James is an experienced qualified social worker who has vast experience in CPD and practice mentoring. James has run London Making Research Count (MRC), which is part of a Social Work research unit at Kings College London, for over 20 years and is widely respected in the London social work workforce sector. He brings a wealth of experience in supporting individual social workers and offering them guidance about practice and professional conduct.
Since 2001 James has been the London co-ordinator for Making Research Count, an innovative national research dissemination project. Now based at the unit, MRC seeks to promote knowledge-based practice through partnerships between universities and local health and social care agencies. James has written a number of social work publications: