Deb Stanfield
My family come from a small village in West Yorkshire, however I was born in Montreal, Canada, and lived most recently on the west coast of Canada before moving to Aotearoa New Zealand with my partner and children in 1998. I completed my BSW in Calgary, Alberta, and my initial social work experience was in family counselling and crisis intervention (Canada). I was a senior practitioner and supervisor at Oranga Tamariki (Aotearoa) for six years and during this time completed a graduate diploma in supervision. I have practiced as a social work educator/academic since 2011 and have been in private practice providing external supervision to a range of students, practitioners and managers since 2008. I welcome practitioners to my home, or work part time from an office in central Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), and am open to travelling to alternate spaces. I am comfortable using “distance technology” (Skype, Zoom, Teams), and keen to creatively support this way of meeting.