PhD. Stress Amongst Staff Working with People who have a Learning Disability; MSc. (Occupational Psychology); Master of Clinical Psychology; MSc. (Experimental Psychology); BSc. (2:1 Hons) Biological Sciences.

John Rose is Academic Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Course at The University of Birmingham and \Divisional Psychologist in the Learning Disability Service in the Black Country Partnership NHS Trust. Prior to this he worked on the Cardiff Clinical Psychology Training Course and as a Clinical Psychologist in a number of different clinical services including Birmingham, Gwent, Cardiff, Oxford and Sandwell. He has written over 125 articles in academic and professional journals on issues related to cognitive therapy, service design, offenders with intellectual disabilities and staff and organisational issues in intellectual disability services. He continues to apply his academic interests in practice. With colleagues he has recently completed a major trial of anger management for people with intellectual disabilities where direct care staff are being supported to deliver therapy directly. He has also (with Biza Kroese) completed a research project funded by The Judith Trust investigating the training needs of staff who work with people who have intellectual disabilities and mental health issues. He is currently working on projects (with Michael Larkin, Biza Kroese and others) relating to the use of services by people with intellectual from Black and Minority ethnic groups and on resilience of clinical psychology trainees (with Jan Oyebode and others).

John Rose is Academic Director on the Clin Psy D course and his role involves having a broad overview of the teaching on the course and reviewing course content. He also contributes to the teaching on the course and helps to organise teaching relating to people with intellectual disabilities. He also supports students from the MRes course and will supervises undergraduate projects.

My research has focussed on my clinical work with people who have intellectual disabilities and themes have included the adaptation and development of psychological therapies, particularly Cognitive behavioural therapies . Working with and through staff to improve the quality of life for clients has also been a significant theme of my work. Helping people develop appropriate day time opportunities, especially work has also been an important focus however, I am keen to develop areas of strong clinical relevance to my clinical work.

Recent publications

Stenfert Kroese, B., Rose, J., Heer, K. and O’Brien, A. (In Press) Gender issues for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems: asking what service users and staff think. Advances in Mental health and learning Disabilities.

Stimpson, A., Stenfert Kroese, B., MacMahon, P., Rose, N., Townson, J., Felce, D., Hood, K., Jahoda, A., Rose, J. and Willner, P. (In Press) The experiences of staff taking on the role of lay therapist in a group-based cognitive behavioural therapy anger management intervention for people with intellectual disabilities.Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26,1, 63 -70.

Rose, J. (In Press) A preliminary investigation into the influence of therapist experience on the outcome of individual Anger Interventions for people with intellectual disabilities. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Stenfert Kroese, B., Rose, J., Heer, K. and O’Brien, A. (2013) Mental health services for adults with intellectual disabilities – what do service users and staff think of them? Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 26, 1, 3 -13.

Willner,P., Rose,J., Jahoda,A., Stenfert Kroese,B., Felce,D. MacMahon^, p., Stimpson,A., Rose,N. Gillespie,D., Shead,  J. Lammie,C., Woodgate,C. Townson,J.Nuttall,J. Cohen, D., Hood., K (2013). Outcomes of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a cognitive behavioural anger management intervention for people with intellectual disabilities. British Journal of Psychiatry.

Rose, J., Mills, S., Silva, D., Thompson, L. (2013) Testing a model to Understand the link between Client Characteristics, Organisational variables, Staff Cognitions and Burnout in Care Staff. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 3, 940 -947.

Heer, K., Larkin, M. And Rose, J. (2012) Understanding the experiences and needs of South Asian families caring for a child with learning disabilities in the UK:  an experiential-contextual framework. Disability and Society. 27, 7, 949 – 963.

Rose^, J., Willner^, P., Shead^, J., Jahoda^, A., Gillespie., D., Townson^, J., Lammie, C., Woodgate^, C., Stenfert Kroese^, B., Felce^, D., MacMahon, P., Rose, N., Stimpson, A., Nuttall^, J. and Hood^, K. (In Press) different factors influence self-reports and third-party reports of anger by adults with intellectual disabilities Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Sandhu, D., Rose, J., Rostill-Brookes, H. And Thrift, Su (2012) It’s intense to an extent:A qualitative study of the emotional challenges faced by staff working on a treatment programme for Intellectually disabled sex offenders. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 25, 308 – 318.

Heer, K., Larkin, M., Rose, J. And Burchess, I. (2012) The cultural context of care-giving: qualitative accounts from South Asian parents who care for a child with intellectual disabilities in the UK, Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities 6:4, 179 – 191.