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• Social work and sensory impairment
• Deafness, deafblindness and dual sensory loss
• Adult social work law
• Vulnerability and Safeguarding Adults at Risk
• Social work with disabled adults and older people
• Ageing with Disability
• Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Academic:

• PhD Gerontology (King鈥檚 College London) (2020)
• PgCert. Professional and Higher Education (Distinction) (2012)
• BA (Hons) Care Management / PQSW (First Class) (2005)
• MA in Social Work听 / DipSW (Distinction) (2000)
• LL.B (Hons) Law (2:1) (1997)

Other:

• British Sign Language Level Three (CACDP)
• Communication & Guiding Deafblind People Level Three (CACDP)
• Certificate in Protactile Language Theory (2024) (PLI National Education Program, Western Oregon University)听

• Registered Social Worker (Social Work England)
• Member of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Chair of Deafblind International Acquired Deafblindness Network:
• Member of Deafblind International
• Member of the Social Work Law Association
• Peer Reviewer for British Journal of Social Work, British Journal of Visual Impairment, Journal of Adult Protection, Ageing & Society and New Frontiers
• Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Manitoba (2023)
• External Examiner: BA Social Work Programme, Kingston University, University of London (2015 - 2019)
• Member of the Social Welfare at the British Library Advisory Group (2011-2017)
• Trustee: Emily Harris Foundation(2007-2020)

Certificate in Professional Studies (Deafblind Studies)

• Module Lead: Understanding Deafblindness / Dual Sensory Loss
• Module Lead: Understanding Communication, Movement and Mobility
• Module Lead: Law, Public Policy and Deafblindness

Diploma in Professional Studies (Deafblind Studies)

• Module Lead: Understanding and Assessing Deafblindness / Dual Sensory Loss
• Module Lead: Understanding and Assessing Communication, Movement and Mobility
• Module Lead: Deafblindness: Independent Study

BSc Social Work

• Introduction to Research

MSc Social Work

• Law and Social Policy
• Ethics, Values and ADP
• Core Skills for Practice
• Research Methods of Enquiry
• Safeguarding Law and Practice

MSc Safeguarding

• Safeguarding Deafblind People

Spirituality in residential care for people living with dementia: implementing reflective tools for care workers of people living with dementia (The SpiritDem Study) Advisory Group Member (2023): Peter is currently a member of the advisory group for this NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South London funded study, exploring how people living with dementia can be best supported with their spiritual needs.

Awareness of Deafblindness/Multi-Sensory Impairment amongst clinicians, teachers, and social workers (2022- present): member of research team in collaboration with Principal Investigator Dr. Saima Rajasingam, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

Accessibility of Healthcare Services for People with Vision and/or Hearing Difficulties (2022-present): member of research team in collaboration with Principal Investigator Dr. Eldre Beukes, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

When Level 3 is not enough (2021): Peter is currently the Principal Investigator on this BCU Pilot Project Funded study exploring English Local Authority decision making in relation to required qualification levels for specialist deafblind assessment.

Care Act Easements Study Advisory Group Member (2021-2022): Peter听was a member of the advisory group for an 18 month long NIHR School of Social Care funded study on the Care Act Easements created under the Coronavirus Act 2020.

Tactile Transition Project Advisory Group Member (2019): Peter is currently a member of the advisory panel supporting an international research project exploring the ways in which those with acquired deafblindness transition to the increased role of touch in their lives.听

PhD Thesis (2020): The Lived Experience of Vulnerability amongst Adults Ageing with Deafblindness: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Supervised by: Professor Jill Manthorpe (Professor of Social Work) and Professor Anthea Tinker (Professor of Social Gerontology)).

CJD and Social Work (2018-2019):听Peter worked with colleagues from the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King鈥檚 College London, and the National Prion Clinic, University College London to produce national guidelines on Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease for social workers in England. These guidelines were published by the Department of Health and Social Care.

