Lisa Wardle

Role

Deputy Head of Department - Social Work, Care and Community

Lisa Wardle is the Deputy Head of Department for Social Work, Care and Community at Nottingham Trent University. The department includes Health and Social Care, Youth Work, Youth Justice, Career Development and Social Work Courses.

Lisa supports the Head of Department with strategic, operational and management requirements for the department and leads a number of areas including work-loading, quality and standards and course development.  She has responsibility for the Youth and Careers portfolio of courses and has a particular interest in staff development and staff wellbeing, and student experience.

Career overview

Prior to joining NTU, Lisa had a long career of working with young people, in a variety of settings. Initially as a Youth and Community worker, she then qualified as a Career Guidance professional and Connexions Personal Adviser, and worked as a practitioner, manager and consultant across a range of informal, statutory, further education settings.

She then worked as a KS4 Pastoral manager and became a National Specialist Leader in Behaviour and Attendance. Within this role she was instrumental in developing and operationalising a whole school approach to improve attendance, behaviour, engagement and educational outcomes.

Following this she became the Disability Officer and Manager for Student Support Services in an FE college. Here she managed a large team with responsibility for specialist teaching; learning support; mentoring; counselling; mental health; student voice; student involvement; enrichment; chaplaincy; volunteering; careers advice; employability and work experience.

External activity

Lisa is a member of the Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work, the Career Development Institute, and the  Chartered Managers Institute