Associate Professor of Social Work. #UKRIFLF Researcher of lived-experience led criminal justice design. Widnesian with Maltese sparkle. Views mine
North West UK
Joined July 2009
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My first book! Leaders with #livedexperience can inform practice relationships that are humanising, empowering & nurturing of empathy & solidarity, working as equals we can overcome. routledge.com/Peer-Mentoring… No shortage of this truth in our #COVID19 citizen response #peermentoring – at Widnes, England
Interview with our research partner @paula_harriott #criminalrecord #criminology civilsociety.co.uk/news/paul…
Reading about Howard's experience of imprisonment and reform (thanks @matt_rive) and find he's part of the history of Warrington! I walk past this plaque all the time and didn't know!!
ALT Plaque of John Howard on Warrington's Bridge Street
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Congrats to our good friend Michael on a key milestone of 100 podcasts with The Lived Experience Series. We have learned an awful lot from tuning in and hearing from some amazing people along the way 🎧
@turnaroundproj 💙 michmc1.medium.com/5-key-les… – at Galway, Ireland
📢NEW #photovoice study: Coproducing recovery with people affected by substance use and criminalization #socialwork #recovery #criminaljustice @RRR_LUF academic.oup.com/bjsw/advanc…
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#CfP Pleased to share a Special Issue Call for papers on Criminal Justice #SocialWork @MaraInsMartne14 and I are co-editing in @ProbationJnl - deadline 1st December 2024. Please RT
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*1 week left to apply* RESEARCH PROJECT MANAGER #parttime (18.25 hours) , lots of home working and flexibility. We especially welcome applicants with #livedexperience of #criminaljustice DM if you have questions jobs.chester.ac.uk/wrl/pages… #research #projectmanager
Come work with me!! #Parttime #Research Job Opportunity #projectmanager #criminology #criminaljustice #socialwork jobs.chester.ac.uk/wrl/pages…...
Day 2 of learning across death investigations. Thanks to @BugejaLyndal and @Richards_G_C for excellent keynotes and to everyone for fabulous knowledge shares #safesoc – at Manchester, England
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A huge thanks to @PhilippaTomczak, @gillybuck & others for a fantastic 2 days in Manchester talking about improving #learnings from #death investigations. There is SO much work to be done, but such a brilliant group of people working on these issues @UKRI_News #inquests #data
As our #prison death research draws to a close we're feeling inspired by colleagues working to improve learning from death investigations across sectors and countries @PhilippaTomczak safesoc.co.uk/prisoner-death…
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As our #prison death research draws to a close we're feeling inspired by colleagues working to improve learning from death investigations across sectors and countries @PhilippaTomczak safesoc.co.uk/prisoner-death…
ALT Learning across death investigations welcome sign
ALT Manchester art gallery entrance
ALT Collaborators at the art gallery learning centre
ALT Manchester art gallery
Huge congratulations to @CMSocialWorkTP, @FeatherJulie and the Research Hub... Practitioner-Led Research Finalists 🥳
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🚨10 days left to submit 🚨
We are interested in research and practitioner reflects examining employability for those with a criminal conviction.
Send your abstract by August 19th to
[email protected]
sciencedirect.com/journal/in…
Must listen for Social Workers and others supporting #youngcarers #socialwork
I met a group of young carers at @The_Lowry 8 years ago. We made a play. It changed my life. It’s being repeated on @BBCRadio4 in 5 minutes. Take a listen bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s19…
Huge well done @Blaise_Anthonys Being different: what it means to be a person with albinism in Nigeria tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Recommends legal regulation, inclusive employment and learning practices, teacher training, improved antenatal and postpartum care, awareness raising and religious leaders demystifying #albinism
Finally, we can shout about this! 📢We've been awarded a huge UK research fellowship #UKRIFLF to study how lived experience leaders imagine the future of criminal justice🎉If you have ideas, get in touch ukri.org/news/68-new-future-…
Huge thank you to our epic board and partners @criminology @fergus_mcneill @weaver_beth @rod_earle @turnaroundproj @crimsonchat @FACT_Liverpool @ninachampioncja @GemMorgan007
I wouldn't have known where to begin with a project of this scale were it not for some top class mentoring from @PhilippaTomczak 🙏