I am the course lead for the MSc pre registration occupational therapy programme, since June 2020. Previously interim professional lead in occupational therapy, vocational rehabilitation and dietetics at Sheffield Hallam University, teaching occupational therapy students at undergraduate and post graduate level (2018-20), team leader (2014-18) and research co-ordinator for occupational therapy (2003-18). My teaching concerns social contexts for occupational therapy and community based interventions. My MA explored internal migration and mental health; my MSc explored occupations in creative writing groups, and PhD the political implied in occupational therapy. I have written and presented extensively on community based rehabilitation and on critical explorations of occupational therapy.

Before joining Sheffield Hallam University in 2003 I worked in severe and enduring mental health settings. My previous role was part time senior occupational therapist and part time research co-ordinator at Doncaster and South Humber NHS. 

I have coedited several landmark occupational therapy texts, notably the Occupational Therapy without Borders books, with a new edition published in 2016. In 2018 I gave the prestigious Elizabeth Casson Annual lecture at the Royal College of Occupational Therapy conference at Belfast.

I review articles for a number of peer reviewed journals. I am a member of the editorial board for Groupwork since 2006 and co-editor since 2023. I was on the editorial board of Reflections, a community literacy journal (2006-21) and Annals of International Occupational Therapy (2017-21).