Staff profile

Michaela has over thirty years experience as a practitioner and manager in health and social care services, in both the public and voluntary sectors. She is a qualified social worker and has degrees in social policy, sociology, education and management. She is a tutor for the Durham University Master in Social Work programme and works part time for the Care Quality Commission.

• Partnership in community care and children’s services
• The changing role of social work
• Policy development and implementation

Chapter in book

• Social Services and Local Programmes: Lessons in Partnership
  
  Griffin, M., & Carpenter, J. (2007). Social Services and Local Programmes: Lessons in Partnership. In J. Schneider, M. Avis, & P. Leighton (Eds.), Supporting Children and Families.. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Journal Article

• Getting to know you? Issues of trust and mistrust in understanding community, developing partnerships and delivering policy change in children's services.
  
  Griffin, M. (2010). Getting to know you? Issues of trust and mistrust in understanding community, developing partnerships and delivering policy change in children’s services. Early Child Development and Care, 180(7), 879-888. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430802524974
• Prevention in Integrated Children's Services: the Impact of Sure Start on Referrals to Social Services and Child Protection Registrations.
  
  Carpenter, J., Brown, S., & Griffin, M. (2007). Prevention in Integrated Children’s Services: the Impact of Sure Start on Referrals to Social Services and Child Protection Registrations. Child Abuse Review, 16, 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.969