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Hazel Cutts serves as a Lecturer in Social Work at London Metropolitan University's School of Social Sciences and Professions, where she leads the Social Work MSc program and teaches across the Social Work BSc curriculum. With professional roots dating to her 1994 social work qualification, she brings substantial frontline experience working with adults and older people in statutory settings, including recent practice in a hospital discharge team.
Academic Background:
- Master's degree recipient with Marc Lain award for outstanding achievement
- Dissertation focused on social construction of elder abuse
Research Focus: Hazel specializes in adult safeguarding frameworks, particularly elder abuse prevention and intervention strategies. She champions rights-based social work practice through active co-production, integrating lived experience of service users into educational design and assessment processes. Her work emphasizes dismantling power imbalances in practitioner-service user relationships through collaborative methodologies.
Teaching & Professional Contributions: She delivers core modules including Readiness for Direct Practice, Lifespan Development, Safeguarding, and Reflective Practice. As an experienced practice educator, she assesses students on placement, mentors trainee practice educators, and provides specialized safeguarding training to social care professionals across multiple institutions.
Scientific Recognition:
- Marc Lain award for outstanding academic achievement (Master's dissertation)
Educational Philosophy: Hazel fundamentally believes social work education must center service user perspectives, regularly incorporating individuals with lived experience into curriculum development and student assessment to cultivate genuinely participatory practice approaches among emerging professionals.
