Profiles
Dr Kev Stone
Honorary Associate Professor
Faculty of Health
Dr Kev Stone can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Social work
- Mental Health Act
- Mental Capacity Act
- Liberty Protection Safeguards
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Approved Mental Health Professional
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
DSocSci, MBA, MSc, LLB (Hons), BSc (Hons), DipSW, SFHEA, FRSA
Dr Kevin Stone is an Associate Professor at Plymouth University, and a sitting Magistrate within the South West.
Dr Stone is an active researcher in the field of mental health law and health and social care practice and as an author has published widely. He has been a social work academic for the past 10 years teaching health and social care law, social work skills and social sciences.
Dr Stone is a student centered and a practice-facing academic holding a Senior Fellowship with the HEA. He is able to relate and apply the law to real life scenarios as he draws on his experience of nearly 30 years of experience working in the voluntary, statutory and NHS sectors.
Providing Education to Industry Partners
- Plymouth Council
- Bristol City Council
- South Gloucestershire Council
- North Somerset Council
- Bath & North East Somerset Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Swindon Council
- Bristol Street Pastors
- The Salvation Army
Editor of 'The International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law' https://www.northumbriajournals.co.uk/index.php/IJMHMCL/about/editorialTeam
Chair of the Mental Health Social Work Special Interest Group
https://www.eswra.org/mh_sig.php
UWE Early Career Researchers Award 2017
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-7755
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Social Sciences - DSocSci
- Master of Business Administration - MBA
- Master of Science - MSc
- Bachelor of Science Social Work - BSc (Hons)
- Bachelor of Law - LLB
- Graduate Diploma in Social Work - PgDip
Professional membership
- Higher Education Academy - Senior Fellow
- Social Work England - Registered Social Worker
- Social Work England - Education Quality Assurance Inspector
- British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
Roles on external bodies
- BASW - Mental Health Group
- Social Work England - EQ Inspector
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Dr Stone teaches across the social work curriculum but specialises in:
- Mental Health Act 1983(2007) Practice and Policy
- Approved Mental Health Practice and Policy
- Best Interest Assessors Practice and Policy
- Social Work Practice and Policy
Research
Research
Research interests
Current Research Studies
- Decisions on risk and mental health hospital admission by Approved Mental Health Professionals.
- The views of Approved Mental Health Professionals towards the Nearest Relative role under the Mental Health Act 1983
- Experiences of the Nearest Relative under the Mental Health Act 1983(2007) and the Implications for Approved Mental Health Practice.
- Approved Clinicians / Responsible Clinicians changing medical roles
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Social Exclusion in the UK—The Lived Experience, Edited by Mel Hughes' The British Journal of Social Work , DOI
(2022) 'Beyond the call of duty: A Qualitative study into the experiences of family members acting as a Nearest Relative in Mental Health Act assessments' The British Journal of Social Work , DOI Open access
(2021) 'An Exploratory Survey of Mental Health Social Work in Europe' International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, (19) 10462-10462 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Research informed practice; Practice informed research' Practice Social Work in Action 32, (4) 247-251 Publisher Site , DOI
(2020) '“It's about how much we can do, and not how little we can get away with”: Coronavirus-related legislative changes for social care in the United Kingdom' International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 72, (September–October) Publisher Site
(2019) 'Ethical approval and being a virtuous social work researcher. The experience of multi-site research in UK health and social care: An approved mental health professional case study' Ethics and Social Welfare 14, (2) 156-171 Publisher Site , DOI
(2019) 'Treading a tightrope: Professional perspectives on balancing the rights of patient's and relative's under the Mental Health Act in England' Health and Social Care in the Community 28, (1) 300-308 , DOI
(2019) 'Decision making by approved mental health professionals, approved social workers, and mental health officers' Professional Social Work magazine
(2018) 'Nurse AMHPs: an exploratory study of their experiences' The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice 4, (2) 86-95 Publisher Site , DOI
(2018) 'The nearest relative in the Mental Health Act 2007: Still an illusionary and inconsistent safeguard?' Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 40, (1) 37-56 Publisher Site , DOI
(2018) 'Approved mental health professionals and detention: An exploration of professional differences and simularities' Practice Social Work in Action 31, (2) 83-96 Publisher Site , DOI
'Conducting research online using surveys: an exploratory survey of mental health social work in europe' In SAGE Research Methods Cases , DOI Open access
Books
Best interest assessors practice handbook.
Chapters
(2022) 'The Role of Mental Health Social Workers in Crisis Work: Values, Responsibilities, Powers and Duties' Interprofessional Perspectives of Mental Health Crisis?: for Nursing Health, A:nd the Helping Professions London Open University Press 119-143 Open access
'New and emerging roles'
Conference Papers
(2019) 'Experiences of Relatives Acting as the ‘Nearest Relative’ Under the Mental Health Act (England & Wales, UK)' International Academy of Law and Mental Health
(2019) 'Mitigation of Risk' International Academy of Law and Mental Health
(2019) 'Experiences of Nearest Relatives: implications for mental health practitioners & law reform' AMHP: Reserach informed Practice - Practice Infomed Research
'Decisions on risk and mental health hospital admissions by approved mental health professionals' XXXIVth International Congress on Law and Mental Health Open access
Reports
(2021) Approved Mental Health Professionals, Best Interests Assessors and People with Lived Experience - An Exploration of Professional Identities and Practice, A report prepared for Social Work England. Social Work England Social Work England Open access
Presentations and posters
'An Emotional Rollercoaster: The Involvement of Families during Compulsory Hospital Admissions in England' Open access
'Approved mental health professionals researching their own profession, the benefits, pitfalls and limitations' Open access
'Can the social approach survive mental health legislation (in review or in action?)' Open access
'Decisions on risk and mental health hospital admissions by approved mental health professionals' Open access
'Decisions on risk and mental health hospital admissions by approved mental health professionals' Open access
'Decisions on risk and mental health hospital admissions by approved mental health professionals' Open access
'Demystifying practitioner led research' Open access
'Practitioner led research; negotiating turbulent ethical waters' Open access
'The nearest relative' Open access
'The use of mental health law by relatives with patients with mental health problems: The case of the Nearest Relative' Open access
'The views of approved mental health professionals to the nearest relative role in England' Open access
Other Publications
(2021) Approved Mental Health Professionals, Best Interests Assessors and People with Lived Experience - An Exploration of Professional Identities and Practice. Social Work England Open access
Decision making by approved mental health professionals, approved social workers, and mental health officers.
Decisions on risk and mental health hospital admission by approved mental health professionals.