Stuart Roberts

Profile

Biography

After University I completed two years of National Service in the Army and then joined the oil industry, since then worked almost entirely in Logistics and General Management roles.

I was a full-time carer for 13 years until 2013 when my wife who had Alzheimers died. I joined the SUPA Group about that time. From the early 90s I was a Governor and Chair of a large York comprehensive (Joseph Rowntree School).

I have a wide experience of social and mental issues working for Mencap, Alzheimers Society and Carecent (homeless charity) as well as being involved with family issues: adoption, puerpural psychosis, depression, and homelessness. I am a Trustee of two grant-awarding Charities.

The work of the SUPA Group is very rewarding, supporting Social Work students and academics. It is also rewarding working with such a close-knit group of people using their own experience and serious problems to benefit future social workers.