Dr Hellmuth Weich

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

Hellmüth grew up in South Africa. Before moving to the United Kingdom, he was the Acting Head of the Department of Social Work at Fort Hare University, South Africa. Prior to joining De Montfort University, he worked as a child protection social worker in Norfolk. He is currently a senior lecturer and his research involvement includes various national and international research and consultancy projects. As examples, he was the Lead Researcher for a programme with Skills for Care, setting up and evaluating an exchange of Social Workers between South Africa and the UK and a senior researcher evaluating the Step up to Social Work Programme for the DfE.

Campus Address

E215, Coach Lane Campus West
Northumbria University
Newvcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7XA

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Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Preparing a supervision model for the aftermath of Grenfell: An auto-ethnographic inquiry of relationship-based supervision, James, D., Weich, H. 3 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Social Work Practice

PGR Supervision

Donna Burrows A lost generation? Improving the outcomes for teenagers affected by problematic parental drug and alcohol use- From Risk to Reality and Practice. Start Date: 14/06/2016
Susan Cooper Exploring the relationship between practice educator and student Start Date: 14/06/2016 End Date: 03/08/2022

Qualifications

Social Work PhD June 30 2006

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