Professor of Social Work, Director, Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, UK

Jill is Professor of Social Work at King's College London, Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit and NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus.In 2013 Professor Manthorpe continued a Senior Leadership programme funded by the NIHR with Ashridge Management School. She is involved in advisory work for the Department of Health on several subjects and works closely with several social care employers to link research and practice.

In the past year she presented research findings to international conferences in the United States, Malta and South Korea; she also travels widely in the UK to speak with local and regional networks, mainly through Making Research Count. She works on a number of Unit studies that are funded by the Department of Health and also on other studies funded by the NIHR with Unit colleagues and other research teams.

family carers, home care services, policy makers, social care staff, staff turnover.