Durowse, Melanie

I began my Social Work career many moons ago with Criminal Justice Services as a Social Work Assistant before qualifying as a Social Worker. Whilst I was a student I worked in residential resources for both young people and older adults.

On qualifying I worked in a statutory child care setting before moving to a duty team, which allowed me to work in the community developing resources with families. I also worked in a foster care agency beofre moving to a child protection policy team. During this time I completed an MSc in Child Care and Protection with a dissertation around the journey through an HMIe Child Protection Inspection. 

A change in direction took me into an Adult Protection Committee, initially to develop the multi-agency adult protection training, which led to a quality assurance and evaluation role, developing multi agency audit processes. I then returned to practice as a Team Manager within Adult Servces. 

I completed my PhD in 2021 with a thesis entitled Financial harm in the context of adult protection: the complexity of factors influencing decision making. I joined the University in April 2022, where I now work as a Lecturer in Social Work.