Sharing what works - Evidence-Based Supported Employment
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1. Martin Morgan, BSc (Hons) OT – Consultant Occupational Therapist
Location: London & South East. Email – martincrab@gmail.com
Professional Profile
A highly skilled, specialist clinician with over 20 years of experience of working within mental health and
vocational rehabilitation.
Particular Expertise Includes:
• Mental health evaluation and rehabilitation
• Specialist knowledge of working with stress-related workplace issues and individual coping responses
• Matching capacity to job demands to quantify to facilitate a safe & sustained return to/maintenance
at work
• AMPS trained and calibrated
• Career exploration & transferable skills analysis
• Matheson FCE evaluator
• One of two UK-based A2B Model of Community Development Practitioners
• Involved in the setting up of local supported employment social enterprise provision
Professional Experience Includes:
Obair Associates Ltd Dec 2011 - Present
Consultant Occupational Therapist/Associate
• Providing occupational therapy and vocational rehabilitation evaluations and services to clients in
the occupational health, personal injury and disability insurance markets.
West London Mental Health NHS Trust April 2010 - Present
Consultant Occupational Therapist
• Strategic and operational lead for mental health employment services across 3 London boroughs
and local forensic services.
• Providing specialist clinical assessment and intervention to complex mental health vocational
rehabilitation caseload.
West London Mental Health NHS Trust April 2004 – March 2010
Head Occupational Therapist
• Strategic and operational lead for occupational therapy services, including setting up an
employment programme within the local borough.
Project for Advocacy, Counselling & Education (PACE) May 1999 – March 2004
Employment Project Manager
2. • The establishment and management of a mental health employment project within the voluntary
sector.
Occupational Therapy Qualifications
• 1999 – BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
Continual Professional Development & Presentations
• 1995 onwards, 30+ clinical and general courses (predominantly generic mental health and general
management courses).
• 2005 – 2008: M level modules studied: Evidence-Based OT, Occupational Science, The Art of
Professional Practice, Mental Health & OT, Advanced OT Groupwork.
• 2008 onwards: Various VR courses: Matheson FCE, Job retention, Understanding Employment Law.
Publications
• Morgan, M. (2009) A personal reflection on CPD. OT News, 17 (12); 20.
• COT (2011) Vocational Rehabilitation Online Learning Resource
Lead Contributor: At a team/department level we could develop our skills in the
following way?
Research and service development
Contributor: Policy
Evidence overview
UK country focus
• Morgan, M. (2010) New Editor of Mental Health Occupational Therapy. Mental Health OT, 15(3);
72.
• Morgan, M. & Ceolta-Smith, J. (2010) Working futures: Reflections on employment, occupational
therapy and mental health. Mental Health OT, 15(3); 87-91.
Professional Committee Work and Professional Affiliations
• State registration in the UK with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC, Registration No:
OT31038)
• Full member of the College of Occupational Therapists (COT), British Association of Occupational
Therapists (BAOT) and the COT Specialist Sections for Work.
• Member of the United Kingdom Rehabilitation Council.
• Current representative for West London Mental Health Trust on the Pan-London Occupational
Therapy Research Group.
• Former Editor of “Mental Health Occupational Therapy” (Journal for the COT specialist section for
mental health)
Conference Presentations
“Working Futures”; Sea of Faith Annual Conference (Leicester: July 2012)
“Understanding the Work Environment Impact Scale”; COTSS Work (London: Sept 2012)
3. “Occupational Therapy, Health, Work & Well-Being” (presented with Dame Carol Black); COT Annual
Conference (Brighton: June 2011)
“Occupational Therapy & Social Enterprise”; COTSS Work (Sheffield: Sept 2011)
“Developing a Vocational Service” Making Employment Work Conference (London: Dec 2008)