PhD Student: Rebecca Govan. 鈥�Post adoption social work with families with children suspected to have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Exploring the experiences of adoptive parents, children, and social workers.鈥� [in progress].

• Supervisors: Dr Colin Watt (Director of Studies), Dr Carolyn Blackburn (Supervisor), Dr Peter Simcock (Supervisor).

听PhD Student: George Fence. 鈥淓xploring Novel Wearable Haptic Technologies for Displaying Braille and Other Tactile Communication Methods Using Smart Sensing Devices鈥� [in progress].

• Supervisors: Dr Arthur Theil (Director of Studies), Prof. Chris Creed (Supervisor), Dr Peter Simcock (Project Advisor)

听PhD Student: Claire Manford. 鈥淚mproving academic and social success for children with dual sensory impairment (deafblindness)鈥� [in progress]. Anglia Ruskin University.

• Supervisors: Dr Saima Rajasingam (Director of Studies), Dr Eldre Beukes (Supervisor), Prof. Peter Allen (Supervisor), Dr Peter Simcock (External Advisor).

听PhD Student: Phillippa Bradbury. 鈥淩eading from the same page: a practice-based social intervention to improve printed information access for deafblind people鈥� [in progress]. Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

• Supervisors: Dr Catherine Dixon (Director of Studies), Dr David Preston (Supervisor), Dr Peter Simcock (External Supervisor).

Peter also currently supervises MSc Social Work Students completing their final dissertation

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Peer-Reviewed Papers:

Simcock, P., Manthorpe, J., & Tinker, A. (2024). Giving voice by doing with not doing through: Collaborating with tactile sign language interpreters in interpretative phenomenological analysis research involving older deafblind people.听Qualitative Social Work,听0(0).听

Simcock, P., Manthorpe, J., & Tinker, A. (2022) 鈥榁ulnerability among older people ageing with deafblindness鈥� Journal of Social Work [online first];听

Simcock, P., Manthorpe, J., & Tinker, A. (2022) 鈥�. Ageing and Society. 1-26.

Bacchini, S. & Simcock, P. (2020)A Silent Minority, unheard and unseen? A reflective account of methodological and linguistic challenges in research with older people ageing with Deafblindness.听Expressio, 1 (3): 147-166.

Simcock, P. & Wittich, W. (2019) 鈥楢re older deafblind people being left behind? A narrative review of literature on deafblindness through the lens of the United Nations Principles for Older People鈥櫶�Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law (3): 339-357听

Simcock, P. & Machin, R. (2019) 鈥業t鈥檚 not just about where someone lives: educating student social workers about housing-related matters to promote an understanding of social justice鈥� Social Work Education: The International Journal. Advance Access:

Manthorpe, J. & Simcock, P. (2018) 'The Role of Social Work in Supporting People Affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): A Scoping Review' British Journal of Social Work. Advanced Access.听听

Boath, E., Simcock, P., Watts, R., Thomas, N., Evans, J., Taylor, L. & O'Connell, P. (2018) '' Social Work Education: The International Journal.听

Irvine, F., Yeung, E., Partridge, M. & Simcock, P. (2017) 鈥楾he impact of personalisation on people from Chinese backgrounds: accounts of social care experience鈥� Health and Social Care in the Community. 25听(3): 878-887.

Simcock, P. (2017) 鈥楢geing with a unique impairment: a systematically conducted review of older deafblind people鈥檚 experiences鈥� Ageing & Society. 37听(8): 1703-1742.

Simcock, P. (2017) 鈥極ne of society鈥檚 most vulnerable groups?听 A systematically conducted literature review exploring the vulnerability of deafblind people鈥� Health and Social Care in the Community.听(3): 813-839.

