Lee-Ann has been an academic for 25 years and is also a Registered Social Worker committed to advancing the professional evidence base of practitioners. Her research is focused on participatory arts-based methods to engage with seldom heard voices. This includes projects with older LGBT citizens, young people with disabilities, and homeless people – creating outputs to create impact through poetry and film.
Lee-Ann’s most recent work explores integration between health and social care, and work on the Mental Capacity Toolkit to support decision making for vulnerable people. Lee-Ann has also worked on the impact of financial scams on vulnerable groups, and she is currently using game technology to develop learning tools to raise scam awareness. Her teaching is linked to leadership and the professional supervision of practitioners.
Lee-Ann is the Editorial Board member of Journal of Ethics and Social Welfare. She is also Director of the Research Centre of Seldom Heard Voices, Marginalisation and Social Integration, and Associate member of the Centre for Qualitative Research and National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work and Professional Practice.
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