Cambridge
0845 196 2550
Jane.Akister@anglia.ac.uk

Qualifications & Memberships

• Association of Family Therapy 1979 (Editorial Board Journal of Family Therapy 1999 - 2007)
• Association of Child Psychology & Psychiatry 1981 (Board Member, 2007)
• International Alliance of Teacher Scholars, Inc. 1998
• Higher Education Academy 2000
• Registered Social Worker 2004

Outline of career

Jane Akister is a Reader in Social Work at Anglia Ruskin University and has been researching aspects of supporting parents and protecting children for Parentline, the confidential helpline for parents, for Home-Start and for Community Service Volunteers. These projects have focussed on the parents experiences of services, identifying their concerns as parents and the services that they find useful. Other research interests include family functioning, parent/child attachment and the mental health of looked after children and research in learning and teaching including methods of assessment for social work students.

Research Interest

Supporting Families; Role of the third sector in family support; Mental wellbeing of children and families

Selected Publications

Akister, J., 2009, Poster Assessment. Infocus 2:10 (Letter) Higher Education Academy (SWAP Newsletter).

Akister, J., 2009, Poster Presentations as an Assessment Method in Social Work Education. Infocus: case study, 1 - University of Southampton - 8/09/2009

Akister, J., Williams, I. & Maynard, A., 2009. Group Supervision of Undergraduate Dissertations: A preliminary enquiry into student experiences and outcomes. Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 4 (2), pp.77-94.

Akister, J., Williams, I. and Maynard, A., 2010 Engaging Post Qualifying (PQ) Students with Different Prior Academic Experiences in Successful Learning. Networks, 13, 18-23.

Akister, J., 2009, Supporting Parents and Protecting Children. Journal of Public Mental Health, 8 (4), pp.11-18.

Akister, J., Owens, M. and Goodyer, I.M. 2010 Leaving care and mental health: outcomes for children in out-of-home care during the transition to adulthood. Health Research Policy and Systems, 8(10) [Published 12 May]

Akister, J., Moore, C. and Williams, I., 2011. Enabling Professionals to Succeed in Post-Qualifying Education: Initial Concerns and Assessment Outcomes from Classroom-Based and Blended Learning Modules. Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 6(1), pp. 77-94.

Akister, J., O'Brien, N. and Cleary, T., 2011. Making the Difference: How effective is the CSV volunteers in child protection (ViCP) scheme?. Final Report, September 2011.

Akister, J., 2011. "Protecting Children: The central role of knowledge". Practice: Social Work in Action