About

I am a Senior Lecturer in Public Health & Social Care (formerly known as Social & Community Studies) and Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Youth Work and Community Development (JNC) programme and Level 6 Youth Work Integrated Degree Apprenticeship (JNC). I have over twenty years of experience working with young people and communities in a variety of settings ranging from performing arts-based youth empowerment projects and residential camps, to faith-based youth clubs and prison-based work with young offenders. Prior to academia, I was a criminal justice practitioner working first as a Probation Officer, then in a specialist multi-agency team within the counter-terrorism-related arena, and latterly with juvenile and young offenders in both the community and custodial settings as a senior project manager for a faith-based VCSE. I have been an academic at the University of Derby since 2017.

Teaching responsibilities

I currently teach the following modules on the BA (Hons) Youth Work and Community Development (JNC) programme.

Stage 3:

• Resources, Enterprise and Project Management

I also have the following academic responsibilities within the wider discipline and College:

• College Inter-Professional Learning Lead (representing the School of Allied Health Professions)
• Placements Lead - MA Social Work, BA (Hons) Applied Social Work, BA (Hons) Youth Work & Community Development (JNC) programmes
• International Placement Co-ordinator - Kolkata, India (in partnership with the Cathedral Relief Service of Kolkata)
• Personal Academic Tutor 
• Pathway Lead for the Youth Justice (YJEPC) pathway at Stage 3 (Youth Work & Community Development)
• Guest lectures on the work of the Probation Service (Forensic Psychology) and desistance from crime (Criminology)

Professional interests

Through my criminal justice system networks and membership of the Alliance for Youth Justice and National Association of Youth Justice, I continue to take a keen and active interest in current criminal justice issues that affect young people such as desistance and children, knife crime, gangs, county lines, youth offending and the use of short prison sentences. This involves engaging in relevant workshops, events and high-profile meetings and the political lobbying for a new statutory youth service.  I am also passionate about youth work in inter-professional contexts, the role of faith in civil society and community action, and developing new and exciting professional placement opportunities for students.

Research interests

• Faith and desistance from crime
• Faith literacy in professional training
• Faith and civil society
• Inter-professional identity formation
• Youth justice and youth work
• Chaplaincy work with children and young people
• Inter-generational offending and mentoring

Membership of professional bodies

• The Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work (TAG: PALYCW) - Member
• Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ) - Associate
• National Association of Youth Justice (NAYJ) - Member
• D2N2 Youth Work Alliance

Qualifications

• LL.B. (Hons) - University of Northampton
• BA (Hons) Community Justice - University of Birmingham
• Professional Diploma in Probation Studies  (Dip. PS)- Home Office Skills for Justice
• Masters module in Advanced Chaplaincy Skills with Children and Young People - University of Staffordshire
• PG Cert. Higher Education - University of Derby
• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• MA Education - University of Derby (in progress)

Recent conferences

Conferences I have been involved with in the last few years:

• All Together Better Health XI Conference 2023 Doha, Qatar (November 2023), Oral presentation: ‘Developing a Higher Education Inter-Professional Learning Strategy: The experiences of a modern university in incorporating professional disciplines across the Health, Psychology and Social Care spectrum’
• ‘Formally Informal: Pedagogy, community and practice’ (June 2023) – The annual conference of the Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work, hosted at the University of Derby – Co-host and workshop facilitator
• ‘Turning Points: towards a consistent voice for youth’ (August 2021) - NYA, with support from Momentum World, led ERASMUS+ project bringing together young people from the UK and across Europe to coordinate and facilitate a youth dialogue project focused on youth-led policy – Host (University of Derby)
• ‘Inter-professional responses to knife crime’ (March 2020) University of Derby – Keynote Address: ‘Youth Work & Youth Justice’
• ‘Youthwork and Inter-Professional Practice’ Conference (May 2018) University of Derby – Workshop Facilitator
• ‘Youthwork Against Violent Radicalisation’ Conference (November 2017) SALTO Erasmus+ Youth Programme, St Paul’s Bay, Malta - One of four representatives from the UK
• 'Faith and Criminal Justice' Conference (May 2014) London South Bank University Criminal Justice Research Group (Weeks Centre for Policy and Research) – Main session speaker: 'The distinctiveness of faith-based groups in facilitating desistance from crime – challenges and opportunities’
• Preventing Violent Extremism: Lessons, Realities, Ways Forward’ (May 2010) Centre for International Affairs, Barcelona (CIDOB) – Session speaker: 'The experiences of a regional interventions unit in the delivery of the Prevent agenda'
• ‘Radicalism and the Use of New Media’ Conference (September 2010) The University of Northampton, Session speaker: The re-emerging threat from Right Wing extremism

Experience in industry

• Youth and Community Worker (Community-based)
• Probation Officer (incl. specialisms in case management, prolific and priority offenders, crown and magistrates' court liaison, and resettlement work)
• Secondment to the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) developing and delivering training on counter-terrorism for public sector staff
• Secondment to the East Midlands Community Contact Unit (EMCCU) as part of a multi-agency team assessing, brokering and delivering bespoke counter-radicalisation interventions with young people and adults
• Senior Project Manager heading up a social franchise delivering outreach and non-formal education programmes to young people and young adults in custody

Recent publications

• Rosier, T. (2022) 'Measuring Impact' (Chapter 13) in Williams, S & Conroy, D (2022) 'A Student’s Guide to Placements in Health and Social Care: From Theory to Practice', St Albans: Critical Publishing
• Williams, S., Rosier, T., Fox-Lee, L., Hutson, L., and Dawson, R (2023) ‘The confused practitioner: A critical reflection of the professional identity of a youth worker’, Youth and Policy
• Rosier, T., (2024) 'Growing in maturity, growing in faith, growing out of crime: The role of children and young people's faith in desistance from crime' (Chapter 8) in Wigzell, A., Paterson-Young, C., and Bateman, T (2024) 'Desistance and Children: critical reflections from theory, research and practice'., Bristol: Bristol Policy Press (Published in May 2024)