Dr Carole Southall

Assistant Professor

School: Communities and Education

Carole Southall is a qualified Social Worker and spent 20 years in practice as a social worker in adult services, an Approved Social Worker under the Mental Health Act 1983 and a team manager in Community Mental Health Services.

Carole has a long standing interest in mental health , mental capacity and adult safeguarding and teaches in these areas with a strong focus on the rights of the individual . She is Programme Leader for Post Qualifying Social Work and teaches on the BSc and MA Social Work Programmes the AMHP programme and Post Qualifying Social Work programme including BIA training under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

Carole is published in children's mental Health and adult social care and research interests include mental capacity, mental health and adult safeguarding .

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Key Publications

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A qualitative systematic review of the experiences of older people and practitioners in recognising and responding to domestic abuse in the older population, Lonbay, S., Southall, C., Aggar, E. 4 Dec 2025, In: Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
‘Mum feels that the decision has already been made’: From shared decision-making to negotiated compromise in Adult Social Care, Whitehead, P., Rooney, L., Adams‐Thomas, J., Greenup, M., Raffle, A., Southall, C., Whittington, S., Rapley, T. 26 Sep 2025, In: Social Science and Medicine
Identifying and responding to domestic abuse in the older population: Key challenges and complexities, Lonbay, S., Southall, C. 3 Mar 2024, In: European Journal of Social Work
‘Single‐handed care’ initiatives and reviews of double‐handed homecare packages: A survey of practices in English local authorities with adult social care responsibilities, Whitehead, P., Rooney, L., Adams‐Thomas, J., Bailey, C., Greenup, M., Southall, C., Raffle, A., Rapley, T., Whittington, S. 1 Nov 2022, In: Health & Social Care in the Community
Social Workers’ Negotiation of the Liminal Space Between Personalisation Policy and Practice, Southall, C., Lonbay, S., Brandon, T. 4 Mar 2021, In: European Journal of Social Work
Social work and mental health (children, young people and adults), Brandon, T., Southall, C., O'Driscoll, S. 1 Mar 2020, Introducing Social Work, London
BIA Perspectives on the Transition to the Liberty Protection Safeguards, Southall, C., Meredith, C. 24 May 2018, Deprivation of Liberty/ Liberty Protection Safeguards Conference
Reflective Practice in the Arena of Adult Social Care: How do Social Workers Negotiate the Liminal Space Between Policy and Practice?, Lonbay, S., Southall, C. 30 Mar 2016, 6th European Conference for Social Work Research