Valerie Houghton
School of Health and Society
Current positions
Lecturer
Biography
I work for people with learning disabilities, in both community and institutional settings. I have lots of experience of working with adults, children and families; managing staff teams; developing new services; and evaluating services.
I am a member of VERA delivering PASSIING workshops and evaluating services across the country. to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities.
- Decision Making in Social Work and Learning Disability Nursing Module lead.
- Comparative Perspectives Module lead.
- Academic Misconduct Officer for School of Health and Society.
Teaching interests: devaluation, disablism, ethics, research methods, challenging behavior, positive risk taking and safeguarding, abuse and neglect, staff culture and organizational culture, and hate crime.
I am currently undertaking a PhD investigating the motivations of perpetrators of disablist hate crime.
Memberships
- NMC registration (RNMH)
- Specialist Practitioner
- Registered Teacher
- HEA Fellow.