Dr Gaia Cetrano

Biography

Gaia holds a BA in Social Work Sciences, an MA in Design and Realisation of Highly Complex Social Work Interventions, and a PhD in Psychological and Psychiatric Sciences from the University of Verona (Italy). Gaia holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 

Gaia is a qualified and registered social worker and her practice background is in mental health, social work with older people and criminal justice social work. As part of her doctoral studies, Gaia worked on a number of research studies including an EU-funded project, her contribution being the mapping of mental health services in nine European countries and the development of a set of tools for the assessment of mental health care provision in Europe. Before joining Middlesex University in 2019, Gaia worked in the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King's College London as a Research Associate on a national study on the delivery of primary health care to people with experience of homelessness. Gaia also worked as a Lecturer on the Social Work BA course at the University of Verona and as an Associate Lecturer at the University of York. Gaia research interests include mental health social work, homelessness, health and social care systems analysis, social care outcomes evaluation, burnout and professional quality of life. 

Teaching

Gaia currently teaches on the following modules as part of the Think Ahead Programme, a two-year fast-track training scheme for mental health social workers: 

• Module tutor SWK 4700 Readiness for Direct Social Work Practice
• Module tutor SWK 4701 Law and Social Policy for Social Work
• Module tutor SWK 4702 Social Work Knowledge and Application
• Module tutor SWK 4703 Placement Stage One
• Module tutor SWK 4705 Placement Stage Two
• Module leader SWK 4706 Social Work Dissertation and Preparation for Advanced Mental Health Practice
• Module supervisor SWK 4707 Social Work Practice Portfolio and Preparation for Advanced Mental Health Practice