Simcock, P. & Manthorpe, J. (2014) 鈥楧eafblind and neglected or deafblindness neglected? Revisiting the Beverley Lewis Case鈥� British Journal of Social Work.听44 (8): 2325-2341

Books & Book Chapters:

Simcock, P. (2022) Developing our understanding of an impairment much misunderstood: Researching the experiences of deafblind people.听In D. Pitcher & B. Burke (Eds) The Advancement of Social Work. Studies in Social Work to Mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Social Workers鈥� Educational Trust.听探花直播: British Association of Social Workers.

Simcock, P. & Lee, C. (2022) Disability, Social Justice and Human Rights: The Experience of the United Kingdom. In C. Cox & T. Maschi (Eds) Human Rights and Social Justice. Key Issues and Vulnerable Populations. Routledge.

Simcock, P. & Manthorpe, J. (2020) Aging with deafblindness.听 In M. Putnam & C Bigby (Eds.) Handbook on Aging with Disability. London: Routledge.

Wittich, W. &听Simcock, P. (2019)听Aging and Combined Vision and Hearing Loss. In: J. Ravenscroft (ed),听The Routledge Handbook of Visual Impairment. London: Routledge.听

Simcock, P. & Castle, R. (2016) Social Work and Disability. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Book Reviews:

Bacchini, S. & Simcock, P. (2021) 鈥楢geing, the Body and the Gender Regime: Health, Illness and Disease Across the Life Course. Susan Pickard and Jude Robinson (eds)鈥� Ageing and Society. 41, 1449-1451.

Simcock, P. (2014) 鈥楳andelstam, M. Safeguarding Adults and the Law鈥� Journal of Adult Protection. (1): 60-61

Other Publications:

Simcock, P., Bond, J. & Duncan, L. (2021) 鈥樷�� [online]

Simcock, P. (2020) 鈥樷�� [online]

Simcock, P., Manthorpe, J., Tesfamichael, S., & Mead, S. (2018) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Guidelines for Social Workers in England. London: Department of Health and Social Care.

Simcock, P.,听& Manthorpe, J. (2018) 鈥楽ocial Work and CJD: Updating the Guidelines鈥� CJD Support Network Newsletter 27(May 2018): 10-11

Crellin, B., Simcock, P., & Bond, J. (2018) Good Practice Guide for Social Workers in England and Wales Working with Adults with Acquired Hearing Loss. 探花直播: British Association of Social Workers.

Simcock, P. (2014) 鈥楻evisiting adult safeguarding cases: challenges and lessons鈥� Bulletin of the Social Work History Network.听(1): 8-10.

Matthews, S. & Simcock, P. (2014) 鈥極ngoing change: Social Work Education in the 21st Century'. Editorial for the British Library Social Welfare Portal Newsletter.听

Conference Presentations:

Simcock, P., Watt, C. & Duncan, L. (2024) 鈥楧eafblind people with 鈥榟igher or more complex鈥� needs: how do English local authorities determine who is suitably qualified to assess the social care needs of deafblind people?鈥�; paper presented at the Grand Challenges for Social Work: Strengthening social solidarity and connectedness Joint Universities Social Work Association Conference 2024, Kingston University, London, UK, 27-28 June.

Rajasingam, S., Beukes, E., Macnaughton, J., Simcock, P., Duncan, L., & Quail, T. (2024) 鈥楢wareness of the impact of combined hearing and vision difficulties on accessing healthcare services amongst healthcare practitioners in the United Kingdom鈥�; paper presented at the Hearing Across the Lifespan Conference, Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy, 6-8 June.

Simcock, P. (2023) 鈥�How do we connect, support, and develop our workforce? Creating the Next Generation of Deafblind Specialists鈥�; invited speaker at Deafblind UK Convention 2023 鈥楥onnected Lives鈥�, 05 October.

Simcock, P. & Duncan, L. (2023) 鈥楨ducating the Social Care Workforce to Better Support Deafblind People鈥�; paper presented to the 18th Deafblind International World Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 25-28 July.

