Kev Stone

Professor Stone has worked within health and social care for over 30 years. During this time, he has worked in both voluntary and statutory mental health agencies. He has worked as an academic in social work education for several universities leading social work and law programmes (pre-registration and continuing professional practice), managing academic teams and developing academic programmes. Kevin is a registered social worker and remains in practice on a very part-time basis as an Approved Mental Health Professional, and also sits as a Justice of the Peace in the southwest of England.

He was an Approved Social Worker (ASW), converting to become an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) when the former role was abolished, working as a mental health team manager and later as an emergency duty team officer. Kevin has published and presented widely in the field of mental health law (domestic and international), focusing on human rights, the socio-legal impact of mental health legislation on families and carers, the mutli-professional AMHP role as well as considering mental health social work practice across Europe. he is co-author of the Approved Mental Health Professional and Best Interest Assessor Practice Handbooks. He teaches law, social policy and mental health practice and supervises doctoral students. Kevin is Social Work England's former higher education advisor, and a current registrant education quality assurance inspector.