Mrs Erin King

I have been a qualified Social Worker since 2007, having worked as an Adult Social Worker on a Community Learning Disability Team, Younger Person's Physical Disability Team and Adult Locality Team for a council in the north-west of England. In 2014, I became a part-time academic at the University of Manchester and in 2015 accepted a full-time post as a Lecturer in Social Work and Practice Learning.

I have worked at CCCU since July 2020, becoming the Academic Lead for Social Work Placements. In September 2022, I changed roles and became the Course Director for the BA (Hons) Social Work course. The focus of my role is to lead and develop the BA (Hons) Social Work course, ensuring that the student voice is central to the development of an innovative and contemporary social work curriculum. I have a lead role in Interprofessional Education within the School.

My areas of interest are adult safeguarding and social work simulation.

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I am the Module Lead for the skills days on the MA and BA social work courses, and the Level 4 Social Work in Context module.

I am the Co-chair of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Kent Branch and have been an elected member of BASW England Committee from 2019 to 2021. I am also a member of Children and Families International Foundation who support social work education in Malawi, and I have delivered training to social workers in Belarus.