Clare has worked in a social policy setting in Australia. After several years in main grade social work in Camden, she led mental health training in Hackney including for approved mental health social workers. She was appointed to the University of East London in 1998 to a post that includes work with UEL’s collaborative partner the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Teaching:

Human Growth and Development with baby and young child observation to qualifying social workers at undergraduate and post graduate levels; teaching practice educators in undergraduate and post graduate courses. Teaching eligible professionals on Best Interests Assessor: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards qualifying and refresher courses

 Link Tutor:

(one of two) to collaborative partner: the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust; (one of two) to Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships; to North East London Approved Mental Health Practice Training and Education Consortium

practice education, reflective practice and social work supervision; work with people with mental health and mental capacity issues; baby and young child observation.

• BA Social Work
• MA Social Work
• Short course: Practice Educator Stage 2 work discussion course (Tavi)
• Short course: Best Interests Assessor: Deprivation of Liberty training
• Grad Dip PQSSW
• D60M Professional Doctorate in Social Work and Emotional Wellbeing
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• SK1303 Psychosocial Perspectives
• SKM400 Introduction to Social Work
• SKM403 Human Growth & Development
• SKM405 Dissertation
• SK3322 Enabling Others
• PDSW203 Year 2 work discusion
• PDSW201 Psychoananalytical Theory
• PDSW204 Individual-in-context observation seminar
• Supervising dissertations at MA and Doctoral level

Parkinson, C (2010) ‘Sustaining Relationships: Working with Strong Feelings:  Hopelessness, Depression and Despair’ Chapter 4 Ruch, G, Turney, D and Ward, Relationship based social work: Getting to the heart of practice. London: Jessica Kingsley

Parkinson, C (2010) ‘Editorial’. Parkinson, C and Ward A (co-editors) Personalisation Special Issue Journal of Social Work Practice 24 (3)

Parkinson, C and Thompson P (1998) ‘Uncertainty, mystery and doubt and Approved Social Work Training’ Journal of Social Work Practice 12 (1) 57-64

Parkinson, C (2000) Beyond competence in social work training: how are we learning? Psychoanalytic Studies Monograph Series (1) Department of Human Relations, University of East London

Jordan, R and Parkinson, C (2001) ‘Reflective practice in the context of a re-approval procedure for Approved Social Workers: exploring some inevitable resistance’ Journal of Social Work Practice, 15 (1) 67-79

• Board Member of Journal of Social Work Practice
• Board Member of Centre for Social Work Practice CfSWP; Co-convenor of CfSWP London Group
• Member of Group for the Advancement of Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy in Social Work (GAPS)
• Registered Social Worker - GSCC