William Harvey Building
0845 196 4982
clare.walker@anglia.ac.uk

Qualifications & Memberships

• BSc Sociology (Hons) plus a CQSW
• Diploma in Management
• MA in Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy
• MPhil in Social work
• Diploma in Supervision

• Member of BACP - membership category MBACP
• Accredited with UKCP as a psychotherapist

Courses

• Clare teaches on the MA in Counselling Studies and the MA in Social work

Outline of career

Clare qualified and worked in Social work from 1979-2000 in a variety of practice and management posts. Her last posts were involved in practice development and quality assurance. She worked in private practice as a psychotherapist from 2000 until 2008, when she joined the university. Alongside her private practice, Clare has offered consultancy in the social care sector.

Research Interest

Current research interest is the transition experience of newly qualified social workers as they leave the university and enter the work place as a qualified practitioner.

Selected Publications

'Preparation for poverty: rethinking residential care' (with others) in Dennington J, & Pitts J, (Eds) Developing Services for Young People in Crisis. Longman 1991

Member of a group of writers contributing papers edited by Hearn B, Darvill G, & Morris B, (Eds) On Becoming a Manager in Social Work: a collection of papers. Longman 1992

Transition from Practitioner to Manager in Social Work, M Phil thesis, Brunel University 1992

'Great expectations? Personal, professional and institutional agendas in advanced education for social work'' (with Youll) in Yelloly M, & Henkel H, (Eds) Learning and Teaching in Social Work: Towards Reflective Practice. Jessica Kingsley Pubs 1994

A model of Call and Response M.A thesis, Institute of Psychosynthesis 2000