Claire Bellamy
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
BA (Hons) Social Policy and Administration, Leeds Polytechnic, 1987
CQSW and Dip Applied Social Studies, Liverpool University, 1992
Post Grad Diploma in Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders, Leicester University, 2002
PGCert in Academic Practice, MMU, 2013
MSc in Professional Practice, Salford University, 2018
Other academic service (administration and management)
I am currently the lead for final year Practice Learning. I teach across the BA and MA programme and also the Social Work Apprenticeship.
I was appointed in April 2018 to the role of Lay Advisor to Greater Manchester Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). I am also an MMU representative at the Manchester Domestic Abuse Forum. I am an External Examiner at Sheffild Hallam University on the Community Justice Programme.
External examiner roles
Sheffield Hallam University - Community Justice Programme. Since 2018.
Expert reviewer
Reviewer for British Journal of Social Work since 2012.
Consultancy and advisory roles
Lay Advisor to Greater Manchester MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements) sicne 2018.
Membership of professional associations
Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Fellow of the NIHR (June 2012 to August 2014)
Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
Practice Learning
Skills development days
MA2 dissertation supervisor
Subject areas
Social Work, professional development, domestic abuse, sexual offending, working with risk, skills for practice
Research outputs
My research interest and expertise is around domestic abuse, particularly multi agency responses. I am also interested in treatment and interventions with sexual offenders.
Publications
McLaughlin, H., Robbins, R., Bellamy, C., Banks, C. & Thackray, D. (2016) Adult social work and high-risk domestic abuse cases Journal of Social work 0 (0)1-19 DOI: 10.1177/1468017316653268 www.jsw.sagepub.com
Robbins, R., Banks, C., McLaughlin, H., Bellamy, C., & Thackray, D. (2016) Is domestic abuse an adult social work issue? Social Work Education 35(2)131-1443 DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2016.1140733
Robbins, R., McLaughlin, H., Banks, C., Bellamy, C. & Thackray, D. (2014) “Domestic violence and multiagency risk assessment conferences (MARACs): a scoping review”, The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 16 (6) 389-398
Research reports
McLaughlin, H., Robbins, R., Bellamy, C., Banks, C. and Thackray, D. (2014) “Domestic Violence, Adult Social care and MARACS: Implications for Practice”, NIHR School for Social Care Research http://www.sscr.nihr.ac.uk/PDF/Findings/RF44.pdf
Conferences
McLaughlin, H. Robbins, R., Bellamy, C. Banks, C. and Thackray, D. (2015) PAPER TITLE Revisioning social work with individuals, collectives and communities ECSWR conference: Ljubljana 22-24 April 2015
Thackray, D., Bellamy, C., Banks, C., Robbins, R. and McLaughlin, H. (2015) “Researching risky subjects: Reflections from the field” FWSA Biennial Conference 2015: Everyday encounters with Violence: Critical Feminist Perspectives. Leeds, UK
Robbins, R., McLaughlin, H., Bellamy, C., Banks, C., and Thackray, D. (2015) “Researching risky subjects: Reflections from the field” 1st European Conference on Domestic Violence. 6-9 September Belfast: N.Ireland
Robbins, R., McLaughlin, H., Bellamy, C., Banks, C., and Thackray, D. (2015) “MARAC’s, domestic violence, “austerity” and the poverty of the imagination” Research Institute for Health and Social Change 9th Annual Conference, Manchester, UK, 1st July
Bellamy, C., Thackray, D., Banks, C., Robbins, R. and McLaughlin, H (2015) “Is domestic abuse invisible for women within adult social care?” BPS Annual conference: Psychology of Women Section. Windsor: UK
Thackray, D., Bellamy, C., Banks, C., Robbins, R. and McLaughlin, H (2014) “Issues of power, care and controlfor survivors of domestic violence in the MARAC process. BPS Annual conference: Psychology of Women Section. Windsor: UK
McLaughlin, H. Robbins, R., Bellamy, C. Banks, C. and Thackray, D. (2014) “Domestic Violence, MARACs and adult social care – time for a change”,JSWEC, Royal Holloway, 24 July
McLaughlin, H., Robbins, R., Bellamy, C., Banks, C., and Thackray, D. (2013) “MARAC and
Adult Social Care: Some Preliminary Findings from Research”, JSWEC, Royal Holloway, 11 July
McLaughlin, H., Robbins, R., Banks, C., Bellamy, C. & Thackray, D. (2013) “MARAC and
adult social care - some preliminary findings from research”, Research Institute for Health and Social Change 9th Annual Conference, Manchester, UK, 4-5 July
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Reports
McLaughlin, H., Banks, C., Bellamy, C., Robbins, R., Thackray, D. (2014) Domestic violence, adult social care and MARACs: implications for practice. NIHR School for Social Care Research.