Mr Kulvinder Dhillon

Biography

Since 1990 - Non-academic roles. Previously employed in various social work practice settings and moved on to specialised roles in youth offending service management roles. Acted as lead officer across the offender personality disorder pathway projects, homeless offender unit and probation service offender management work included managing a court team as well as intensive surveillance programme. As a social worker, held roles as a senior safeguarding practitioner in children's services managing caseload of looked after children as well as mentoring others on their ASYE programme. As team manager in youth offending service created new partnerships in setting up an offender centre and team achieved YJB award in 2008 for communications in youth justice. 

Teaching

Since June 2021 responsibilities for teaching as an Academic Tutor directly relate to the 6 Modules of the Social Work PG Diploma qualifying Programme (Think Ahead). This includes: Readiness for Direct Practice, Social Work Knowledge, Placement Stage One and Two, Law and Social Policy, Social Work Dissertation. 

Supervision of programme participants is conducted via regular 1-1 Tutorial, Group Unit Tutorials and the chairing of Placement Meetings. Assessment of participants is completed in regard to their Role Play and Viva as well as facilitating formative seminar work across the full cohort. Academic submissions (essays) as well as student Portfolios are marked in accordance with University marking criteria and constructive feedback is provided in a timely manner through written and verbal discourse with students. 

Completion of the PGCert training also enables the integration of key teaching aspects in more depth and supports considering new pedagogy. 

Masters Supervision takes place concerning 14 students in Year 2 of the MA Social Work (Think Ahead Programme). Since June 2023 further responsibility has been designated towards the development of a new Social Work Practice Portfolio (Advanced MH Practice) Module and to act as an effective Module Lead for this module.

Teaching sessions have been delivered live as well as via pre recorded means with some relating directly to the curriculum whilst others are offering participants more specialised resources including an introduction to criminal justice, organisational practice and working with families.