Jeanette Cossar joined the School in 2006 as a Lecturer in Social Work.  Her first degree is in Social and Political Sciences and she has an MA in Philosophy and an MA (DipSw) in Social Work. Before joining the School she was a childcare social worker in a local authority area team working in intake and assessment and with looked after children.

I was the principal investigator for a piece of research looking at children’s and young people’s views of the child protection process, commissioned by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. The report can be accessed here.

Publications

Neil, E., Cossar, J., Lorgelly, P. & Young, J. (2010) Helping Birth Families: Services, costs and outcomes, London: BAAF.

Cossar, J. and Neil, E. (2009) 'Supporting the birth relatives of adopted children: How accessible are services?' British Journal of Social Work, DOI: 10.1093/bsjw/bcp061

Cossar, J. and Long, C. (2008) Children and Young People's Involvement in the Child Protection Process in Cambridgeshire - submitted to the Children's Workforce Development Council Feb 2008.

Cossar, J. (2004) Kinship Care: Retracing the Relationship between Family and State (UEA: Social Work Monographs)

Conferences and Presentations

(Feb 2010) 'Children and Young People's involvement in the Child Protection process', CAFCASS Annual Research Conference: What Helps Children? Evidence based analysis for Family Court, CAFCASS: London.