Postal Address: 25 Edgar Road

CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFESSOR ALLISTER BUTLER

GENERAL

Canterbury

Kent

CT1 1NR

Contact no: 07582926391 (Mobile)

01227 454260 (Home)

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Date of Birth: 28 July 1965

Nationality: South African and British (Dual citizenship)

Language: English

Gender: Male

Marital status: Single

Web site: www.allisterbutler.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Social Work, University of Port Elizabeth. April 2000.

Masters in Social Work (MSW), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. USA. May 1990. GPA (3.9).

Bachelors of Social Work (Hons), University of Port Elizabeth. December 1987.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

General Social Care Council (GSCC)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Social Work Department, North West University, February 2010 to March 2011

· Facilitate and support post graduate training and supervision

· Teaching and Learning responsibilities on the BA Social Work degree

· Module and curriculum development

· Lead on the 4th year Research Proposal

· Ongoing research activities and output

Please note that from the end of 2007 until the present I have been working as an academic consultant in Cape Town, South Africa. Hence my work experience (on pages 2 and 3) tend to run concurrently.

Consultant: Safe Dates Intimate Adolescent Violent Partners Research and Curriculum Development Practice Committee, University of Cape Town, South Africa. June 2008 to June 2009

· Serve as expert consultant on the Safe Dates (IPV) Committee

· Review and critique position papers

· Provide expert knowledge re: adolescent sexuality

· Serve as consultant re: research methodologies and implementation

· Consult on Curriculum Development

Consultant Director of Academic Studies, South African College of Applied Psychology, Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. February 2008 to September 2009

· Serve as Director of Academic Studies

· Write and develop policy statement and protocols

· Monitoring, academic rigor and quality assurance

· Support practice learning strategies

· Develop academic modules

· Develop and deliver specialist training workshops

· Teach various modules etc groupwork practice, fieldwork training, gender and sexuality

· Serve as Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee

· Develop and monitor quality assurance mechanisms and polices

Consultant Programme Advisor: Change – Community Outreach, Kenya, July 2009 to present

· Serve as an HIV/AIDS specialist consultant

· Programme founded by Mark Wilson (Canterbury, UK). Change: Community Outreach

· Provide consultant services around the projects three primary aims: a) education and awareness raising around HIV/AIDS b) reduce stigmatization associated with HIV/AIDS, and c) skills training for support outreach workers in the rural communities of Kenya

Academic Consultant, CTI Education Group, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. February 2008 to July 2009

· Lecture on various courses (psychology, development studies, cross cultural awareness, cultural context)

· Develop quality assurance protocols

· Lecture on the Research Methods course on the University of Wales Business degree

· Provide academic writing and literacy skills training to the entire campus

· Facilitate and deliver open days re: the BA in Psychology degree

· Deliver marketing strategies re: summer and winter schools

Dissertation Proof-reading. Universities throughout South Africa. April 2008 to present.

· Provide private dissertation/thesis proof-reading services to post-graduate students at Universities throughout South Africa

· These include dissertations at Honours, Masters and PhD levels.

Consultant Evaluator, South Coast Recovery Centre, Ramsgate, South Africa, May 2009 to present

· Provide training for the entire clinical team (social workers, counselors, occupational therapists)

· Conducted a comprehensive and rigorous evaluation of the SCRC programme and service delivery

· Provide expert advice re: improving programme development and clinical effectiveness.

· Support SCRC in developing robust evidence based practice models of clinical intervention

School Counselor Consultant, St Cyprians High School, Cape Town, South Africa, April 2008 to April 2009.

· Serve as a specialist expert for St Cyprians

· Provide individual and group supportive counseling to high school learners

ICAS Consultant and Affiliate, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2008 – present.

· Provide per and post test HIV/AIDS counseling in various health care settings

· Serve as consultant psychotherapist. Consult on a wide range of individual, couple and family cases (ranging from crisis intervention to trauma assessment and recovery)

Principal Lecturer and MASW Programme Director, Social Work Department, Canterbury Christ Church University, September 2004 to August 2007.

· Professional Lead (2004-2006): Responsible for overall management of the social work team

· Programme Director for the MA in Social Work degree

· Awarded £131k grant to train 40 Iraq social workers

· University representative on both the University Title panel, as well the National QAA institutional audit.

