Sally Lee

Dr Sally Lee

  • Senior Lecturer In Social Work
  • Bournemouth Gateway Building BG501, St Pauls Lane, Bournemouth, BH8 8GP
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Biography

Prior to taking on an academic role I spent over twenty years as a social worker with adults in a range of settings, developing professional expertise and personal skills throughout that time. This experience enhances my research and teaching activities and contributes to my approach to the fusion of education, research and professional practice. During my extensive career in social work I have gained experience in a variety of approaches to practice, ranging for example from care management to personalisation. This practical knowledge lends professional credibility to my teaching and offers students insights into the lived experience of practice which is characterised by change.

I have substantial experience of front-line practice, including managing a complex caseload which requires the ability to prioritise and maintain professionalism in often challenging situations. I am an experienced safeguarding investigator and can work effectively in situations of conflict and risk whilst promoting social work values focused on issues of social justice...

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Journal Articles

Books

Chapters

  • Harvey, O., 2023. Working with Substance Use. In: Oliver, L. and Lee, S., eds. Social Work Practice with Adults. Learning Matters.
  • Lyne, M., 2023. Working with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. In: Lee, S. and Oliver, L., eds. Social work practice with adults: learning from lived experience. London: Learning Matters, 62-72.
  • Lee, S., 2022. Social inclusion and the role of social workers. Handbook of Social Inclusion: Research and Practices in Health and Social Sciences. 2108-2122.
  • Lee, S., 2021. Disability and social work: partnerships to promote sexual well-being. In: shuttleworth, R. and mona, L., eds. The Routledge Handbook of Disability and Sexuality. Routledge.
  • Oliver, L. and Lee, S., 2020. Working With Disabled Children and Young People. In: Parker, J. and Ashencaen Crabtree, S., eds. Human Growth and Development in Children and Young People Theoretical and Practice Perspectives. Policy Press.
  • Lyne, M., 2017. Mental capacity, safeguarding and considering best interests. In: Fenge, L., Lee, S. and Brown, K., eds. Safeguarding Adults; scamming and mental capacity. London: Sage/Learning Matters, 78-91.

Conferences

  • Lee, S., 2018. Sexual well-being and disability. In: Social Work and Sexualities 8-10 August 2018 Montreal University.
  • Lee, S. and Collins, B., 2018. THE MEANING OF SEXUAL WELL-BEING TO PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE. In: Royal College of Occupational Therapy 11-13 June 2018 Belfast. BRITISH JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, 81, 19.

Theses

  • Lee, S., 2016. Changing position: an exploration of the meaning of sexual well-being for physically disabled people. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences.

Design

Others

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Social Work with Adults Unit. I have contributed to the delivery of both undergraduate and post-graduate social work programmes at BU for almost 10 years, firstly as a guest practitioner and latterly whilst working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. I have enormously enjoyed the occasions when I have led sessions as well as those delivered in collaboration with colleagues across the department and faculty.I was delighted to have the opportunity to lead the Social Work with Adults unit with level 4 students from January to March 2018. I devised a new programme for the unit and created a ‘journey’ for the students taking them from an introduction to adult social work through to examples of practice in action, drawing from my professional experience and research, bringing my passion for social work to the classroom. The unit introduced the skills, knowledge and values essential for effective adult social work practice and was delivered in collaboration with a wide range of service user and practitioner guest speakers who brought experiential wisdom to the sessions. Feedback from the students has been extremely positive and every guest speaker commented that they would like to be involved again. Leading the unit has involved providing academic support and guidance but also pastoral care with the necessity of being sensitive to the challenges faced by adult learners.

Grants

  • Developing learning tools to support student and qualified nurses in their understanding and duties of human rights and mental capacity legislation (Burdett Trust for Nursing, 01 Jan 2019). Completed
  • Gamification (Higher Education Funding Council for England, 01 Aug 2017). Awarded
  • Mail Scams (Royal Mail, 01 Apr 2017). Awarded
  • Developing learning tools for community nurses (Burdett Trust for Nursing, 01 Apr 2016). Completed

External Responsibilities

  • Journal of Community Nursing, Editor (2013-)

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • ESRC Funded Festival of Social Sciences (09 Nov 2017)
  • SCamSI Glastonbury in the science tent at Glastonbury Festival (19 Jun 2017-25 Jun 2017)
  • ERSC funded Festival of Social Sciences conference (16 Nov 2016)

Conference Presentations

  • Sexuality and Social Work, Facilitating conversations about sexual wellbeing in social work education, 18 Jul 2023, Stathclyde University, Glasgow
  • JSWEC, Partnerships to promote sexual well-being, 08 Jul 2021, online
  • Practitioners supporting sexual well-being. Social Work Action Network annual conference, ., Practitioners supporting sexual well-being., 08 Apr 2017, Middlesbrough University
  • Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference (JSWEC)., Developing well-being theory in professional practice., 13 Jul 2016, The Open University, Milton Keynes
  • Conference of Occupational Science in Europe, Sexual well-being in practice., 03 Sep 2015, Bournemouth University

Qualifications

  • PhD in Social Sciences (Bournemouth University, 2016)
  • BA (Hons) in Vulnerable Adults and Community Care (Bournemouth University, 2009)
  • MSc in Social Sciences (Southampton University, 1993)
  • PGCE in Religious education and learning support (Westminster College, Oxford, 1987)
  • BA (Hons) in Theology (Westminster College, Oxford, 1986)