Social Policy (including Social Work, Social Care and Early Childhood Studies) PhD

The research degree programme aims to provide students with an outstanding learning experience in a<br/>supportive community of learning. The Social Policy subject area is known nationally and internationally for<br/>excellence in research and teaching and all staff are engaged in conducting their own research. Information on<br/>staff research interests and achievements can be found on the Departmental web pages below. As a PhD<br/>student with us you will be a part of a vibrant active group of researchers of all ages in the centre for workforce<br/>development. Students come from a wide range of professional backgrounds in the public, voluntary and<br/>private sector including healthcare, education, childhood studies, social work and social care. As a doctoral<br/>student you can enjoy your learning through participating in departmental fortnightly research events, expert<br/>seminars, a student forum held monthly and a quarterly student research summit. This is in addition to<br/>University wide activity. Our students are supported to build their research profiles in order to present at<br/>conferences and to write journal articles as they proceed with their doctoral studies. Our supervisory teams are<br/>multi-disciplinary and all supervisors are active researchers in their subject field and / or in methodology.<br/>http://www.chi.ac.uk/department-social-work-social-care<br/>https://www.chi.ac.uk/department-childhood-social-work-social-care/centre-workforce-development<br/><br/>Professor Janet McCray leads the development of research in the Social Policy subject area. Based in the<br/>Department of Childhood, Social Work and Social Care. Janet is responsible for ensuring the delivery of the<br/>Departmental Research having gained support from internal and external stakeholders. A key part of this<br/>leadership in the University of Chichester has been the development and sustainment of team based research<br/>and consultancy activity. This has resulted in the winning of a number of key contracts with public sector clients<br/>(NHS and Local Authority) to deliver bespoke accredited leadership development, but also to support other<br/>research activity, research supervision and bidding. Janet has published over 30 academic papers, a book and<br/>many book chapters. As a PhD supervisor she has supported traditional and professional doctorate students to<br/>success and has examined students undertaking both routes. Her leadership has built an effective and positive<br/>research culture for social policy with a programme of events and support in which Doctoral and Post-Doctoral<br/>participants can flourish. Professor McCray’s research includes the development of a conceptual framework for<br/>inter-professional leadership in health and social care ( McCray, 2004 ) its further rolling out and review<br/>( McCray, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012 ) Resilience in Practice (McCray, 2012,2014,2015, 2016) and research into<br/>action learning with Doctors in the NHS (2015,2016, 2018 ). Her research focusses on supporting<br/>organisational, team and individual practitioner development, and enabling employees in health, social care and<br/>education to evaluate and reflect on their own position as a leader of others and provider and facilitator of care<br/>and or education in a constantly changing environment. Janet’s current students are undertaking research into<br/>the NHS, Adult Social Care, Palliative Care, Social Work, Education and the Voluntary sector.