Hayley Pert

Hayley Pert is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the Department of HAS – Allied Health Professions, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). She has been working in higher education since 2017, with prior experience at The Open University and the Frontline program, and joined UWE Bristol in 2022. Her work is centered on childcare social work, participatory decision-making, and the rights and wellbeing of children and young people.

Education:

• BA (Hons)
• MSc
• PGDipSW
• PGCHE

She qualified as a social worker in 2013 from the University of Bristol and has extensive practice experience with children, young people, and families across local authorities in the southwest of England. Her teaching includes Law for Social Work Practice, Diversity, Critical Reflection, and Supervision in children and young people’s services.

Her research focuses on the participation of children and young people—particularly care-experienced youth—in decision-making processes within statutory childcare social work. She explores how participatory research and theory can be effectively implemented in practice. Future research aims to bridge gaps between participatory methodologies and frontline child and family social work interventions.

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Hayley Pert supervises practice learning and is involved in PEPS (Practice Education and Professional Standards). While specific grants or funded projects are not mentioned, her expertise lies in systemic approaches to childcare social work, child protection, and safeguarding. She contributes to admissions and teaching across key social work domains.

There is no mention of specific research labs or collaborative teams, but her work is aligned with participatory and practice-based research in social work education and policy implementation.