Guy Dewsbury

Email: smartthinking@ukideas.com or gdewsbury@ukideas.com
Web Page: http://www.smartthinking.ukideas.com


EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2003-2009: PhD in ‘Person-Centred Design of Assistive Technology Systems’, Computing Department, Lancaster University – Viva January 2009.
1995-1996: Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Management: (PGCEM) Education Department, University of Aberdeen.
1985-1990: BA Sociology Honours: Sociology Department, Birmingham Polytechnic. Specialisation: Social Research

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

April 2007 - present: Telecare Coordinator
Adult Social Services, Barnet Council, Whetstone, London, N20 0EJ.

• To be the main point of contact for health and social services in Barnet for advice and support in implementing telecare.
• To be the telecare equipment expert for Barnet health and social services staff and ensure an holistic approach is taken.
• Keep abreast of equipment developments, current legislation, government policies and procedures regarding telecare and associated targets and update training, service policies and procedures and marketing information to reflect these changes.
• Be the prime liaison person covering all telecare aspects between Barnet Lifeline, ICES, voluntary organisations, service users and their families and carers, and LBB, the PCT, BEHMT and other organisations who prescribe telecare equipment.
• Provide additional support to professionals and Barnet lifeline in devising individual service user and carer protocols, as necessary. Responsibility to review service users’ equipment and needs in situations where no other care is being provided, i.e. the service user only has telecare equipment. This workload would be managed by the coordinator with most of the service user and carer contact and review being carried out by Barnet Lifeline.
• Co-ordinate complaints on behalf of commissioning organisations and prepare monthly complaints analysis. Develop solutions to recurring complaints.
• Train staff to prescribe telecare following an agreed training course.
• Collate the data collected by Barnet Lifeline into monthly reports with a full annual report and ad-hoc reports, as required by the telecare steering and project groups.
• Co-ordinate access to Smart Home venues for demonstrating telecare products to the general public by professionals.
• Support telecare assisted House/DLC development and management
• Give telecare equipment demonstrations to members of the public.
• Work with LBB, PCT and BEHMT marketing staff to ensure ongoing publicity of the telecare service through up-to-date leaflets, posters, targeted publicity campaigns, press releases, day-in-the-life of stories, internal and external website input, etc. Includes updating marketing materials each year, as necessary.
• Network across Barnet health, social services and voluntary organisations and with other UK telecare services.
• Develop an information resource for each Smart House venue which is open to service user and professional alike.

January 2002- March 2007 : Research Associate
Computing Department, Lancaster University, Infolab21, South Drive, Lancaster LA1 4WA

• Undertaking social research and consultancy within the area of socio-technical system design, assistive technology and dependability, with older and disabled people as part of the DIRC, EQUATOR and Microsoft Research projects and currently Xerox.
• This has given rise to a number of technology developments including the CATS, CATCH, MDDS, DTA assessment tools.
• Coediting the book "Responsibility and dependable systems" Published by Springer with John Dobson.
• Writing and editing conference, book and journal papers and reviewing projects and journal and conference papers.
• Supervising students
• Promoting the products of the projects internationally
• Submitting proposals
• Presenting papers internationally at conferences and invited events
• Teaching and supporting students.
• Liaising with the media as a dissemination activity.

January 1999- December 2001: Research Fellow
Scott Sutherland School, Robert Gordon University, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1FR.

• Developing effective strategies for translating field data and peoples’ needs into the CUSTODIAN ‘smart home’ software tool;
• Managing the “Evaluation Workpackage” (WP7) of CUSTODIAN; Developing and undertaking presentations, workshops and papers;
• Web site design development and management, Consultancy with Aberdeen Social Work Department. Undertaking a research project concerning wider access to the university from socio-economically disadvantaged schools in Aberdeen.

April 1996-August 1997: Research Fellow
Nuffield Centre for Community Care Studies, University of Glasgow, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ

• Undertaking an evaluation of frameworks for service delivery to people with dementia and their carers for Grampian Health Board.
• Undertaking a project investigating sustainable local employment strategies in relation to community care in Glasgow North for Glasgow North Area Committee.

February 1995-March 1996: Assistant Researcher
Department of Education, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA

• Undertaking an evaluation of a manual produced by Health Education Board Scotland entitled "Smoking Policies for Scottish Schools"
• Working on two qualitative research projects: “Young peoples perceptions of health” and “Mentoring and young people”.

ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE

Guy is currently Co-Chair of the ‘International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) working group on 'Smart Homes and Ambient Assisted Living’ (2006-2009).
Guy has worked with a number of groups including setting up the first smart home strategy group in Dundee, Scotland.
Guy has worked as the main co-designer for over 100 assistive person-centred “smart” home technology projects (including 54 dwellings in Aberdeen) which include designs to assist disabled and older people throughout the UK.
Guy also runs the internationally renowned ‘SMART Thinking’ educational website (http://www.smartthinking.ukideas.com).
Guy also have written or co-written over 100 publications and have presented papers at a number of key conferences within the field of older people, technology interventions and research methodologies. I was also been nursing for over ten years before entering the field of education.


KEY EXPERIENCE

- Expertise (academic and hands on) in telecare and smart home technology and integrated systems
- Qualitative and quantitative research skills, including the use of most research methods.
- Experience of teaching sociology, psychology, research methods and Assistive Technology.
- In depth knowledge of the health and social care sectors and especially Assistive Technology.
- Excellent writing skills as exemplified by co-authoring two ‘best papers’ including winning the prestigious Gitte Lindgaard Award in 2003.
- Outstanding literary competence in writing books chapters, reports, journal papers, training and conference sessions.
- Conference and workshop organisation (HEAT, EDRA etc).
- Peer reviewing papers, and projects for conferences, journals and the EPSRC and ESRC.
- Supporting students in fieldwork settings.
- Co-writing successful proposals.
- Excellent communication skills employed in teaching, training, conference, workshop and radio presentations.
- Ability to proactively set ones own agenda and maintain deadlines as well as work cohesively as part of a team.

OTHER INFORMATION

• 2008: invited presentation to CSIP London conference January 2008. Presentation available here.
• 2007: “Evaluating Assistive Technology design: the social perspective”; Web based tutorial for University Master level in “Assistive Technology Aid for the Widened User” for the University of Trieste, Engineering department. http://www.ing.units.it/bca/
• 22nd February 2006: Teaching Person-Centred Design session on the Msc Dependability course, Computing Department, Lancaster University.
• 16th November 2005: Interviewed by ‘Therapy Weekly’ for article entitled ‘Clients failed by vital gap in OT training’.
• 12th October 2005: Interviewed for an article in the Social Care (S2) section of the (Manchester and London) Guardian on telecare systems entitled ‘Balance of risk for telecare’.
• 23rd August 2005: Interview with John Cavanagh of Radio Scotland for ‘IEE Monitor 2005’ CD-ROM, on ‘Smart Homes for Disabled People’, recorded at Bay Radio Station, Lancaster.
• 16th February 2005: Teaching Person-Centred Design session on the Msc Dependability course, Computing Department, Lancaster University.
• 16th February 2005: ‘Telecare consultant’ and interviewee with Cathy MacDonald for Radio Scotland’s ‘Medical Matters’.
• July 2004: Completion of final (54th) assisted dwelling in Aberdeen for adults with Severe Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
• March 2004: Co-chair, panelist and co-organiser of HEAT 2004 held in York and co-editor/ co-author of the proceedings.
• March 2004: Radio interview on BBC Radio Lancashire regarding the Consultancy work in Aberdeen and various press interviews.
• 18th February 2004: Teaching Person-Centred Design session on the Msc Dependability course, Computing Department, Lancaster University.
• Jan - Aug 2004: Training staff to use supportive assistive technology Guy designed for adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorders in Aberdeen.
• 2004: Feature article on Guys work designing technology in the homes for people with autism in the 2004 edition of the Lancaster University alumni magazine ‘STEPS’ (page 22).
• December 2003: Various teaching sessions on the Msc ‘Inclusive Environments’ course, Reading University.
• March 2003- August 2004: Consultancy for Aberdeen Social Work department advising on assisted dwelling for adults with learning disabilities.
• June 2001: Organiser, Symposium Chair and presenter at workshop at EDRA 2001, Edinburgh.
• 2001: Various Teaching sessions on Architecture Courses at RGU on ‘smart’ homes.
• 2000: Main Organiser and presenter for all the European workshop presentations of the CUSTODIAN tool and designer of the first residential ‘smart home’ in Dundee as well as Dundee's first ‘smart’ demonstrator flat.

Awards
• Winner of the “Gitte Lindgaard” Award for Best Paper at Ozchi 2003.
• Winner of Best Paper at the 2nd BCS HCI Group Workshop on Culture and HCI Bridging Cultural and Digital Divides, June 2003.

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