Profile
Hilary Fawcett, Senior Lecturer, Youth and
Community Work
Professional Background
My professional
practice based background has involved a broad range of opportunities and
experiences located both within the Voluntary and Statutory sectors.
This has
included;
- generic youth and community work-centre based,
- detached and outreach,
- rural youth work,
- school based youth and community work,
- community development
practice,
- specialised and specifically focused; young women and the judiciary
system, counselling and support within women’s crisis centre’s.
Teaching
interests
I am actively
involved in all aspects of the Youth and Community Work programme, and can and
do deliver a variety of modules that include other academic areas; social work,
health and social care, child and adolescent studies.
My specialist areas
include:
- One to One and Group Work Practices,
- ADP,
- Experiential Learning;
application of theory to practice,
- Community Work,
- Health Education in Action,
- Social Policy and the Welfare State.
Research
Interests relevant to Youth and Community Work
- Development of Youth Councils, and Parish Forums.
- Rurality issues for young people, rural poverty and
unemployment.
- Civic Association, New Labour, Impacts for
Community Work.
- Rurality, Young People and Political Participation.
- Development of Community Work Training
Opportunities.
- Policy Development and Implementation, Codes of
Practice and Youth Work
- The adoption and implementation of a broader range
of assessment strategies in Higher Education; does this raise standards?
External
Professional Activities
- 2003-2005:
External Examiner for Connexions Programmes at Sunderland University.
- 2004
Representative and panel member for NYA; Huddersfield University;
revalidation process.
- 2005-current;
National Advisory Group; ABC
- 2005-current
External Examiner; St Helens College; FE/HE, Liverpool
- Professional
Membership.
- Member of
Training Agencies Group (TAG).
Contact details
Hilary Fawcett
E: hilary.fawcett@beds.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1582 743505
