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Lynsey Roocroft serves as Associate Head of Social Work & Wellbeing within the Department of Social Work and Wellbeing at Edge Hill University's Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine. She joined Edge Hill in January 2021 to lecture and lead the Education Mental Health Practitioners training programme, leveraging 16 years of prior teaching experience in sixth form and further education alongside clinical work as a Children and Young People's Wellbeing Practitioner embedded in CAMHS teams.
Her educational foundation includes:
- Masters in Education (University of Central Lancashire, awarded August 2022)
- PGCert in PGCE Education (University of Central Lancashire, awarded June 2004)
- BSc in Psychology (Manchester Metropolitan University, awarded June 2000)
Dr. Roocroft's research focuses on systemic mental health interventions in educational settings, specifically investigating how to cultivate positive mental health cultures in schools and support staff wellbeing while addressing student needs. Her work bridges frontline educational experience with clinical mental health practice, emphasizing evidence-based approaches for vulnerable populations.
Her 2024 publications reveal a concentrated research trajectory: a cross-sectional study on marginalised students' coping strategies in higher education and a scoping review protocol for children's social prescribing. These works demonstrate her methodological versatility across quantitative and evidence-synthesis frameworks while maintaining consistent focus on mental health accessibility in educational ecosystems.
She actively contributes to Edge Hill's Higher Education Research Network and Inclusion, Diversity and Identity Research Network, with her scholarly fingerprint dominated by Mental Health (100%), Cross-Sectional Study methodologies (50%), Coping Strategies (50%), and Social Support systems (16%).
