Libby is an energetic person who is passionate about her work to create safer futures for both the young people she serves and the communities in which they live.
Libby served as a uniformed police officer and then as a detective in a U.K. police force. Following this service she qualified as a psychologist with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Psychology, an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology and a PhD in Social Sciences from Queen’s University Belfast.
Libby has worked in a Learning Disability Secure Unit in Northern Ireland and been a Senior Practitioner in a Young People’s Therapeutic Service for HSB whilst working forensically in community settings. In this capacity she has provided services for adult and child victims of sexual abuse; adolescents and children who display Harmful Sexual Behaviour; adolescents with Forensic Mental Health issues. Her responsibilities in delivering theses services include providing Assessment and Intervention Services for young people aged 10-18 years who display Harmful Sexual Behaviour. Additionally, she has provided clinical supervision of HSB case managers and or HSB practitioners as well as holding the position of visiting Forensic Psychologist for an adolescent Therapeutic Residential Facility in England.
Libby is also a committed researcher and trainer who lectures and gives presentations on her clinical work and her research. She has delivered these kinds of events both in the UK and internationally, including venues such as Queen’s University Belfast and Cornell University USA.
For her PhD thesis, Libby designed and developed an innovative, simulation training model for improving the professional practice of case managers in Social Services. She is currently attempting to secure research funding to further her work on this training model to develop it initially for wider application in a range of Health and Caring agencies and ultimately for generic training applications.
