Dr Jane Reeves is Co-Director of the Centre for Child Protection and also Director of Studies for the Master’s programme in Advanced Child Protection.  Jane, who joined Kent in 2011, has a background in social work with young people in care, particularly young parents who were in care themselves or where there are safeguarding concerns about their children.

She has been working closely with Professor David Shemmings to develop the new Child Protection Centre. The Centre is focused on developing research and writing innovative and research-informed training tools for professionals involved in child protection.