About Liz

Liz is a registered social worker who, following a career in frontline child protection social work, has worked since 2002 at London Metropolitan University as Reader in Child Protection.
She teaches on the BSc and MSc Social Work and is module leader for 'Effective Communication in Social Work', 'Planning Care' and 'Safeguarding Children'.

She also teaches a post qualifying course entitled 'Critical themes and perspectives in child protection'. Liz contributes to other courses including the MSc in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health and to the Professional Doctorate in Policing, Security and Community Safety organised by the John Grieve Centre.

Her specialism is the investigation of child abuse and investigative interviewing of children particularly in the context of organised and network abuse of children. She teaches police and social workers these skills through a two week advanced level child protection course which is accredited at M-level and delivered jointly with the police.
She has recently completed a PhD by prior output entitled 'Protecting Children: a critical contribution to policy and practice development'.
Liz has written widely on the subject of protecting children and is a consultant to television, radio and print media.
She also conducts serious case reviews and acts as an expert witness for social workers in high profile child protection cases.

Download Liz's 2010 PhD thesis as a PDF here.

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