Dr Sarah Carr

Project Partner: Dr Sarah Carr
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Dr Sarah Carr
Associate Professor of Mental Health Research Middlesex University and Director Sarah Carr and Associates mental health and social care knowledge consultancy

I specialize in adult mental health and social care policy, research and practice that are grounded in evidence and lived experience. I have a Theology MA and am interested in how values and ethics influence practice. My expertise includes service user participation, co-production, personalization and equality. I was a Senior Research Analyst at the Social Care Institute of Excellence (SCIE). I have lived experience of mental health service use and am currently Co-Chair of the National Survivor User Network (NSUN). I am also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the School for Social Policy, Birmingham and Honorary Visiting Fellow at the School of Social Policy and Social Work at York.

Preferred Contact

Social Media

Twitter:

@SchrebersSister


Partner Website

www.sarahcarrassocs.co.uk

Location

Based in

United Kingdom

Working in

United Kingdom

Areas of interest in VBP

Education, Management, Meeting/ASS (Advanced Studies Seminar), Policy/Commissioning, Policy/Evidence-Based, Publications/CUP series, Research/philosophy, Research/service user and survivor, Services/person-centered, Services/user and community led, Other/equality and diversity

Related areas of interest

Evidence-based practice/Evidence-based policy and practice in mental health and social care, Ethics, Medical humanities/arts and history, Regulation, Law, Other/theology, Other/Critical appraisal and systematic research reviewing

Areas of healthcare expertise:

Mental health/General, Mental health/Service user and survivor, Mental health/Service user and survivor epistemology and research methodologies, Mental health/Service user participation and co-production in mental health and social care research, Mental health/Personalization (including personal budgets) in adult social care and mental health; policy and practice, Mental health/Lesbian, gay and bisexual mental health and social care inequalities, Mental health/ Equality and diversity policy implementation in mental health and social care practice; Social care; Other/User and community support