Sharon Lambley

Sharon Lambley BSc (Hons), PQSW, PGCE, MBA

Senior Lecturer

I started work at the University of Greenwich as an experienced academic and I have three areas of responsibility

  • Leading and teaching on the BA/MA and CPD Social Work programmes
  • Developing new modules and programmes
  • Research and scholarly work

I am a registered social worker, experienced lecturer and researcher. I have worked in a variety of roles in Higher Education and have over 30 years of completing externally funded research commissions.

Posts Held Previously

  • 2021 - 2022 Programme Lead for MA Social Work at University of Greenwich
  • 2018 - 2021 Programme Lead, MPA, University of the West of Scotland
  • 2010- 2015 Director of CPD at University of Sussex
  • 2004 - 2010 Programme Lead for MA Health and Social Care Management at London Metropolitan University
  • 2002 - 2004 Freelance consultant at Lambley Consulting
  • 2000 - 2002 Business Development Manager for Public sector at University of Brighton
  • 1999 - 2000 Freelance consultant at Lambley Consulting
  • 1991 - 1999 Researcher, Research fellow, teaching fellow, lecturer, senior lecturer, development consultant at University of Brighton
  • 1987 - 1991 Social Worker at Brighton and Hove/East Sussex Local Authority
  • 1984 - 1986 Manager at Hove YMCA

Responsibilities within the university

  • Module convenor and lecturer on social work BA/MA/CPD programmes
  • Development work
    CPD modules
    New programmes
  • Research and scholarly work

Recognition

Journal reviewer
  • British Journal of Social Work
  • Human Service Organisation: Management, Leadership and Governance
  • Child Abuse Review
  • Teaching Public Administration

Registered social worker with Social Work England.

Research / Scholarly interests

  • Supervision
  • Service user/people with lived experiences of social work
  • Management and leadership (professional and organisation)
  • Professional identity and development of social work practices

Recent publications

  • Supervision and service user voice
    The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Supervision ed. Kieran O’Donoghue and Lambert Engelbrecht (Abingdon: Routledge, 29 Jun 2021 ), accessed 29 Mar 2023 , Routledge Handbooks Online. Author SOURCE-WORK-ID: 7d380f98-3140-46b8-89d7-1a912d233122 EID: 2-s2.0-85140499576 Part of ISBN: 9780367250867
  • Supervision in adult care settings
    The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Supervision ed. Kieran O’Donoghue and Lambert Engelbrecht (Abingdon: Routledge, 29 Jun 2021 ), Routledge Handbooks Online. IBSN 9780429285943
  • A semi-open supervision systems model for evaluating staff supervision in adult care organisational settings; the research findings
    British Journal of Social Work, 2019-03-31 | Journal article | DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcy069 SOURCE-WORK-ID: 0fde2dc9-c4e5-4fde-a30d-897589f3dd48 EID: 2-s2.0-85063800174
  • A semi-open supervision systems model for evaluating staff supervision in adult care settings: a conceptual framework
    European Journal of Social Work 2018-03-02 | Journal article | Author DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2018.1441129 SOURCE-WORK-ID: f98dfc2f-2905-4b1f-9bc5-5f2ca71d92ca EID: 2-s2.0-85042910566
  • Exploring service user involvement in adult health and social care supervision
    Interprofessional Staff Supervision in Adult Health and Social Care Services Volume 1, 2015-12-11 | Book chapter | Author SOURCE-WORK-ID: a5e7f3d3-675c-436a-a8b6-ab1da56a233d Part of ISBN: 9781910366660
  • Inclusive leadership in social work and social care
    2014-03-12 | Edited book | Editor SOURCE-WORK-ID: 0cd84f39-0658-40a2-8d5e-029d0cab10b3 ISBN: 978-1447300250 CONTRIBUTORS: Trish Hafford-Letchfield; Sharon Lambley; Gary Spolander; Christine Cocker
  • Managers: are they really to blame for what is happening to social work?
    Perspectives on Management and Leadership in Social Work 2013-12 | Book chapter | Author SOURCE-WORK-ID: 08e0cca1-d1f7-4a19-874c-4c35e2ed313f Part of ISBN: 9781861770882
  • Proactive Management in Social Work
    2009 Learning Matters, Exeter, ISBN 10: 1844452891 / ISBN 13: 9781844452897