· Lead on curriculum development, validation and quality assurance

· Management of all degrees, awards, diplomas and certificates.

· Staff supervision, training and appraisal

· Sit on Departmental Head Management Group

· Lead on IPL (Inter-professional learning) and CPD (Continuing professional development)

· Lead the Faculty Children and Family teaching pathway

· Scholarly activity (research, writing and publications)

· Liaise with Kent Social Services and other statutory and voluntary agencies in Kent re: student practice teaching and assessment

· Carry a full teaching load and tutorial support work

· Represent CCCUC on the PQ consortium

· Liaise with the GSCC and implement all modifications and new curriculum and assessment innovations.

· Faculty Ethics Committee member

· Supervise 10 MA students dissertations

· International teaching (Holland, Sweden, Norway)

External Examiner. April 2006 to 2007.

Serve as external examiner for the University of Bath BA in Social Work degree

External Examiner. January 2007 to present

Serve as external examiner for the Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (for MA and PhD candidates)

Journal Reviewer. January 2006 to 2007

Reviewer for Journal of Education as Change, Department of Curriculum Studies, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Erasmus Scholar. University of Ede, Netherlands. 23-26 November, 2004.

· Presented key note lecturers to University of Ede 4th year Social Work students re: international social work practice and policy

· Developed international research partnerships

Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, Sheffield Hallam University. January 2002 till September 2004.

· Teach a variety of undergraduate and post qualifying award courses (Theories and methods of Intervention, Social work and Inequality, ISWOP, Loss and Bereavement, Sex, Sexuality, HIV and AIDS, Shared learning, Advanced research methods, amongst others)

· Also teach on the post-qualifying child care award (University of Sheffield)

· Support the development of research capacity (writing papers for publication, dissemination of research findings at conferences etc)

· Serve as tutor to students at first, second and third year levels/ ongoing supervision

· Year three tutor (overall administration of final year education)

· Liaise with students and practice teachers with students conducting their second and third year practical placements

· Supervise third year students with their final Integrative Study reports

· Responsible for the Quality Assurance component of the programme

· Curriculum development, design and implementation – at both discipline and school level – new social work degree

· Interprofessional learning and shared learning activities

· Co-chair of the validation committee for the New Social Work degree

· Administrative responsibility for work based learning, part time, international and learning needs students

· Research output (publications and international conferences)

· International teaching programme (Norway and Sweden)

Academic Consultant. Post-Qualifying Child Care Award (PQCCA), Sheffield University, 2003 to 2004.

· Planning and validation of the PQCCA

· Serve as consultant on the assessment examinations board

· Assessment and moderation

· Teach Social Work theory and methods of intervention

Socrates International Fellow, Oslo University, Norway. 3 – 7 November, 2003.

· Presented numerous conference papers (see conference section for full list)

· Developed international research partnerships

· Developed international student practical training opportunities with Oslo and Lithuania

International Placement Supervisor/Visiting Scholar. Lund University, Malmo, Sweden. 23-27 March, 2004.

· Supervised students on international practical training placements

· Set up future international collaboration between Sheffield and Malmo

· Conducted in-service training at Malmo University Hospital

· Presented conference papers (see conference section for full listing)

Research Fellow/Programme Evaluator (Children and Young People projects) at the University of Plymouth. HAZ (Health Action Zone/Cornwall) June 2000 to January 2002.

· Establish links with Children/Family and Young People’s project teams

· Contribute to the education sessions with representatives of these stakeholders on project design, management and evaluation techniques. Work with these teams to develop and disseminate understanding of sound project design and evaluation

· Provide on-going support and capacity building to project teams and the Work programme on the appropriateness and feasibility of a range of evaluation methods. To support on the choice, development and implementation of those evaluations

· Facilitate networking amongst project teams

· Report regularly to the main Evaluation team on the progress of the Work Programme.

· Work with the main evaluation team in the development and implementation of programme specific evaluation work in the field

· Contribute to dissemination activities including the writing up of briefing papers, reports and academic papers and the presentation of workshops and conference papers etc.

