus Group and represent TU on the JUCSWEC Research Subcommittee. I serve on the Editorial Board for two journals, undertake the role of departmental Ethics Coordinator, and am a member of international gender and sexuality groups/networks and the UKAT Equity and Inclusion Special Interest Group.
I love championing social work research and chair the TU Social Work Research Network. Please get in touch if you are a practitioner who wants to get involved in the network to explore how you could do some research to improve your practice context: [email protected].
Though I have limited current capacity, I am open to considering PhD students wishing to explore areas of LGBTQ+ inclusive practice in social work and integrated care, adoption, fostering and leaving care, therapeutic and trauma-informed practice, studies in gender, trans and gender diversity, hidden, marginalised groups, the intersectionality of social exclusion, qualitative and narrative methods.
External positions
External Examiner, Northumbria University
13 Oct 2022 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Social Care Workers in Schools Pilot Project Interim Evaluation Report
Brown, C. (PI), Poulter, H. (CoI) & Moore, H. (CoI)
Project: Research
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Evaluation of No Wrong Door Service
McGeechan, G. (PI), Wheatcroft, J. (CoI), Morgan, C. (CoI), Poulter, H. (CoI), Moore, H. (CoI), Brown, C. (CoI), Crow, R. (CoI) & Smith-Paul, S. (CoI)
1/05/23 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
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Can the role of a personal tutor contribute to reducing the undergraduate degree awarding gap for racially minoritised students?
Gabi, J., Braddock, A., Brown, C., Miller, D., Mynott, G., Jacobi, M., Banerjee, P., Kenny, K. & Rawson, A., 11 Mar 2024, In: British Educational Research Journal. p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Are We Gonna Have to Pretend to Be a Straight Couple?’: Examining the Specific Detriment that Cisgenderism Places on Non-Binary Adoption and Fostering Applicants in the United Kingdom
Brown, C., 19 Jul 2024, In: Behavioral Sciences. 14, 7, p. 1-16 16 p., 2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Critical ethical reflexivity (CER) in feminist narrative inquiry: reflections from cis researchers doing social work research with trans and non-binary people
Rogers, M. & Brown, C., 13 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Final Report: Thematic Review of No Wrong Door – Redcar and Cleveland
Morgan, C. E., Crow, R., Brown, C., Moore, H., Poulter, H., Smith-Paul, S., Wheatcroft, J. & McGeechan, G., 19 Dec 2023, 63 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Inclusive integrated care for LGBTQ+ families: An exploratory qualitative study in the United Kingdom
Brown, C., 5 Sept 2023, In: International Social Work.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sharing research into experiences of LGBTQ+ care leavers
4/04/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Experiences of LGBTQ+ care leavers examined by research team
25/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Pledge of Pride: co-creating practice resources to improve support for LGBTQ+ care leavers
20/06/23
1 Media contribution
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Personal tutoring: A catalyst for equity and an antidote to the racial awarding gap?
11/07/24
1 Media contribution
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