Biography
Sarah is a qualified social worker with a background in local authority adult services. After completing a qualification in practice learning in 2012, she became a practice educator responsible for supervising and assessing social work students on practice.
In 2022, Sarah completed a PhD at the University of Edinburgh on the topic of resilience for social workers. She continues to work alongside colleagues at the University on a research project to design and implement a self-care curriculum for social work students.
After a fixed term post as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Sarah took up the post of Lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University in 2022. She is module leader for various modules on the Master of Social Work as well as programme leader for the Graduate Certificate in Practice Learning.