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I am a qualified Social Worker (DipSW/MA) with an MA in Law (Healthcare Ethics and Law), a Postgraduate Diploma in Community and Criminal Justice, and a PhD in Social Policy. My academic and professional background spans law, social work, and social policy, supported by broad interdisciplinary training in frontline practice, research, and leadership.

During my social work career, I have worked as a frontline practitioner in both Children’s and Adults’ Services, and later as a Team Manager and Senior Manager. I have also completed a range of statutory independent reviews, including Domestic Homicide Reviews, Serious Case Reviews, and other specialist reviews.

I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and have  experience teaching core criminology modules at the University of Lincoln, alongside work as a visiting lecturer in the Law School at the University of Chester. I have taught undergraduate modules in social policy, law, education, and research methods. At ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ, I have taught on the BA in Childhood and Youth Studies, and the MA Social Work programmes. I have also designed and delivered a wide range of CPD courses across social care, health, and the private and voluntary sectors, including an eight-week mindfulness CPD programme for multi-agency staff working in learning disability services. I supervise a broad range of postgraduate students. 

My PhD and wider research interests focus on social norms, young people’s intimate relationships, domestic abuse, gender, sexuality, and the continuum of violence and abusive behaviour. My research spans several interconnected areas, including young people’s wellbeing, family violence and abuse, support for people living with dementia, interventions for adults with learning disabilities, and women's health. A consistent thread across my work is a focus on how social norms shape social problems. My research approach is flexible and grounded in rights-based principles, co-production, and meaningful involvement of people with lived experience.

I have secured research funding from both regional and national sources. For example, a regionally funded pilot project on Mindfulness-Based Practice for adults with learning disabilities was extended for a further two years. As Principal Investigator, I led the development of the first bilingual interactive toolkit and app to support the creation of a mindfulness community for adults with learning disabilities, with impact on policy and practice in Wales and beyond. In 2022, I led and contributed to three dementia-focused research projects. These included work with Social Care Wales to develop the first national dementia care and support learning and development implementation toolkit; leading a Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board-funded evaluation of the dementia worker role across acute and community hospital settings in North Wales; and leading a small-scale evaluation of the Dementia Actif Programme for Gwynedd Council.

In October 2022, a £225,000 Health and Care Research Wales-funded project on care leavers commenced. This study was co-produced with Conwy County Borough Council and 16 care leavers. A podcast series involving care-experienced young people, professionals, and wider stakeholders was launched in 2023 to support engagement and impact.

I was pleased to be awarded a joint Health and Care Research Wales and NIHR Advanced Fellowship, which I commenced in September 2024. This five-year programme of research focuses on measuring and improving cervical screening care for women who have experienced sexual violence and abuse. The study is led from Wales and delivered in partnership with services and universities across England, Sweden, and Australia. I am strongly committed to preventing and addressing violence and abuse against women and girls.

Alongside this, my Advanced Fellowship includes a focus on developing social care economics and strengthening approaches to measuring value, outcomes, and impact across social care. In March 2025, I was awarded the Health and Care Research Wales Emerging Leader Award.

2026

• Published
  Barlow, C., Foster, H. R., Scollay, C., Dunk, E., Hargreaves, P., Barter, C., Davies, C. T., McDonald-Heffernan, C. & Carter, S., 1 Jan 2026, Ministry of Justice. 57 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

2025

• E-pub ahead of print
  Prendergast, L., Seddon, D. & Davies, C. T., 14 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Practice. p. 1 - 17 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Pisavadia, K., Edwards, R. T., Davies, C. T., Gould, A. & Parkinson, J., 23 May 2025, In: BMC Public Health. 25, 1905.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Apr 2025
  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T. & Pisavadia, K. (Contributor), 13 Oct 2025, 50 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Sept 2025.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Sept 2025.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2024

• Published
  Prendergast, L. M., Davies, C. T. & Williamson, T., Feb 2024, In: Dementia. 23, 2, p. 191-209 19 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Prendergast, L., Davies, C. T., Seddon, D., Hartfiel, N. & Edwards, R. T., Apr 2024, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 159, 107501.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Oct 2024, NIHR PROSPERO (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews).
  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Prendergast, L., Seddon, D., Hartfiel, N. & Edwards, R. T., May 2024, 2 ed. Prifysgol ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ. 40 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T. & Prendergast, L., Aug 2024.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T. & Prendergast, L., Jul 2024.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T. & Cheshire-Allen, M., 13 Sept 2024.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., May 2024
  Research output: Other contribution
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Feb 2024, YouTube.
  Research output: Other contribution
• E-pub ahead of print
  Davies, C. T. & Job, D., 19 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Practice: Social Work in Action .
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• Published
  Davies, C. T., Nov 2023
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Nov 2023, In: The Lancet. 402, supplement 1, p. S37 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T. & Shanks, R., Jun 2023, Cyngor Conwy. 78 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• Published
  Davies, C. T., 18 Oct 2023, YouTube.
  Research output: Other contribution
• Published
  Davies, C. T., 20 Jul 2023, 2 p. Policy Press.
  Research output: Other contribution
• Published
  Parry, N. & Davies, C. T., 27 Jun 2023, Social Work in Wales. Livingstone, W., Redcliffe, J. & Quinn-Aziz, A. (eds.). Policy Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., 2023, Policy Press. 208 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., 27 Jun 2023, Social Work in Wales. Livingstone, W., Redcliffe, J. & Quinn-Aziz, A. (eds.). Policy Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2022

