Lisa Hackett
Lisa is our chief social worker, who joined Frontline in 2016. She is a registered social worker, leader and educator with over 24 years’ experience of direct work with children and adults in the statutory, private, charitable and academic sectors. She has worked in child protection, adult mental health, fostering, the youth offending service, Women’s Aid and residential social work. She has held positions as a senior lecturer in social work (Leicester university 2010–2012), Head of Community and Criminal Justice (De Montfort University 2012–2015) and Head of Social Work and Youth and Community Development (De Montfort University 2015–2016). Where and when possible, Lisa continues to try and engage in practice, specifically in the field of mental health.
Research interests
Parental mental health (understandings and impacts of)
Young people and crime
Experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic people in contact with public services (perceptions, racism and othering)
Selected publications
Working with women and mothers experiencing mental distress – creating a safe place for constructive conversations in Baldwin (2015), Mothering Justice: Waterside Press
Conference Presentations
West Midlands Principal Social Work Conference (2017)
Teaching
Lisa has taught and led on the following modules:
Human growth and development
Interprofessional education
Young people and the criminal justice system
The developing social work practitioner
Children and families law
Mental health and policing
Crime and late modernity
Social work skills and values
Social work theories and models
She has supervised over 50 post and undergraduate social work, policing and criminology dissertations.
Qualifications
Post Graduate Diploma, Adult Mental Health Practitioner Award (Birmingham University 2008)
Foundation Certificate in Family Therapy (Derby University 2000)
MA in Social work (Leicester University 1998)
BA Hons degree (University Central Lancashire 1994)
Location: London
Frontline
Coram Campus
41 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ
Meet the rest of my team
KATIE PURSER
Katie is our recruitment director.
MARY JACKSON
Mary is our chief executive.
LISA HACKETT
Lisa is our chief social worker.
Vicki Parker
Vicki is our head of delivery (South).
Tracey Ellison
Tracey is our head of delivery (North).
Anoshe Waheed
Anoshe is our head of people.
Josie Whitworth
Josie is head of programme management and evaluation.
Chris Young
Chris is our director of finance and compliance.
Jackie Sanders
Jackie is our external relations director.
Tomos Davies
Tomos is our chief operating officer.
Sanjeev Baga
Sanjeev is our programmes director.
Elanie Ademokun
Elanie is our head of leadership programmes.
Duncan Anthony
Duncan is our head of partnerships.