William Harvey Building
jenny.secker@anglia.ac.uk

Qualifications & Memberships

PhD, CQSW/DipSW, RMN, BA Hons

Courses

None - occasional research sessions for masters' students.

Outline of career

Before pursuing a career in research, Jenny trained as a mental health nurse in Edinburgh, later training and working as a social worker. After completing her PhD in 1991 at Edinburgh University's Department of Social Work and Social Policy she worked as a researcher in a number of Scottish academic and practice organisations, latterly as Research Specialist in Mental Health at the Health Education Board for Scotland. In 1997 she took up post as Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Applied Health and Social Policy, King's College London, moving to her current post in 2002.

Research Interest

Jenny's main research interests are in the area of mental health and social inclusion, with a particular focus on employment and participatory arts.

Selected Publications

Secker J. (2009) Supporting mental health service users back to work. Journal of Public Mental Health 8 (3): 38-45.

Pittam G., Secker J. & Ford F. (2010) The role of interprofessional working in the Pathways to Work Condition Management Programmes. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 24 (6): 699-709.

Secker J. (2010) Improving Mental Health through Participatory Arts. In: I Goldie (Ed) Public Mental Health: A handbook. Brighton: Pavilion.

Secker J. (2010) Mental health problems, social inclusion and social exclusion: A UK perspective. In D. Pilgrim, A. Rogers and B. Pescosolido (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Mental Health and Illness. London/Thousand Oaks/Delhi, Sage Publications.


For a complete list of publications please contact Jenny