Frank Cusack
School of Health and Society
Current positions
Lecturer in social work
Biography
I started working with young offenders in Belfast, continuing this for 2 years, before moving to Manchester as assistant manager working with street homeless people. I worked in this post for 2 years, whilst at the same time working PT for Manchester Youth service for. I moved to Bolton and managed a young people’s housing scheme for 16-25 year olds for 6 years. From this I worked at an adoption agency supporting birth parents, adoptees and adoptive parents for 2 years in Manchester. I moved back into mental health work and became assistant director at 42nd Street, a young persons mental health charity for 3 years. This included managing 2 CMHT’s, managing a suicide prevention and self-harm team, managing a counselling team and responsible for all men’s work. I then moved to a Local Authority Community Mental Health Team as an ASW/ AMPH for 6 years, 3 years working as senior practitioner in Early Intervention in Psychosis team working with 14-31 year olds.
Areas of research
Innovative, Mental Health, Emancipatory, Service User Voice, Restraint
I taught full time, as a lecturer, at Stockport College on the BA social work for 6 years. I have been teaching at University of Salford for last 3 years. During my career, I have been a Practice Educator for 22 years and enjoy this area of work as well. I undertake work in practice each year as this assists me in building my practice currency.
I currently teach on:
- Introduction to professional social work – L4 includes OSCE (20 credits) Preparing to study social work L4 (20 credit)
- Co-teach – Developing Critical SW practice L6 (0.5x 20 credit) Leads Mental Health Module
- Part-time Intro to Professional SW 20 credits
Mental health work and various aspects of restraint within the mental health field
Qualifications
- Diploma in Management of Care Services 1995 Wigan College
- Diploma in Social Work1998 Stockport College
- Diploma in Hypno Psychotherapy 2001 Salford College
- PQSW 2003 including ASW award Manchester University
- Bsc Psycho Social Interventions 2006 Manchester University
- PGCE 2008 UCLAN
- Msc Health and Social Care 2012 Huddersfield University
Memberships
- HCPC registration number SW 22699