Key details
Sharon Lambley
Senior Lecturer
I started work at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ as an experienced academic and I have three areas of responsibility
- Leading and teaching on the BA/MA and CPD Social Work programmes
- Developing new modules and programmes
- Research and scholarly work
I am a registered social worker, experienced lecturer and researcher. I have worked in a variety of roles in Higher Education and have over 30 years of completing externally funded research commissions.
Posts Held Previously
- 2021 - 2022 Programme Lead for MA Social Work at Çï¿ûÊÓƵ
- 2018 - 2021 Programme Lead, MPA, University of the West of Scotland
- 2010- 2015 Director of CPD at University of Sussex
- 2004 - 2010 Programme Lead for MA Health and Social Care Management at London Metropolitan University
- 2002 - 2004 Freelance consultant at Lambley Consulting
- 2000 - 2002 Business Development Manager for Public sector at University of Brighton
- 1999 - 2000 Freelance consultant at Lambley Consulting
- 1991 - 1999 Researcher, Research fellow, teaching fellow, lecturer, senior lecturer, development consultant at University of Brighton
- 1987 - 1991 Social Worker at Brighton and Hove/East Sussex Local Authority
- 1984 - 1986 Manager at Hove YMCA
Responsibilities within the university
- Module convenor and lecturer on social work BA/MA/CPD programmes
- Development work
CPD modules
New programmes - Research and scholarly work
Recognition
Journal reviewer
- British Journal of Social Work
- Human Service Organisation: Management, Leadership and Governance
- Child Abuse Review
- Teaching Public Administration
Registered social worker with Social Work England.
Research / Scholarly interests
- Supervision
- Service user/people with lived experiences of social work
- Management and leadership (professional and organisation)
- Professional identity and development of social work practices
Recent publications
- Supervision and service user voice
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Supervision ed. Kieran O’Donoghue and Lambert Engelbrecht (Abingdon: Routledge, 29 Jun 2021 ), accessed 29 Mar 2023 , Routledge Handbooks Online. Author SOURCE-WORK-ID: 7d380f98-3140-46b8-89d7-1a912d233122 EID: 2-s2.0-85140499576 Part of ISBN: - Supervision in adult care settings
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Supervision ed. Kieran O’Donoghue and Lambert Engelbrecht (Abingdon: Routledge, 29 Jun 2021 ), Routledge Handbooks . IBSN 9780429285943 - A semi-open supervision systems model for evaluating staff supervision in adult care organisational settings; the research findings
British Journal of Social Work, 2019-03-31 | Journal article | DOI: SOURCE-WORK-ID: 0fde2dc9-c4e5-4fde-a30d-897589f3dd48 EID: 2-s2.0-85063800174 - A semi-open supervision systems model for evaluating staff supervision in adult care settings: a conceptual framework
European Journal of Social Work 2018-03-02 | Journal article | Author DOI: SOURCE-WORK-ID: f98dfc2f-2905-4b1f-9bc5-5f2ca71d92ca EID: 2-s2.0-85042910566 - Exploring service user involvement in adult health and social care supervision
Interprofessional Staff Supervision in Adult Health and Social Care Services Volume 1, 2015-12-11 | Book chapter | Author SOURCE-WORK-ID: a5e7f3d3-675c-436a-a8b6-ab1da56a233d Part of ISBN: - Inclusive leadership in social work and social care
2014-03-12 | Edited book | Editor SOURCE-WORK-ID: 0cd84f39-0658-40a2-8d5e-029d0cab10b3 ISBN: CONTRIBUTORS: Trish Hafford-Letchfield; Sharon Lambley; Gary Spolander; Christine Cocker - Managers: are they really to blame for what is happening to social work?
Perspectives on Management and Leadership in Social Work 2013-12 | Book chapter | Author SOURCE-WORK-ID: 08e0cca1-d1f7-4a19-874c-4c35e2ed313f Part of ISBN: - Proactive Management in Social Work
2009 Learning Matters, Exeter, ISBN 10: / ISBN 13: