Dr Joanna Pye

Dr Joanna Pye

Senior Lecturer in Social work, Social Work

Email address

Office/Flexible space - 115
First Floor
Haldane Building
Singleton Campus
Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Dr Pye is  a registered social worker with over 20 years’  experience of working with children and families within the voluntary, private and statutory setting, This has included working as a field social worker,  and for a substantial number of years as a co-founder and registered manager of a residential child care provision for younger children.

Areas Of Expertise

  • Looked after children and Young people (with particular emphasis on promoting positive outcomes)
  • Care leavers
  • Birth family contact for children and young people in care
  • Residential childcare for children and young people

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate modules. Areas include critical issues in social work, therapeutic work with children, research methods, theories and perspectives in social work.

Research