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
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 teach 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.
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.
Allan Brownrigg – Head of Region, North East
Allan is a registered social worker and an accredited psychotherapist and has worked in a range of social work settings.
Ross Duncan
Prior to Frontline Ross worked for eight years in the Family Court, as a children’s guardian and family court advisor.
Hannah Thompson
Prior to joining Frontline Hannah worked within local authority child protection social work since qualifying in 2011.
Emma Baker
Prior to joining Frontline, Emma worked with vulnerable families in Hackney. She spent 10 years working in the unit model as a social worker, consultant social worker and practice development manager across a number of teams.
Azora Hurd
Azora is principal practice tutor for the Midlands.