Simcock, P. Watt, C. & Duncan, L. (2023) 鈥榃hen Level 3 is not Enough: English Local Authority Decision Making in Relation to Required Qualification Levels for Specialist Deafblind Assessment鈥�; paper presented to the 18th Deafblind International World Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 25-28 July.

Simcock, P.听(2023) 鈥楾he strength of disability: managing, coping, innovating and contributing to society鈥�; invited speaker at the University of Manitoba, 20 July.

Simcock, P. (2023) 鈥楢 life course with a unique rhythm: The experiences of those ageing with deafblindness鈥�; keynote speech presented at the CSPACE 鈥楻hythms of Learning and Living鈥� Conference, 探花直播, 探花直播, 5 July.

Simcock, P.听(2022) 鈥�Who is suitably qualified to assess the social care needs of deafblind adults?听 Findings from a study of English local authority decision making in relation to the training and expertise of assessors鈥�; invited speaker at Deafblind UK Convention 2022 鈥楨mbracing Change鈥�, 06 October.

Simcock, P. (2022) 鈥�; 'Deafblind People and Covid-19: a population impacted, yet making an impact'; Keynote Speech presented to 11^th听National Deafblind Conference, Fremantle, Australia, 30 June 鈥� 1 July.

Simcock, P.听(2021) 鈥業 just keep going鈥�: the managing and coping experiences of older people ageing with deafblindness鈥�; invited speaker at Deafblind UK Convention 2021, 07 October.

Simcock, P.听(2020) 鈥極ut of Sight and Out of Touch must not mean Out of Mind: Social Work with Deafblind People, before, during and after the pandemic鈥�; paper presented to the 鈥楻ejecting a Return to Life before the Pandemic: Covid19, structural inequalities and a call on social work to create a better normal鈥� Conference, online, 19 November.

Simcock, P.听(2019) 鈥業nvolving older deafblind people in qualitative research: the benefits and challenges of working with visual and tactile British Sign Language interpreters鈥�; paper presented to 48^th听Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Liverpool, UK, 10听- 12听July

Bacchini, S. & Simcock, P. (2018) 'The Silent Minority. Unheard and Unseen? Challenges and Opportunities in Research with Older People Ageing with Deafblindness'; paper presented to CLAVIER 18. Knowledge Dissemination, Ethics and Ideology in Specialised Communication: Linguistic and Discursive Perspectives, Milan, Italy, 29 November - 1 December 2018.

Simcock, P. (2017) 鈥楾he lived experience of vulnerability amongst adults ageing with deafblindness鈥�; paper presented to 9^th DbI European Conference on Deafblindness, Aalborg, Denmark, 5听- 8听September

Simcock, P. & Wittich, W. (2017) 鈥楾he UN Principles for Older Persons: A Perspective on Deafblind Seniors鈥�; paper presented to the 12^th International Conference of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation, The Hague, The Netherlands, 25- 29听June

Simcock, P. (2015) 鈥榃ell since I got older, it鈥檚 gone worser (sic)鈥� The experiences of older people ageing with deafblindness鈥�; paper presented to 44^th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, 1 - 3July

Simcock, P. (2015) 鈥楢n invisible sub-group of deafblind people? The experiences of older people ageing with deafblindness鈥�; poster presented to 16^th DbI World Conference on Deafblindness, Bucharest, Romania, 25鈥� 30听May

Peter has delivered numerous sessions on deafblindness to local authority staff via the Making Research Count Initiative.听 He also works closely with organisations of and for people with sensory impairments. This work has included providing Care Act 2014 training to social work and rehabilitation staff at Blind Veterans UK, and work with the British Association of Social Workers on new guidelines for social workers working with adults with acquired hearing loss.听听He also provided guidance to 鈥楾he Blind Spot鈥� on the legal framework as it relates to social work and social care for deafblind people in England.

As Chair of the Deafblind International Acquired Deafblindness Network, Peter develops best practice, by facilitating collaboration among those living with acquired dual sensory loss and those working in field across the globe.

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