Che McGarvey-Gill
Lecturer in Mental Health Social Work
School of Health, Social Work and Sport
Che is a lecturer in mental health social work and teaches across our social work and social care programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Che continues to practise as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) alongside her lecturing post.
Che’s interest areas are decolonisation of the curriculum and anti-racist practice, mental health practice, work-based learning and social work with older adults. Che is registered with Social Work England and a member of BASW.
Che qualified as a Social Worker in 2011. She worked within Adult Social Care for a Local Authority as an Enhanced Practitioner prior to joining us in 2020. She qualified as a Best Interests Assessor under the Mental Capacity Act in 2015 and as an AMHP in 2017. Che has experience supervising colleagues and has supported students as a Practice Educator within the workplace. She previously worked with women and children experiencing domestic abuse both in the UK and in New Zealand. In 2019 Che spent time working as a volunteer in Greece with refugees and asylum seekers and continues to volunteer locally with City of Sanctuary.
- Postgraduate Certificate, Mental Health Studies, University of Cumbria, 2018
- Postgraduate Certificate, Primary Care Mental Health Practice, University of Central Lancashire, 2013
- MA Social Work, University of York, 2011
- BA (Hons) Combined Studies (Social Science and Religious Studies and Comparative Religion), University of Manchester, 2005
- Che coordinates a regular reading group – focused on decolonisation of the curriculum
- Che is an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) and Best Interests Assessor
- Che enjoys supporting learning across different contexts
- Che is registered with Social Work England and is a member of BASW.
Publications:
McGarvey-Gill, C. (2023) Practice Education: Boundaries of Knowledge, Theory and Practice in Hemmington, J. & Vicary, S. (Ed.) Making Decisions in Compulsory Mental Health Work - Boundaries, Frames and Perspectives. Policy Press.
Ibezim, V., Adaobi, C., Ayub, O., Chohan, A., Cooling, P., Huntington, M., Kaur, S., Manley, J., McGarvey-Gill, C. et al (2022) Beyond Breaking the Chains: Decolonisation as transformation. Social Dialogue Magazine.
Parkes, R. & McGarvey-Gill, C. (2022) The Ground Fell Away: An Autobiographical Study of Surviving a Fall From Height, Journal of Loss and Trauma, DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2022.2119174.
James, L., McGarvey-Gill, C., Dickinson, S. & Sweeney, J. (2022) Planning for the apprenticeship in Stone, C. & Shannon, M. (Ed.) The Social Work Degree Apprenticeship. Critical Publishing.
Writer for the Critical AMHP Blog.
- International Conference on Health and Mental Health at the University of York, 2019
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