• Published
  Hopkins, G., Winrow, E., Davies, C. T. & Seddon, D., 30 Oct 2022, MedRxiv, (MedRxiv).
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Apr 2022, Cyngor Conwy.
  Research output: Other contribution
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Apr 2022, Cyngor Conwy.
  Research output: Other contribution

2021

• Published
  Davies, C. T., 2021, Lincolnshire County Countil.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T., 8 Mar 2021, Transforming Society.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• Published
  Davies, C. T., Sept 2021, Young Women's Experiences of Sexual Coercion.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2020

• Published
  Bond-Taylor, S. & Davies, C. T., 24 Mar 2020, The Textbook of Health and Social Care Hardcover. Edwards, D. & Best, S. (eds.). 1 ed. SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 315-329
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Keeling, J. & Davies, C. T., Oct 2020, Safeguarding Across the Life Span. Keeling, J. & Goosey, D. (eds.). SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 152-173
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Davies, C. T. & Keeling, J., Oct 2020, Safeguarding Across the Life Span. Keeling, J. & Goosey, D. (eds.). SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 211-227
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Keeling, J. & Davies, C. T., Oct 2020, Safeguarding Across the Life Span. Keeling, J. & Goosey, D. (eds.). SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 195-210
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Bond-Taylor, S. & Davies, C. T., 3 Sept 2020, Flexibility and Pedagogy in Higher Education: Delivering Flexibility in Learning Through Online Learning Communities. Dennis, C., Abbott, S., Matheson, R. & Tangney, S. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 97-108
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2019

• Published
  Davies, C. T., 15 Jul 2019, In: Journal of Family Violence. 34, p. 479–491
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• Published
  Davies, C. T., 2018, In: Safe, the domestic abuse quarterly. 61, p. 6-10
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• Published
  Davies, C. T., 2017, Lincolnshire County Countil.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• Published
  Briggs, J. & Davies, C. T., 2017, In: PSA Journal.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2016

• Published
  Davies, C. T., Jun 2016, 32 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• Published
  Davies, C. T., 2016, Lincolnshire County Countil.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2015

• Published
  Davies, C. T., 2015, Lincolnshire County Countil.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2013

• Published
  Davies, C. T. & Pisavadia, K. (Contributor), 31 Oct 2013, 50 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

2024

• Co-organiser and presenter: research symposium 'care-leavers engagement with services'

  11 Sep 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Director)

2023

• Paper presentation: A Scoping Review: Exploring the nature of engagement with Care Leavers

  23 May 2023

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

• 2023 →

  Activity: Other (Contributor)

2022

• Presentation and discussion of findings: evaluation of the Dementia Support Worker role within secondary care and community hospital settings

  28 Oct 2022

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

• This project is funded by the North Wales Learning Disability Transformation Partnership.

  It involves delivering 8-week Mindfulness, Learning Disability and Well-being courses (in Welsh and English) to staff members in the learning disability services in Conwy and Gwynedd. A toolkit has also been developed as part of the project, which can be used to support the needs of adults and young people with a learning disability. A continuation of the project funding will now allow further development of this toolkit and making it available via a website.

  4 May 2022 – 31 Mar 2025

  Activity: Other (Contributor)

• MSc Social Work

  2022

  Activity: Examination (Examiner)

• Health and Social Care

  2022

  Activity: Examination (Examiner)

• 01/09/2024 – 15/09/2029 (Active)

• 01/08/2024 – 15/05/2025 (Finished)

• 01/03/2024 – 15/01/2025 (Finished)

• 01/09/2022 – 10/12/2024 (Finished)

• 01/03/2022 – 25/04/2023 (Finished)

• 01/03/2022 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

• 01/05/2021 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

• 01/10/2020 – 31/07/2021 (Finished)

PI on Learning Disability Mindfulness & Well-being project - Funded by North Wales Together. Project extended until March 2024 with additional £24,000 funding