Assistant Professor, University of Bradford, UK

Tony works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Care at the University of Bradford. He leads on the Department’s mental health modules and is Director for the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Programme. Tony has worked within mental health services since 1989, in many different community settings and in many different roles. His last role was working for a local authority as case manager / deputy manager, and his role before that was as a mental health social worker / assistant team leader. In between these two roles, he took time out to undertake a PhD on the topic of personal recovery in secondary mental health care (https://www.researchintorecovery.com). Tony is currently working alongside colleagues from Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust on Serious Incident Investigation (SII) process following community-based suicide.