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Scopus Author ID: 35737025900
Scopus Author ID: 35737025900
Loop profile: 1866158

Keywords

Ageing, Social care, Marginalised communities, Co-production, Arts-based pedagogies, Sexual and gender identities

Countries

United Kingdom

Biography

Trish Hafford-Letchfield is a qualified nurse, social worker, educator and manager. She has had a long career in social work, with a portfolio of leadership of older people's services in both supported housing and social work and social care. She has led several initiatives on workforce development particularly in relation to interprofessional working. Trish research interests are in the experiences of ageing in marginalised communities, sexuality and sexual and gender identities in social work, suicide and its expression in later life, problematic substance use, leadership and management and organisational development in social work and social care. Trish is primarily a qualitative researcher often using participatory research methods and arts-based pedagogies in learning and teaching.

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Employment (8)

University Of Strathclyde: Glasgow, GB

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University of Strathclyde

University of Strathclyde: Glasgow, GB

2019-09-02 to present | Professor of Social Work and Co-Head of Department (2020-23) (Social Work and Social Policy)
Employment
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Middlesex University: London, London, GB

2016-08-01 to 2019-08-31 | Professor of Social Care (Mental Health and Social Work)
Employment
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Middlesex University: London, London, GB

2008-03-05 to 2016-06-30 | Reader/Senior Lecturer Social Work (Mental Health and Social Work)
Employment
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

London South Bank University: London, London, GB

2003-03-02 to 2007-03-31 | Senior Lecturer Social Work (Social Work)
Employment
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

London Borough of Greenwich: London, South East, GB

2001-10-01 to 2003-01-31 | Organisational Learning and Development Manager (Social Services )
Employment
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

London Borough of Greenwich: London, South East, GB

2000-03-01 to 2001-09-30 | Service Manager Older People Supported Housing ( Housing )
Employment
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

London Borough of Greenwich: London, South East, GB

1996-09-01 to 2000-03-03 | Service Manager Older People, Disability and Asylum Seekers (Social Services)
Employment
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Education and qualifications (7)

The Open University: Milton Keynes, South East, GB

2004-05-01 to 2007-01-07 | EdD ( Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology)
Qualification
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Kingston University: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London, GB

2004-09 to 2005-05 | PG Advanced Award in Social Work (Social Work)
Education
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

University of Westminster: London, London, GB

2002-09 to 2003-05 | PG Certificate in Health and Social Care Management (Business School)
Education
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Middlesex University: London, London, GB

1985-09-01 to 1987-05-14 | MA Deviancy and Social Policy (Social Science)
Qualification
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Middlesex University: London, London, GB

1981-09 to 1985-08 | BA (Social Science) (Social Science )
Qualification
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Middlesex University: London, London, GB

1983-09 to 1985-06 | Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW) (Social Work)
Qualification
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Essex Area Health Authority: Southend , South East, GB

1977-09 to 1980-10 | State Registered Nurse (SRN) (School of Nursing)
Qualification
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Professional activities (2)

Stellenbosch University: Matieland, Western Cape, ZA

2017-07-01 to present | Research Associate (Departement Maatskaplike Werk (Social Work))
Invited position
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy: Rugby, GB

2019-07 to 2021-06 | Committee member (Research Committee)
Invited position
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Funding (15)

Student Drug Use in Higher Education: Evidence Review

2022-04 to 2022-09 | Grant
Unite UKK (Scotland , UK, GB)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

National Learning Framework for knowledge, skills and values to work affirmatively with LGBTQ+ people in later life

2022 to 2023 | Contract
Skills for Care (England, GB)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

The impact of social distancing on family carers of older people living in care homes

2020-07 to 2021-01 | Grant
Chief Scientist Office (Edinburgh, Scotland, GB)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Care Home Challenge

2017-01 to 2017-12 | Grant
Comic Relief (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: 111111
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Keeping Control: Exploring Service User Mental Health Perspectives on targetted violence and abuse the implications for Adult Safeguarding in the context of abuse and adult safeguarding

2017 to 2019 | Grant
NIHR SSCR (London, UK, GB)
URL: https://www.sscr.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/RF87.pdf
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Knowledge and Policy About LGBTQI Migrants: a Scoping Review of the Canadian and Global Context

2017 to 2018 | Award
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (ON, ON, CA)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Alcohol Brief Interventions in Public Services

2017 to 2017 | Contract
Alcohol Research UK (London, GB)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Impact of Dog Assisted Therapy 'Therapaws' in Care Home settings

2017 to 2017 | Contract
Mayhew Trust (London, GB)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Transforming professional education through Digital Story telling

2016 to present | Grant
NHS England (London, GB)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Research on the experience of staff with disabilities within the NHS Workforce

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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Keeping Control: Exploring mental health service user perspectives on targeted violence and hostility in the context of adult safeguarding

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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Learning for the Fourth Age: Evaluation of Learning Opportunities in Care Homes

2015 to 2016 | Contract
Learning for the Fourth Age (Leicester, GB)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

The use of images as an arts based intervention to promote therapeutic approaches to social work supervision

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Trish hafford-Letchfield

RAINBOW-HAS European Project Tackling Homophobic and Transphobic Bullying in Schools through the Engagement of Families and Young People

2013 to 2015 | Grant
EU European Union’s Fundamental Rights and Citizenship programme. (London, UK, GB)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Being Me: Inclusive LGBT Ageing Education

Grant
European Commission (Erasmus Plus, BE)
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Trish hafford-Letchfield

Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for EClinicalMedicine. (2)
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