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Dr Carole Southall

Assistant Professor

School: Communities and Education

Carole Southall is a qualified Social Worker and spent 20 years in practice as a social worker in adult services, an Approved Social Worker under the Mental Health Act 1983 and a team manager in Community Mental Health Services.

Carole has a long standing interest in mental health , mental capacity and adult safeguarding and teaches in these areas with a strong focus on the rights of the individual . She is Programme Leader for Post Qualifying Social Work and teaches on the BSc and MA Social Work Programmes the AMHP programme and Post Qualifying Social Work programme including BIA training under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

Carole is published in children's mental Health and adult social care and research interests include mental capacity, mental health and adult safeguarding .

Carole Southall

  • Social Work PhD June 15 2017
  • Teaching & Learning PCAPL October 11 2007
  • Health MSc September 01 2001
  • Sociology BSc (Hons) September 01 1983
  • Advanced Award in Social Work AASW 2004
  • Approved Social Worker under the Mental Health Act 1983 ASW 1992
  • C.Q.S.W. Certificate of Qualification in Social Work CQSW 1984
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015

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