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Shirleecia Ward

Senior Lecturer

Shirleecia initially qualified as a Youth Worker in 2008. She delivered targeted education and health services to young people, providing them with informal education to empower them to make informed choices. She has worked in mainstream and alternative school provisions, youth justice and in community based projects, supporting a wide range of young people.

Shirleecia subsequently qualified as a Social Worker in 2015 and delivered therapeutically informed social work as school social worker. In this role she was required to provide early support to children and families who required support. She then went on to manage a semi supported provision for young people transitioning out of local authority care. It was in this role that she began providing and supporting student placements.

Shirleecia is now a lecturer in the School of Health and enjoys leading the Management and Leadership, Work Related Learning and Promoting Inclusive Practice Modules. She uses evidence based theories and her practice knowledge to give the students a learning experience that she hopes will enhance their practice.

Current Teaching

BA Youth and Community Development
MA Youth and Community Development
BA Working with Children, Young People and Families

Research Interests

Shirleecia is currently undertaking her PhD in which she is exploring the 'In Care' experiences of mothers who have had their children removed from them. The research will illuminate the voices of women who are often shamed and stigmatized and allow them to share their experiences with the expectation that this will provide policy makers and practitioners with knowledge derived from those with lived experience.

Shirleecia is also interested in the experiences of Black and Global Majority students experiences in Higher education. To date her research findings are being disseminated among teaching trusts and she is involved in delivering anti-racist training to practitioners.