Dr Donna Peach
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Biography
Consultancy
Since 2005, Donna has worked as an independent consultant undertaking numerous, investigations, child practice reviews and evaluations for public, private and charitable organisations, including the police and local government.
Social Work:
Donna has enjoyed a rewarding career in social work since 1985 with roles that have included: working therapeutically with children; senior management; CAFCASS, and an expert witness for the family courts.
Donna remains optimistic about the future of social work providing we hear the voices of children, families and those who work with them. She joined the University of Salford as a part-time lecturer, in 2013
Research:
Donna’s doctoral research explored the experiences of prospective adoptive parents in 21st Century Britain. Donna has acted as the Principal Investigator for several projects including the Rotherham CSE Needs Analysis study, NHS Not Just A Thought…., and evaluations of the Greater Manchester Police CTZN project and Society Inc Mentoring and Befriending Service.
Donna has an international presence and has published journal articles, an international encyclopaedia chapter, and published several book chapters on topics including social work skills, child sexual abuse and exploitation, online communities and scholar activism.
Donna supervises doctoral candidates who are using a qualitative or mixed-method or pluralistic methodology, in topics with a focus on health, education, self, families, and communities.
Donna’s research interests are situated within a critical social psychology paradigm and include: adoption, childhood sexual abuse and exploitation, parenting, familial relationships, social and familial policy, power relations, feminist theory, social protest, ethics, social media, qualitative methodologies, pluralism, dialogism, phenomenology and discourse analysis.
Volunteering:
Donna is a Family Magistrate
Areas of Research
Donna's research interests are situated within a critical social psychology paradigm and include: adoption, childhood sexual abuse and exploitation, parenting, familial relationships, social and familial policy, power relations, feminist theory, social protest, ethics, social media, qualitative methodologies, pluralism, dialogism, phenomenology and discourse analysis.
Areas of Supervision
I am interested in a broad scope of health, social work, and education topics including but not exclusive to: adoption, childhood sexual abuse and exploitation, parenting, familial relationships, social and familial policy, power relations, feminist theory, social protest, ethics, social media, qualitative methodologies, pluralism, dialogism, phenomenology and discourse analysis.
Qualifications
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Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
2014 - 2015 -
Doctorate
2013 - 2017 -
MSc Family & Child Psychology
2011 - 2012 -
BSc Psychology (Hons)
2005 - 2011 -
Higher Education Diploma - Social Work
1992 - 1995