Lara Parish-Mackin
Lara has been a practicing social worker and manager for the last 10 years. She has worked across a number of statutory teams, including assessment, family support and child protection, youth offending and unaccompanied minors. Prior to entering the social work profession, her background was in the charity sector working with the homeless.
Research interests
Adolescents and the associated factors that lead to social care involvement – offending, sexual exploitation and being ‘beyond parental control’. The edge of care model and developing best practice in this area.
Teaching
Lara taught in 2016 at the Summer Institute and facilitated the systemic elements of the course. She has been a practice educator for five years, supported students, and ASYE social workers, which is a role she has always valued and taken pride in. Lara is a trained facilitator in restorative practices, and led training for a local authority. In addition, she has been a lead in teaching the law and emerging practice to professionals within a youth offending setting.
Qualifications
Advanced Certificate in Systemic Practice with Families, MA Social Work, BSc Psychology, Practice Educator Award (Levels 1 and 2)
Location: London
Frontline,
1 Rosebery Avenue,
London,
EC1R 4SR
Meet the rest of my team
Lisa Hackett
Lisa has worked in in a variety of roles in the social work sector.
Charlie Whittaker
Charlie joined Frontline as a Curriculum Advisor in Motivational Interviewing (MI) in 2016.
Henry Smith
Henry graduated as a social worker in 2006. He’s worked in various children and families social work settings before joining the Frontline Academic Team in 2016.
Lara Parish-Mackin
Lara has been a practicing social worker and manager for the last 10 years.
Eugene Ogbewele
Before joining Frontline as a Practice Tutor, Eugene spent the majority of his professional career in working in the statutory setting.
Chris Hemsley
Chris left statutory social work to join the University of Bedfordshire as a Lecturer on the Frontline programme in May 2014
Tessa Godfrey
Tessa qualified as a social worker in 1985, following the publication of the Barclay Report on social work.
Fran Feeley
Fran has over ten years’ experience working as a social worker with high risk and complex child protection cases.
Rebecca Brewer
Rebecca has been a Senior Academic Tutor on the Frontline programme since it started in 2015.
Katie Ayres
Katie has worked as a Lecturer on the Frontline programme since October 2016.
Julie Henry
Julie left statutory social work practice in September 2016 to take up her post as lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire on the Frontline programme.