Rate My Professor Marelize Joubert

Joubert's academic interests center on social work education, including students' perceptions of readiness for practice, attitudes toward service-user poverty, substance misuse, dual diagnosis, mental health, and interprofessional learning. She is an experienced mixed methods researcher, utilizing innovative techniques such as diaries and drawings. Key publications include 'Social work students' perceptions of their readiness for practice and to practise' (Social Work Education, 2020), 'PERCEPTIONS OF POVERTY: Exploring the attitudes of Sheffield Hallam University Social Work students to service-user poverty' (International Journal of Arts, Humanities & Social Science, 2021, with Kiri Smith), 'Social Work Skills Days – 'Keeping It Real'' (Practice: Social Work in Action, 2021, with Ruth Bastin), and 'The Social Work Online Team Training (SWOTT) toolkit' (Social Work Education, 2023). Joubert teaches the interprofessional strand of the social work program, develops practical skills training initiatives, and has contributed to funded projects such as 'Exploring communities of belonging around drink' supported by Alcohol Change UK. Her work impacts social work training by fostering compassionate, practice-ready professionals.