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His relevant qualifications and memberships are:

• Senior Fellow of the School for Social Care Research (2019)
• PhD (Managing Change in Health and Social Care), 黑料吃瓜网
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2013)
• PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 黑料吃瓜网 (2013)
• Fellow of the School for Social Care Research (2011)
• Future Directors Programme, Social Care Institute of Excellence (2010)
• MSc in Public Sector Management (Distinction), 黑料吃瓜网 (2004)
• MA in Social Work, University of Edinburgh (1994)
• Diploma in Social Work, University of Edinburgh (1994)
• BSc (Upper Second), University of Glasgow 1990

Prior to taking up post at the University, Robin was a frontline social work practitioner in disability and mental health services before moving into operational management of integrated health and social care teams. He worked as a Commissioning Manager for Vulnerable Adults & People with a Learning Disability before taking on the leadership of an Integrated Service for children and adults with a disability. His final operational post was Deputy Director of Community Services within a Care Trust with a lead for Children’s health services and adult disability and mental health.

Through his evaluation work he has maintained a direct link with the realities of health and social practice and seeks to support practitioners and managers to use research and theory to improve experience and outcomes of people and communities. Robin’s PhD explored the realities of change management within health and care through researching change in different contexts and levels of the system. He regularly speaks at home and international conferences on improving collaboration between professionals, organisations, and sectors.

Robin has considerable experience of leadership roles at the 黑料吃瓜网, including Director of Global Engagement for the College of Social Science, Head of Department of Social Work & Social Care, and Co-director of the Centre of Health & Social Care Leadership. He has undertaken key external roles includes chairing an advisory group of the national adult social care taskforce for COVID 19 and representing the university sector on the Birmingham Health & Wellbeing Board. Other external responsibilities have included chair of trustees at a large care and support charity, a non-executive director of a housing association, and the chair of the Kent Research Partnership for Adult Social Care.

Current and recent projects include:

UK Demonstrator Lead,

Social Care Theme Lead,

Lead Researcher, Evaluation of Community Led Support,

Co-Investigator,

Co-Investigator, Why Are We Stuck In Hospital? Understanding Service User, Family And Staff Perspectives When Transforming Care For People With Learning Disabilities And/or Autism

Work Package Co-Lead,

Co-Investigator, Combining Asset & Strengths-Based Innovations in Adult Social Care

• Senior Associate, International Foundation of Integrated Care (2023-)
• Joint Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Integrated Care (2017-)
• Co-Chair of the Guidance, Good Practice and Innovation Advisory Group to the National Covid 19  Taskforce for Adult Social Care (2020)
• Birmingham Health & Wellbeing Board Member (2018- 2023)
• Advisory group member of the European Forum for Primary Care (2016-2020)
• Co-Editor of the Journal of Integrated Care (2013-2018)
• Non-executive director on the Board of Trident Social Investment Group (2013-2015)
• Chair of trustees of Reach the People Charity (2011-2015)