Full time Doctoral student

(April 1999 – April 2000). University of Port Elizabeth

Head of Department and Senior Lecturer at Fort Hare University, Social Work Department, April 1996 to April 1999:

· Overall administration of the Department

· Budgeting and full financial management

· Developing curricula for students and social work practitioners in the field

· Supervise all research projects (students and staff members)

· Fund-raising and developing partnerships linkages with national and international Universities

· Sit on various committees (both university and nationally based) re: social work education

· Teach numerous courses (practice, research and administration)

· Responsible for staff development and continuing education

External Examiner for Rhodes University, Social Work Department, May 1997 to April 1999

· Serve as external examiner for the masters clinical programme

Journal Reviewer, August 1998 to April 1999

· Serve as reviewer for the journal: "Social Work Research in Practice."

Director of National Youth and AIDS/Life Skills Project, Education Resources Network, Cape Town, October 1995 to April 1996.

· National and provincial coordinator of the project.

· Fund-raising (nationally and internationally)

· Financial management of various allocated budgets

· Recruitment and training of staff, including setting up offices in three provinces

· Conceptual and programmatic development of the Problem Solving Bowl/Youth at risk methodology

· Director of research (in collaboration with MRC and HSRC)

· Policy formulation and implementation/systems management

· Consultation with NEDLAC and provincial NGO forums, as well as State Dpts (Health, Welfare, Education)

Director of New Crossroads Youth Centre, Cape Town, December 1994 to October 1995.

· Comprehensive fiscal and programmatic management

· Professional staff development and in service training

· Development and implementation of all policies and programmes

· Extensive collaboration and interfacing with all service providers (NGO's and CBO's)

· Develop capacity building and partnership strategies with all relevant stakeholders

· Co-ordinate all fund - raising activities

· Produce professional/academic materials and present papers at conferences

Primary Instructor University of Minnesota, School of Social Work. September 1991 to June 1994

· Teach a variety of practice and policy/research courses to undergraduate and post graduate students within social work and other disciplines in the College of Human Ecology

· Courses: Advanced social work practice, advanced research methodology, intervention with groups and individual, intervention in communities and social policy, introduction to social welfare

Mental Health Counselor for Breckenridge House, Minneapolis, USA. February 1993 to July 1994

· Management training (consultancy)

· Crisis intervention

· Family intervention and counseling

· Development and implementation of individual treatment plans for people with mental illness and/or mental retardation

Director of Birtley Farm House Adolescent treatment centre, Surrey, England, 1990 - 1991.

· Fiscal and programmatic management responsibilities of a therapeutic unit for sexually, emotionally and physically abused children

· Recruitment, retention and training of 25 professional staff (social workers, art therapists, child care workers, teachers)

· Direct service and professional orientation, in service training

· Development and implementation of all policies and procedures

· Supervision of social work students

· Liaison with Board of Directors

Medical Social Worker for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA, May 1989 to June 1990.

· Interdisciplinary assessment and treatment of child abuse and neglect

· Individual and family counseling

· Team member in Pediatric Intensive care unit.

· Suspected child abuse and neglect (SCAN) interviewing and reporting

· Community services and DHS consultation

· Coordinated and delivered training sessions and conferences for hospital and community personnel regarding child abuse

· Behaviour management consultant

Lecturer for the University of Iowa, School of Social Work, Iowa City, IA, USA. August 1988 to May 1990.

· Primary instructor for several courses including: human behaviour in the social environment, family violence, child abuse and neglect, groupwork skills, community development, research methods

· Academic advising

· Co-ordination of student placements and practical training supervision

Mental Health Counselor for Port Elizabeth Mental Health Society, Port Elizabeth, December 1987 to August 1988.

· Co-ordinated the establishment and operation of the agencies psycho-social rehabilitation centre

· Case management and individual counseling

· Facilitator of skills enhancement group for persons with obsessive/compulsive disorders

· Family assessment and counseling

· Vocational rehabilitation and counseling

Self Help Project Leader for Self Help Scheme, Port Elizabeth, February 1987 to November 1987

· Coordinated feeding scheme and educational high school programmes living in impoverished communities

Skills Training Facilitator for Student Laboratory Social Work Programme, University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, February 1987 to November 1987