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Daren Britt

Senior Lecturer

contact:
Applied Social Science
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643548

Email: D.Britt@brighton.ac.uk

Research interests

  • Substance Misuse/Addiction treatment and policy
  • Childhood sexual abuse
  • Counselling

Teaching

  • Foundation Degree in Substance Misuse Intervention Strategies

Current projects

  • Brighton and Sussex Community Knowledge Exchange: applying substance misuse practitioners' knowledge base to practice.
  • Transitions from Substance Misuse Treatment: From Service User to Service Worker

Profile

Daren has worked as a practitioner within the substance misuse treatment field since 1995.

Daren completed his PhD in 2006, entitled "Childhood Sexual Abuse Treatment in Residential Adult Substance Dependency Services: Containment and Engagement Processes".

Daren currently teaches across the programmes within the School of Applied Social Science.

Conference papers

Britt, D. (2006) Conceiving Childhood Sexual Abuse. East & West Sussex and Brighton and Hove 10th Annual Drug and Alcohol Conference. September: University of Sussex.

Britt, D., Haynes, P., Gill, S. (2006) Substance Misuse Practitioners Knowledge and Evidence Base. Conference: The Substance Misuse Practitioner community: Using evidence and knowledge in practice. July: Brighton

Britt, D. (2003) Substance dependency treatment programmes and childhood sexual abuse: the practice and attitudes of organisations and their practitioners. East Sussex and Brighton and Hove 7th Annual Drug and Alcohol Conference. July: Eastbourne.

Britt, D. (2003) Substance dependency and childhood sexual abuse: a review. Oxfordshire NSPCC Annual General Meeting. June: Oxford.

Britt, D. (2003) Substance dependency treatment organisations and childhood sexual abuse: the practice and attitudes of organisations and their practitioners. 9th European Conference on Rehabilitation and Drug Policy: Over the Borders . European Federation of Therapeutic Communities. May: Venice, Italy.