• Jill is Professor of Social Work at King's College London, Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit and NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus.

• She is involved in advisory work for the Department of Health and Social Care on several subjects and works closely with several social care employers to link research and practice.

• Within King's College London, Jill supervises post-graduate and doctoral students. Jill is a Trustee of the Centre for Policy on Ageing and Patron of the Greater London Forum of Older People.

Professor Manthorpe was made Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in March 2015.