Andrea Pepe

Lecturer in Social Work

Office Times

I work 5 days per week, with teaching timetabled on most days. Hours cary between 7.40am and 6.30pm

Biography

I spent the first 7 years of my working life within children's residential services in London.  After qualifying at the London School of Economics I went to work in a variety of stautory social work settings in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Newham. In 1993 I was working as Prinicipal Officer for Adults with Learning Disabilities for Hertfordshire Social Services, it is within this job that I became very interested in safeguarding issues and went on to work for SCOPE as lead in "Adult and Child Protection" as it was then called. In 2001 I became a lecturer at Salford University in the Joint Program Learning Disability Nursing and Social Work

Teaching

Social Work

Values and Ethichs

Learning disability studies

Safeguarding

Research Interests

I am firmly committed to developing improved life opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. I am currently involved in looking at the effectiveness of accessible information for people with learning disabilities as well as research relating to the experiences of people with learning disabilities after leaving institutional care.

Qualifications and Memberships

Academic Qualifications: MA Learning disability Studies

Professional Qualifications: CSS, PQSW, AASW (combined taching and management pathway); CCETSE Practice teaching Award (PG level)

If registered with HCPC registration number - SW85347

If a meber of TCSW, registration number

Publications

Book Sections

Pepe, A. Redfearn, D. L 2013 'Advocacy, in: Key Concepts in Social Work Practice, Sage, London, UK.