Dr Jeremy Dixon
Profile
I joined the University of Bath in 2012 as a Lecturer in Social Work, having previously worked for three years as a lecturer in Social Work at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
I qualified as a social worker in 1998 and have worked in a wide variety of mental health settings within both the statutory and voluntary sectors. This included work within community mental health teams, assertive outreach teams, drug and alcohol teams and work within forensic mental health settings. I continue to practise as an Approved Mental Health Professional.
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Registered on the Health Professional Council’s register of social care workers
- Member of International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
Qualifications
- Ph.D Identity, risk and control: The perceptions of service users subject to section 37/41 of the Mental Health Act towards risk, risk assessment and social supervision, Cardiff University, 2013
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of the West of England, 2011
- Approved Mental Health Professional, 2003, accredited by the University of Bournemouth
- Masters in Social Work, 1998, York University
- Diploma in Social Work, 1998, York University
- B.A. (Hons) in English Literature, 1994, University College of Ripon and York St. John
Research interests
I am currently carrying out doctorate research into the views of mentally disordered offenders towards risk and risk assessment. My research focusses on those who have committed serious offences and who are subject to conditional discharge under section 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983. The research examines the way in which service users understand their own risk as well as their awareness of risk assessments written about them by mental health professionals. My research also focusses on the way in which social and psychiatric supervision is understood by this group.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- SP20258: Mental Health Policy and Practice (part 1)
- SP30259: Mental Health Policy and Practice (part 2)
Publications
Articles
Dixon, J., 2013. Forthcoming. Effective strategies for communication? Student views of a communication skills course eleven years on. British Journal of Social Work
Dixon, J., 2012. Mentally disordered offenders' views of 'their' risk assessment and management plans: perceptions of health risks. Health Risk & Society, 14 (7-8), pp. 667-680.
Dixon, J., 2010. Social supervision, ethics and risk: an evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process. British Journal of Social Work, 40 (8), pp. 2398-2413.
Conference or Workshop Items
Dixon, J., 2013. Mental health social work in the UK, a brief history. In: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Social Work Conference: The Past Present and Future of Social Work, 2013-03-19, Keynsham.
Dixon, J., 2012. Mentally disordered offenders subject to conditional discharge : their views of risk assessment and management procedures. In: 2nd International Sociological Association Conference, 2012-08-01 - 2012-08-04, Buenos Aires.
Dixon, J., 2012. Service users subject to s.41 of the Mental Health Act 1983 : their views of risk and risk assessment. In: 3rd Qualitative Research on Mental Health Conference, 2012-08-25 - 2012-08-27, Nottingham.
