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Jim Greer

  • Senior Lecturer in Social Work
  • Institute of Health
  • Social Science
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Biography

I am a registered Social Worker who has worked with all service user groups and subsequently specialised in mental health. I also have experience as a social work manager and as a project manager on projects which introduce new technologies to social care. 

In my experience in higher education I have taught on and led programmes in psychology, Social Work, Mental Health, Human Development, Counselling, and Social Psychology. My current role involves  teaching on the Social Work and Health and Social Care programmes at Cumbria at Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels.

Qualifications and memberships

Social Work England: Registered Social Worker

British Psychological Society: Full member with graduate basis for registration. 180593

Teaching Fellow. Higher Education Academy. 14/02/2017 Recognition Reference PR122416

Academic and research interests

Emotional Resilience and  Social Work.

Application of psychological theory and research to social work.

Social Work Supervision. 

Moral Panics.

Publications

Greer, J. (2014) Constructing an Evidence Base for Radical Practice’ SWAN (Social Work Action Network) Conference . Social Work in a 'Cold Climate' : Fighting for Good Practice in Times of Austerity. 11th April 2014

Greer, J. (2014) How Social Work Can Tackle its Morale Problem. The Guardian Social Care Network 3rd September 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/social-life-blog/2014/sep/03/social-work-tackle-morale-problem

Greer,J. (2015) ‘Children and Internet Pornography: A moral panic, a salvation for censors and a Trojan horse for Government control of the digital frontier. ’in Revisiting Moral Panics. Edited by V Cree, G Clapton and M. Smith. 2015 Policy Press. Also Published in a short paperback collection ‘The State’ edited by Viv Cree.

Greer, J., Smailes, D., Spencer, H., Freeston, M. and Dudley, R. (2016) Recall of threat related material is modulated by self or other referencing in people with high or low levels of non-clinical paranoia. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. (50) 1-7. 2016

Greer, J. (2016) Looking after the vulnerable requires social workers to prioritise their own wellbeing too’. Community Care website. 19th April 2016. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2016/04/19/looking-vulnerable-requires-social-workers-prioritise-wellbeing/

Greer, J. (2015) Building Resilient Social Workers is Everybody’s Business. The Guardian Website 3rd May 2016. http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2016/may/03/building-resilient-social-workers

Hardy, R. (2016) Five Questions Social Workers Should Ask About Resilience. 26th May 2016. Compiled by Ruth Hardy from online discussion which included J Greer as part of an expert panel  http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2016/may/26/social-work-resilience-stress

Greer, J. (2016) Resilience and Personal Effectiveness for Social Workers.  London: Sage .

Greer, J (2017) ‘Looking After Ourselves’. Conference Presentation at CAPE, Child Protection in Education Conference. Kirkby Lonsdale. June 2017

Recent external roles

External Examiner for Social Work Degree Apprenticeship at Manchester Metropolitan University 2020-2023

External Examiner MA Social Work Queen's University, Belfast. 2020-Present