Kate Dawson will present on her 12-month NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, and the developmental work undertaken to progress toward doctoral study. Drawing on her professional experience in safeguarding practice, Kate will reflect on the transition from frontline child protection to completion of predoctoral study.
The focus of her fellowship explored child disclosures of physical abuse perpetrated by a caregiver. The session will examine the complexities surrounding how, when, and under what conditions children disclose abuse within caregiving relationships, alongside the methodological, and practice considerations that informed the research foundation.
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Dr Claire Brown (FHEA) is a Senior Lecturer at Teesside University. She conducts a range of EDI research, including co-produced projects with care experienced people. Claire and her colleagues have produced guidance and delivered knowledge sharing events to disseminate good practice within health, social care and education sectors. Claire sits on the Editorial Board for two journals, chairs the TU Social Work Research Network, vice chairs TU’s Gender Focus Group, is a member of the Research and Innovation and Ethics Subcommittees, JUSWA Research Subcommittee and several international EDI groups. Claire remains in practice part-time as a psychological therapist supporting children and families affected by trauma, abuse and attachment disruption. She also runs community groups supporting local parents with social inclusion and perinatal mental health, and a Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy SIG in the North East.
Emma is currently working as Designated Nurse for Children Looked After and Care Leavers in NHS Somerset ICB. She is a qualified Paediatric Nurse, Public Health Nurse (Health Visiting) and Practice Teacher. Emma has worked in the Safeguarding arena as a Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children in an acute NHS organisation, Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children and as a Safeguarding Duty Team manager (incorporating adult safeguarding in role from 2018) leading a multi-professional team giving safeguarding advice in a large acute, community and mental health NHS trust.
In her current role, Emma chairs the Health and Wellbeing subgroup of the Corporate Parenting Board and is passionate about ensuring Care Experienced children and adults have their health needs met. She is particularly interested in how children are supported in their transition to adulthood and their access to health services.
Kate Dawson is a Registered Nurse and Specialist Community Practitioner (Health Visiting)
Kate previously worked in safeguarding leadership roles in various organisations, NGO’s and Local Authorities.
She is Co-founder of the New Zealand Safeguarding Children Initiative, holds an MSc in Advanced Child protection and is a NIHR research fellow.
Opportunity to network with others and know I am part of a community of people committed to working for children and families; challenge to keep up to date and evidence-informed in my practice; sounding board with others for considering how best to improve policy and practice
