Laura Cook
(she/her)
Wolfson Centre Manager, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
Overview
As the Centre Manager of the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health, I lead the Professional Services team to provide operational and administrative support to the centre’s research staff, and work closely with the Directors to effectively plan strategic oversight, coordination and delivery of the Wolfson grant. I am experienced in all areas of research support including Finance, Grant Management, HR and Project Management.
I began my career at Cardiff University in 2019, at CASCADE (Children’s Social Care Research & Development Centre) - where over the course of four years I progressed from Research Support Officer to Project Coordinator to Research Administration Manager.
Publication
2024
- Westlake, D. et al. 2024. Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities. Journal of Social Work 24(5), pp. 607-626. (10.1177/14680173241258927)
2022
- Westlake, D. et al. 2022. The SWIS trial: protocol of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of school based social work. PLoS ONE 17(6), article number: e0265354. (10.1371/journal.pone.0265354)
2020
- Westlake, D. et al. 2020. Social workers in schools: an evaluation of pilots in three local authorities in England. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Social-Workers-in-Schools_pilot-study_full-report_May-2020.pdf
Articles
- Westlake, D. et al. 2024. Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities. Journal of Social Work 24(5), pp. 607-626. (10.1177/14680173241258927)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2022. The SWIS trial: protocol of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of school based social work. PLoS ONE 17(6), article number: e0265354. (10.1371/journal.pone.0265354)
Monographs
- Westlake, D. et al. 2020. Social workers in schools: an evaluation of pilots in three local authorities in England. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Social-Workers-in-Schools_pilot-study_full-report_May-2020.pdf
Contact Details
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