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Toby has 26 years’ experience of working with people with severe mental health problems, and expertise in the fields of mental health in later life, dementia, and mental capacity, with an emphasis on self-management, peer support, quality of life, rights, social inclusion and empowerment. Toby has written articles on values-based practice (VBP), co-authored a book on values-based practice and mental health and mental capacity law for psychiatric nurses, produced VBP ‘key card’ information for the social care workforce through Skills for Care and is currently co-authoring a book on VBP and dementia. He is also a part time lecturer on a Masters course in dementia care at the University of West London (UWL). I focus on promoting people’s rights, citizenship, social inclusion, participation and empowerment. I have many years expertise and experience in policy, service and practice development and delivery, evaluation, social research and consultation, training, partnership working, and involving people with lived experience, practitioners, service providers, third sector and statutory organizations at both local and national levels.

Toby has 26 years’ experience of working with people with severe mental health problems, and expertise in the fields of mental health in later life, dementia, and mental capacity, with an emphasis on self-management, peer support, quality of life, rights, social inclusion and empowerment. Toby has written articles on values-based practice (VBP), co-authored a book on values-based practice and mental health and mental capacity law for psychiatric nurses, produced VBP ‘key card’ information for the social care workforce through Skills for Care and is currently co-authoring a book on VBP and dementia. He is also a part time lecturer on a Masters course in dementia care at the University of West London (UWL). I focus on promoting people’s rights, citizenship, social inclusion, participation and empowerment. I have many years expertise and experience in policy, service and practice development and delivery, evaluation, social research and consultation, training, partnership working, and involving people with lived experience, practitioners, service providers, third sector and statutory organizations at both local and national levels.