Lecturing, Mentoring and Training
Lecturing
Sara is an experienced and effective lecturer and facilitator of group workshops. Her experience comes from having been an Associate Lecturer at The University of Derby since 2010. Sara has also undertaken a number of lectures for the University of Nottingham on the Social Work MA and BA course. She has delivered a variety of lectures and facilitated a number of workshops on modules including ‘Social Work Law’, ‘Attitudes and Values’, and “Working with Resistance”
Bespoke Training Packages
Sara is also able to deliver bespoke tailor made training packages for individual social care teams / groups of professionals. Sara has experience of delivering training to teams within Local Authorities (including front line Social Workers, a specialist Disabled Children’s Team and foster carers). Courses Sara has delivered include “Working with hostile and evasive families”, “Child Development”, “Safer Caring”, “Recording and Report Writing” and “Analysis and Risk Assessment”
Delivering presentations
Sara is able to deliver both informal & formal presentations. Her experience in delivering informal presentations has included group team training & information sharing regarding issues such as new departmental policies & procedures. In relation to formal presentations, Sara has presented at a national ‘Deafness & Mental Health Conference’, the subject of which focussed on the mental health needs of Deaf children & hearing children of Deaf parents.
Tutoring
Sara has extensive experience in tutoring undergraduate students on the Social Work degree course. She has worked with year two and year three students and supported them with academic work, pastoral issues, personal circumstances and disabilities impacting upon their learning, and been their main point of contact with the University whilst on practice placement.
Experience and Knowledge
Sara’s extensive practice in social work, her experience in delivering training alongside her knowledge attained through completing the Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education enables her to be a confident, effective and efficient trainer / lecturer who provides informative, stimulating and thought provoking presentations.
What the clients say
“Sara has worked with the University of Derby over a number of years providing tutorial guidance to groups of students on the BA in Applied Social Work exploring their attitude formation and value base as part of the Attitudes and Values module. This has also involved facilitating students in developing group presentations and receiving and marking presentations. Sara has always been professional, reliable, organised and consistent. Feedback from students has positively reflected on the support she has provided”.
Senior Lecturer, Derby University
“Sara clearly put considerable time and effort in the planning of the lecture and she worked hard during the session to involve the students. It was clear from student responses that they found the session engaging and relevant. Questions were encouraged and responded to well. She made good ‘connections’ with the students and moved around the room to make contact and discuss points during group work. Sara took time to explain and provide further examples when necessary. A very well-planned and well-structured session. A variety of learning activities were planned in and used effectively. Presentation well-designed”
Senior Lecturer, Derby University in feedback regarding a direct observation of the delivery of a lecture to Year One Social Work Degree Students
“I have worked with Sara over a number of years, drawing on her expertise on a regular basis. Over the past three years I have requested Sara’s help on several different pieces of work, including acting as practice mentor to qualified social workers, marking of portfolios, teaching and training undergraduate students and long arm practice education of students. I will continue to work with Sara as long as she has availability, as I know that she always carries out work of a very high standard and is a committed, enthusiastic and reliable practitioner”
Yvonne Galea, Independent Social Work Consultant