Carole Southall

Carole Southall is a Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University with 20 years of professional experience as a social worker in adult services, including roles as an Approved Social Worker under the Mental Health Act 1983 and a team manager in Community Mental Health Services. She currently serves as Programme Leader for Post Qualifying Social Work and teaches on the BSc, MA Social Work Programmes, AMHP Programme, and Post Qualifying Social Work courses, including BIA training under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

Her research focuses on mental health, mental capacity, adult safeguarding, and domestic abuse in older populations. Key publications address challenges in identifying domestic abuse among the elderly, homecare policy implementation, and the interplay between personalisation policy and social work practice.

• Education:
• PhD in Social Work (2017)
• MSc Health (2001)
• BSc (Hons) Sociology (1983)
• Advanced Award in Social Work (2004)
• Certification in Teaching & Learning (2007)

Her work emphasizes ethical practice, rights-based approaches, and bridging policy gaps in adult social care. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2015).