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.
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- 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
Social Work PhD June 30 2006
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