I have worked as a social worker with children and young people in a variety of settings from Pupil Referral Units and Special Schools to specialist provision for young parents. Whilst working as a social worker I was also active in my trade union and have experience as a Shop Steward, Convenor and Health and Safety Officer. In my first teaching job I was  Chair of the NAHTFE branch. I have a particular interest in the health and safety of social workers. Prior to becoming a social worker I had a variety of jobs including working as a welfare rights advisor, community/youth development worker, cleaner, market researcher, football pools clerk and spent one day in a cardboard box factory before being told not to come back (apparently I complained too much about health and safety!).  

I have worked at Wolverhampton since 2015 and am currently module lead for both BA Social Work placement modules, the level 4 module, Working with People Ethically and the level 5 Social Work Law module. 

I have several areas of interest including the health and safety of social work and social care workers especially newly qualified and inexperienced workers; disgust as an issue for social work practitioners; and, the impact of class and religion on social work values and practice.  

Social Work England Registered Social Worker 85652

HEA Fellow

2007    Post Graduate Certificate (Higher Education) - UCE

2005    Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies (CPE) - UCE

1990    M.Soc.Sci. (Social Work) - University of Birmingham

1989    Certificate of Qualification in Social Work - University of Birmingham

1984    BA Government - Birmingham Polytechnic

Williams, J. (2011:20 - 22) ‘Forced marriage – An Issue for Social Workers’ in Eds.

Farrar, M. and Todd, M. (2011) The Study of Islam within Social Science

Curricula in UK Universities: Case Studies Volume # 2. Islamic Studies Network

Book review – Malcolm Payne and Gurid Aga Askeland (2008) Globalization and

International Social Work: postmodern change and challenge. Ashgate.

In Journal of Social Policy (2009), 38:375-377 Cambridge University

Press

2005  2015   Lecturer in Social Work, Birmingham City University

2003  2005   Lecturer in Social Work, NEW College, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire    

1992  2003   Senior Social Worker, Birmingham City Council 

1990  1992   Social Worker, Birmingham City Council  

Conference Presentations

“To feel or not to feel? - that is the question”
Evaluating newly qualified social workers’ experiences during their first year in practice

Pete Ayling and Julie Williams

JSWEC, Kingston University, 2014

“Rolling with the punches” Initial findings from a research project into emotional resilience and the experiences of newly qualified social workers’ transition to practice.

Pete Ayling and Julie Williams

BCU Faculty Research Conference, 2013

‘Forced Marriage: An Issue for Social Workers’

Teaching Islam in the Social Sciences Conference

Julie Williams

University of Birmingham, 2011