Professor Bernard R Moss

Professor of Social Work Education and Spirituality

 I have been involved in teaching social work at Staffordshire University since 1993, having previously worked as a Probation Officer, University Chaplain, and Minister in the United Reformed Church. I have helped to establish a very strong Service User and Carers Group to enable social work students to develop their communication skills, and in 2009 this Group was awarded a Community Care Excellence Award for their work. 

My own excellence in teaching was recognised by the Higher Education Academy in 2004 with the awarding of a National Teaching Fellowship, followed by the granting of prestigious Senior Fellowship status.  My National Teaching Fellowship Project enabled me to explore ways in which spirituality and religion can be incorporated effectively into the social work curriculum. I became Director for the Centre for Spirituality and Health at Staffordshire University in 2003, and have helped to establish the Centre’s reputation as an emerging centre of excellence. Spirituality remains my principal area of academic interest in publications, conference presentations, and in leading study days and Masterclasses.

A developing interest lies in the use of labyrinth walks as a method of developing reflective and meditative skills for personal, professional and educational development, and I am planning to make full use of my portable labyrinth for such events in the near future. For further details about my work and publications, please visit my website in related links.

Senior Fellow & National Teaching Fellow, Higher Education Academy UK

MA(Econ) +CQSW  Manchester University

General Social Care Council Registration
Senior Fellow & National Teaching Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK
British Association for the Study of Spirituality

Social Work Education
Spirituality
Death, Dying and Bereavement
Service User and Carer Involvement in Social Work and in Higher Education.

Spirituality and its relevance for contemporary health and social care

Holloway, M. & Moss, B. (2010) Spirituality and Social Work, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan
Moss, B. (2010) Responding to Loss, Lyme Regis, Russell  House Publishing
Moss, B., Boath,E., Lewis,E. & Sullivan, W. (2010) Upskilling the Skills Lab: Developing Leadership Skills with Service Users and Carers, Social Work Education Vol.29(3) 230-243
Moss, B. (2008) Communication Skills for Health and Social Care, London, Sage
Moss, B. (2007) Values, Lyme Regis, Russell House Publishing
Moss, B. (2005) Religion and Spirituality, Russell House Publishing

Skills for Social Work Practice
Values
Spirituality