Neil Hall started in his current role in September 2010, although for 20 years, as an Honorary Lecturer, he taught on various CPD programmes in special education and child protection and on initial and post qualification doctoral training courses in educational psychology. Neil is a Chartered Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a Practitioner Psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC).
He has managed a psychology team within a Social Services Department, been the Head of and Consultant Psychologist in an NHS Child & Family Clinical Psychology Service, and worked in a clinical psychology service in an Adult Mental Health Hospital; previously, he worked as a Consultant Psychologist for an NSPCC Risk Assessment Project.
Neil also qualified as a forensic psychologist and has regularly undertaken Court work in regard to children who have been or are at risk of being abused or neglected; of those who have been charged with various criminal matters; and of parents with learning disabilities, substance misuse and or mental health problems. He has written hundreds of reports and given evidence in more than 100 trials in the Magistrates, County and High Courts; he has also presented evidence to Adoption Panels and Special Needs Tribunals.
He is about to undertake further training to complete the Cardiff University Law School Certificate as an Expert Witness in Family Work.
Hall, N and Stone, K (In preparation) Assessing Children at Risk. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan
Birmingham Social Services Department (1997) Child Protection: Comprehensive Assessment Schedule and Guidelines. Co-author of guidance and training materials. Birmingham: Birmingham City Council.
Hall, N (1996) Physical and sexual abuse. In: G Upton and V Varma (Eds) Stresses in Teachers of Children with Special Educational Needs, Chap 11, 169-184, London: Arena/Ashgate Press
Hall, N and Mellor, A (1995) Chartered Forensic Psychologists and Social Services Departments: An initial response to the core knowledge and skills debate. Forensic Update, Issue 4, April 1995, 6-10
Hall, N (1995) A psychological perspective. In: R Davie, G Upton and V Varma (Eds) The Voice of the Child: A Handbook for Professionals. Brighton: Falmer Press
Hall, N (1993) Counselling abused children in schools. In: C McLaughlin and K Bovair (Eds) Counselling in Schools, Chap 5, 63-80
Hall, N (1992) Psychological aspects of health-related problems. In: R Gulliford and G Upton (Eds) Special Educational Needs, Chap 10, 165-184, London: Routledge Kegan Paul
Hall, N (1992) Change in natural environments: Community psychology as therapy. In: D Lane and A Miller (Eds) Child and Adolescent Therapy in Britain, Chap 12, 235-250, Milton Keynes: Open University Press
British Psychological Society (1990) Psychologists and Social Services. Co-author of a Report of a Working Party of the Professional Affairs Board, pp 57, Leicester: BPS
Hall, N (1988) Working with parents who abuse their children, Educational Psychology in Practice, 4, 3, 131-140.