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Simon Webster

Enable

Simon Webster

Enable is Scotland’s largest disability NGO. Enable Cares is one of Scotland’s largest and most successful social care providers, offering support through our PA Model

I am Head of Research and Policy and Enable. My previous roles included:

  • Chief Executive of the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities
  • Director of Policy Programmes at the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland
  • Research Consultant at the Scottish Government, supporting the Scottish Review of Mental Health Law
  • Human Rights Policy Manager at the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
  • Secretary to the Independent Review of Learning Disability and Autism in the Mental Health Act

My PhD in Psychology explored social cognitive development in children with autism.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries United Kingdom (Scotland);
Topics Accountability; Care innovations; Co-production in LTC; Community-based LTC; Cost-containment in LTC; Deinstitutionalisation; Implementation; LTC and people with learning disabilities; LTC Reforms; LTC Workforce; New models of care; Rights and people’s voices in LTC systems;
Methods Co-production methods; Comparative policy analysis; Legal analysis; Literature reviews and synthesis; Policy analysis; Surveys;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Economics of Long-Term Care; Innovation in Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; Workforce Capacity and Capability; Working Conditions and Wages in Long-Term Care;
Websitehttps://www.enable.org.uk/
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-simon-webster-80171424a/
Other 1https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon-Webster?ev=hdr_xprf;