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Biography

Biography

Jay has twenty years’ experience as a solicitor specialising in tort, private family and land law.  In 2009 she chose to embark on a new career as a Child Protection Social Worker by attending Keele University, achieving a Master of Arts degree in Social Work.  After graduation she joined Stoke on Trent City Council and practiced within their Children in Care and Safeguarding Referral Teams where she was committed to improving outcomes for children and their families. She has extensive experience of providing expert evidence in the Family Court and enabling permanence planning, family support, special guardianship, foster care and adoption for children and young people.  She dealt with complex cases involving all aspects of abuse and neglect and worked closely with families and professionals from various agencies and multi-faith communities.  She is further qualified in Advanced Systemic Family Practice, assessment of parents with learning disabilities (PAM’s) and as a Practice Educator of social work students.

In 2017 she was seconded to the Northwest Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership as a Consultant (Academic) Social Worker.  This introduced her to academic social work education, and she formed part of a team carrying out research projects seeking to improve social work education for students, newly qualified and experienced social workers. Additionally, she was able to contribute to the BA and MA social work programmes at Keele and Staffordshire Universities by providing lectures and workshops supporting the application of theory to practice.  

In 2018 Jay joined Keele University as a full-time lecturer in Social Work.  She specialised in social work law, theory to practice and working with children and families on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.  She was awarded a Post-Graduate Diploma in Higher Education Practice in 2020 to become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Jay continues to provide sessional teaching and supervision within Keele Law School.

In 2022 Jay was further awarded a Distinction for completing a Master of Laws in Law and Society from Keele University. 

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