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Barry Cooper

Barry Cooper

Department of Social Work

Professional biography
I started in social work in 1980 and have worked as a qualified child care and mental health practitioner (ASW) in London and Bristol and also did a stint with the out-of-hours Emergency Duty Team for Avon. I spent many years with various practice teaching and staff training positions throughout Avon and worked as a VL for University West of England. I joined the OU in 1998 as an Associate Lecturer for K100 and worked as a programme tutor on the Diploma in Social Work. I joined the Faculty as a full-time lecturer in social work in 2004. You can read more about what I've been up to here: http://hsc-people.open.ac.uk/b.cooper