Biography
Gaia holds aBA in Social Work Sciences, an MA in Design and Realisation of Highly ComplexSocial Work Interventions, and aÌýPhD in Psychological and PsychiatricSciences from the University of Verona (Italy). Gaia holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.Ìý
Gaia is a qualified andregistered social worker and her practice background is in mental health,social work with older people and criminal justice social work.ÌýAs part ofher doctoral studies, Gaia worked on a number of research studies including anEU-funded project, her contribution being the mapping of mental health servicesin nine European countries and the development of a set of tools for theassessment of mental health care provision in Europe. Before joining Âé¶¹TVÍøÕ¾University in 2019, Gaia worked in the Social Care Workforce Research Unit atKing's College London as a Research Associate on a national study on thedelivery of primary health care to people with experience of homelessness. Gaiaalso worked as a Lecturer on the Social Work BA course at the University ofVerona and as an Associate Lecturer at the University of York. Gaiaresearch interests include mental health social work, homelessness, health andsocial care systems analysis, social care outcomes evaluation, burnout and professionalquality of life.Ìý
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