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Mr Mick McCormick

Mick McCormick

Profile summary

  • Research Student
  • Programme Director and Head of Department - Social Work
  • Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies
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Professional biography

Mick McCormick is Academic Lead - Enhanced Employability and Career Progression (EECP) programme - providing academic leadership and expertise to this programme - delivering and embedding the culture change needed to increase the number of students achieving positive personal and career development outcomes.

 

A Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the Open University, Mick began practising 1986, Mick has worked mainly in the field of adult care – predominantly mental health, learning disability and substance misuse. Following nearly 20 years as a social work practitioner and manager, he joined The OU in 2004.

 

Mick has provided expert academic input into two, one hour OU/BBC programmes on mental health - 'Sectioned' and 'Mental: a history of the madhouse', and more recently (2018) into the award winning ‘Addicted Parents: Last Chance to Keep my Children’.

 

Mick is external examiner for the University of Bath and University of Hertfordshire.

Research interests

Research interests in Employabilty and Career Progression, social work education, mental health & substance misuse.

Recent reseach undertaken:

OfS funded research and resource development - Social Work Apprenticeships - Promoting diversity in the social work workforce through the degree apprenticeship  (2018 - 2019)

PBPL-CETL funded project - working in collaboration with Charles Sturt University looking at 'Sustainable Professional Practice' - a cross cultural interrogation of social work practice settings.

PBPL -CETL funded project - exploring and evaluating the first six months of post-qualified practice in social work http://oro.open.ac.uk/23098/

Collaborating with Dr Jonathan Leach -  investigating different perspectives, ideas and approaches to mental health and distress that exist in society: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/body-mind/health/health-studies/mental-healthcare-services-survey-the-results

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Seden, J., Matthews, S., McCormick, M. and Morgan, A. (2010) Professional Development in Social Work: Complex Issues in Practice. Abingon: Routledge. http://oro.open.ac.uk/20913/

Reynolds, J., Muston, R., Heller, T., Leach J., McCormick, M. Wallcraft, J. and Walsh, M (2009) Mental Health Still Matters. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. http://oro.open.ac.uk/11175/

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

‘Reflections on values and ethics in social work practice’ in Seden, J., Matthews, S., McCormick, M. and Morgan, A (2010) Professional Development in Social Work – Complex issues in practice. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN: 9780415553353 &978041555360.  http://oro.open.ac.uk/28374/

‘Policies and practice with ‘vulnerable’ adults’ in Seden, J., Matthews, S., McCormick, M. and Morgan, A (2010) Professional Development in Social Work – Complex issues in practice. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN: 9780415553353 &978041555360. http://oro.open.ac.uk/28375/

‘Caring for yourself, being managed and professional development’ in Seden, J., Matthews, S., McCormick, M. and Morgan, A (2010) Professional Development in Social Work – Complex issues in practice. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN: 9780415553353 &978041555360. http://oro.open.ac.uk/28376/

BLOGS:

‘Support is the key’. CICRA – The Insider, Spring 2017, Crohn’s in Childhood Research Association, Sutton.

Guest Editor – SW@OU:    

 

 

‘Legislation in mental health practice’ Academic, Platform, 14 May 2010. http://www.open.ac.uk/platform/blogs/academic/use-legislation-detain-people

‘Having a choice: mental health services’ OpenLearn, 7 January 2011. http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/body-mind/health/health-studies/having-choice-mental-health-services

BROADCAST INTERVIEWS:

BBC Three Counties Radio – 17th May 2010 – ‘Mental – A History of the Madhouse’

BBC Radio Leeds – 17th May 2010 - ‘Mental – A History of the Madhouse’

 

 

 

Teaching interests

Employabilty, Career Progression, Lifelong learning, Mental Health, Dual Diagnosis, Learning Disability, Adult Care.

Publications

[Book Review] Malcolm Golightley, Social work and mental health (2016)
McCormick, Michael
Journal of Social Work, 16(1) (pp. 124-125)

Reflections on values and ethics in social work practice (2011)
McCormick, Mick and Fraser, Sandy
In: Seden, Janet; Matthews, Sarah; McCormick, Michael and Morgan, Alun eds. Professional Development in Social Work: Complex Issues in Practice (pp. 24-29)
ISBN : 0-415-55336-9 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

Policies and practice with 'vulnerable adults' (2011)
McCormick, Mick
In: Seden, Janet; Matthews, Sarah; McCormick, Michael and Morgan, Alun eds. Professional Development in Social Work: Complex Issues in Practice. Post-qualifying Social Work (pp. 104-109)
ISBN : 0-415-55336-9 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

Caring for yourself, being managed and professional development (2011)
Seden, Janet and McCormick, Mick
In: Seden, Janet; Matthews, Sarah; McCormick, Michael and Morgan, Alun eds. Professional Development in Social Work: Complex Issues in Practice (pp. 171-177)
ISBN : 0-415-55336-9 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon

Professional Development in Social Work: Complex Issues in Practice (2010-09-03)
Seden, Janet; Vicary, Sarah; McCormick, Michael and Morgan, Alun eds.
Post-qualifying Social Work
ISBN : 978-0-415-55336-0 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London

Mental health still matters (2009-05)
Reynolds, Jill; Muston, Rosemary; Heller, Tom; Leach, Jonathan; McCormick, Michael; Wallcraft, Jan and Walsh, Mark eds.
ISBN : 978-0-230-57729-9 | Publisher : Palgrave | Published : Basingstoke

Preparing for success: understanding the impact of Y032 on WELS students. (2024)
Butcher, John; Bhandari, Renu; Foley, Karen; Curry, George and McCormick, Michael
In : Praxis Festival of scholarship 2024 (13 May 2024, The Open University [online])

Employability framework and personal development planning: closing the loop (2021-01-28)
McCormick, Michael; Meade, Rosie and Tunnah, Edward
In : Employability: breaking the mould (Sep 2020, On line event) (pp. 67-75)

Developing an Institutional Employability Strategy – Supporting Diverse Student Cohorts (2019-09)
McCormick, Mick and Daniels, Leanne
In : 9th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning - Innovations for Quality Education and Lifelong Learning (PCF9) (9-13 Sep 2019, Edinburgh)

Changing identities changing contexts: the roles and identities of expert patients, service users and volunteer school governors (2015-07-15)
Higgs, Alison; McCormick, Mick and Sieminski, Sandy
In : JSWEC Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference 2015: Social work education and research across boundaries (15-17 Jul 2015, Open University, Milton Keynes)

[Peer Review] Michelle Gander, Building Your Career: A Guide for Students (2024)
McCormick, Mick
Pressbooks

Employability: identity and student agency (2021)
McCormick, Michael
Postgraduate Research Poster Competition, The Open University

Sustainable Professional Practice (2010)
McCormick, Michael
The Open University

Prepared for Practice? Exploring and Evaluating the First Six Months of Post-qualified Practice in Social Work (2009)
Nix, Ingrid; Cooper, Barry; Davis, Roger and McCormick, Michael
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.