Dr Peter Simcock

BSc Social Work

• Module Lead: Law and Social Policy

MSc Social Work

• Programme Lead: MSc Social Work
• Module Lead: Law and Social Policy

• Social work and sensory impairment
• Deafness, deafblindness and dual sensory loss
• Adult social work law
• Safeguarding adults at risk and vulnerability
• Social work with disabled adults and older people
• Mental capacity

Academic:

• PgCert. Professional and Higher Education (Distinction) (2012)
• BA (Hons) Care Management / PQSW (First Class) (2005)
• MA in Social Work  / DipSW (Distinction) (2000)
• LL.B (Hons) Law (2:1) (1997)

Other:

• British Sign Language Level Three (CACDP)
• Communication & Guiding Deafblind People Level Three (CACDP)

• Registered Social Worker (HCPC)
• Member of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member of Deafblind International
• Member of the Social Welfare at the British Library Advisory Group
• Member of the Social Work Law Association
• Trustee: Emily Harris Foundation
• Peer Reviewer for British Journal of Social Work, British Journal of Visual Impairment, Journal of Adult Protection, and Ageing & Society.
• Member of Editorial Board of Journal of New Writing in Health and Social Care
• External Examiner: BA Social Work Programme, Kingston University, University of London

BSc Social Work

• Law and Social Policy
• Core Skills for Practice

MSc Social Work

• Law and Social Policy
• Core Skills for Practice

Currently Registered at Kings College London: PhD in Gerontology

Thesis Title: The Lived Experience of vulnerability amongst older deafblind people and the implications for safeguarding policy and practice.

Supervisors: Professor Jill Manthorpe (Professor of Social Work) and Professor Anthea Tinker (Professor of Social Gerontology)

CJD and Social Work: Currently working with colleagues from the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, and the National Prion Clinic, University College London on national guidelines on Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease for social workers in England.

Peer-Reviewed Papers:

Simcock, P. & Wittich, W. (2019) ‘Are older deafblind people being left behind? A narrative review of literature on deafblindness through the lens of the United Nations Principles for Older People’ (3): 339-357 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09649069.2019.1627088

Simcock, P. & Machin, R. (2019) ‘It’s not just about where someone lives: educating student social workers about housing-related matters to promote an understanding of social justice’ Social Work Education: The International Journal. Advance Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2019.1612867

Manthorpe, J. & Simcock, P. (2018) 'The Role of Social Work in Supporting People Affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): A Scoping Review' British Journal of Social Work. Advanced Access. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy116 

Boath, E., Simcock, P., Watts, R., Thomas, N., Evans, J., Taylor, L. & O'Connell, P. (2018) 'Stay with the FLO: evaluating a mobile texting service to enhance social work student retention while on placement' Social Work Education: The International Journal. 

Irvine, F., Yeung, E., Partridge, M. & Simcock, P. (2017) ‘The impact of personalisation on people from Chinese backgrounds: accounts of social care experience’ Health and Social Care in the Community. 25 (3): 878-887.

Simcock, P. (2017) ‘Ageing with a unique impairment: a systematically conducted review of older deafblind people’s experiences’ Ageing & Society. 37 (8): 1703-1742.

Simcock, P. (2017) ‘One of society’s most vulnerable groups?  A systematically conducted literature review exploring the vulnerability of deafblind people’ Health and Social Care in the Community. (3): 813-839.

Simcock, P. & Manthorpe, J. (2014) ‘Deafblind and neglected or deafblindness neglected? Revisiting the Beverley Lewis Case’ British Journal of Social Work. 44 (8): 2325-2341

Books & Book Chapters:

Wittich, W. & Simcock, P. (2019) Aging and Combined Vision and Hearing Loss. In: J. Ravenscroft (ed), The Routledge Handbook of Visual Impairment. London: Routledge. 

Simcock, P. & Castle, R. (2016) Social Work and Disability. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Book Reviews:

Simcock, P. (2014) ‘Mandelstam, M. Safeguarding Adults and the Law’ Journal of Adult Protection. (1): 60-61

Other Publications:

Simcock, P., Manthorpe, J., Tesfamichael, S., & Mead, S. (2018) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Guidelines for Social Workers in England. London: Department of Health and Social Care.

Simcock, P., & Manthorpe, J. (2018) ‘Social Work and CJD: Updating the Guidelines’ CJD Support Network Newsletter 27(May 2018): 10-11

Crellin, B., Simcock, P., & Bond, J. (2018) Good Practice Guide for Social Workers in England and Wales Working with Adults with Acquired Hearing Loss. Birmingham: British Association of Social Workers.

Simcock, P. (2014) ‘Revisiting adult safeguarding cases: challenges and lessons’ Bulletin of the Social Work History Network. (1): 8-10.

Matthews, S. & Simcock, P. (2014) ‘Ongoing change: Social Work Education in the 21st Century'. Editorial for the British Library Social Welfare Portal Newsletter. 

Conference Presentations:

Simcock, P. (2019) ‘Involving older deafblind people in qualitative research: the benefits and challenges of working with visual and tactile British Sign Language interpreters’; paper presented to 48^th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Liverpool, UK, 10 - 12 July

Bacchini, S. & Simcock, P. (2018) 'The Silent Minority. Unheard and Unseen? Challenges and Opportunities in Research with Older People Ageing with Deafblindness'; paper presented to CLAVIER 18. Knowledge Dissemination, Ethics and Ideology in Specialised Communication: Linguistic and Discursive Perspectives, Milan, Italy, 29 November - 1 December 2018.

Simcock, P. (2017) ‘The lived experience of vulnerability amongst adults ageing with deafblindness’; paper presented to 9^th DbI European Conference on Deafblindness, Aalborg, Denmark, 5 - 8 September

Simcock, P. & Wittich, W. (2017) ‘The UN Principles for Older Persons: A Perspective on Deafblind Seniors’; paper presented to the 12^th International Conference of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation, The Hague, The Netherlands, 25- 29 June

Simcock, P. (2015) ‘Well since I got older, it’s gone worser (sic)’ The experiences of older people ageing with deafblindness’; paper presented to 44^th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, 1 - 3July

Simcock, P. (2015) ‘An invisible sub-group of deafblind people? The experiences of older people ageing with deafblindness’; poster presented to 16^th DbI World Conference on Deafblindness, Bucharest, Romania, 25– 30 May

Peter works closely with organisations of and for people with sensory impairments. This work has included providing Care Act 2014 training to social work and rehabilitation staff at Blind Veterans UK, and work with the British Association of Social Workers on new guidelines for social workers working with adults with acquired hearing loss.  

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