My name is Mark Wheeler and I serve as a Lecturer and Module Leader on the BA (Hons) Social Work and Post Qualifying Specialist Social Work/Helping Professions  Programmes. I also hold workshops (Mental Health) for the BA and MA Social Work Programmes.

I was awarded a BA degree in Psychology (Major) and Philosophy (Minor) from the University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) in January 1998 and completed a Master of Social Work degree at the University of New England (Portland, Maine) in 2004 with a focus on Organizational and Community Practice and Cross Cultural Service Delivery. I am currently completing the final year of a Post Qualifying Master’s Degree in (Clinical) Social Work at the Tavistock Clinic/University of East London and am scheduled to continue work on my PhD at the University of Kent.

 My professional Social Work experience has been acquired through working in a variety of practice contexts. I have worked in the voluntary, non-profit, private, and statutory sectors.  Among others roles, I have served as a community organizer with refugees from southern Sudan, a board governance consultant for grass roots community organizations, a case manager and clinician for homeless women, as well as coordinated youth community projects. Prior to joining the UEL in 2010 I worked for 5 years as a Mental Health Social Worker and Care Coordinator in London (UK).

BA (Hons) Social Work Admissions Tutor

BA (Hons) Year 1 Lead Tutor

-Migration and mental health

-Migration and psychosis   

-Ethnic and cultural identities

-Social Work Practice

BA (Hons) Social Work

Grad Dip PQSSW

SK1301 Social Work Development 1

SK1305 Practice Placement 1

SK2304 Interpersonal and Interprofessional  Skills  

SK3312 Mental Health Policy & Practice

SK3328 PQ Mental Health Policy & Practice

I am currently working on my PhD which seeks to explore how forced migrants who have settled in the UK reconstitute themselves following psychosis.

Registered Social Worker - GSCC