Leighanne Wilson

Leighanne is experienced in the area of family safeguarding, working closely with families who are subject to Child Protection Plans/Child in Need plans or are going through the pre-proceedings and care proceedings framework. Having had the opportunity to guest lecture for students, Leighanne joined ARU as a Senior Lecturer Practitioner in August 2022.

Email: [email protected]

Background

Leighanne has held roles mostly in family safeguarding, with a brief time working with Children Looked After and recently in a Court Team which focused on families who were in public law care proceedings. Leighanne has worked in four local authorities, giving her the opportunity to work with Frontline programme students, implement family safeguarding intervention modules, and adopt motivational interviewing as an approach to assist families in effecting long-term and sustainable change.

Research interests

Leighanne is particularly interested in children and young people’s access to and experiences with mental health services, systemic practice and what we could learn from the COVID pandemic.

Areas of expertise

• Safeguarding in the context of children and families

Teaching

• Guest Lecturing
• Will be teaching Standards and Skills for Social Work Practice 1 and Safeguarding in the Context of Children and Adults

Qualifications

• Practice Educator in Social Work (University of Hertfordshire)
• MSc in Social Work (Royal Holloway, University of London)
• Bachelors degree in Criminology and Psychology (Anglia Ruskin University)