Joanne Steadj.stead@hud.ac.uk | 01484 473769
I graduated from the college of Ripon and York St. John as an occupational therapist many years ago! After working in a range of both physical and mental health settings I specialised in working with people with learning disabilities in secure environments and have extensive experience of working in a variety of settings both at home and overseas. I enjoyed a wonderful sun filled time in Bermuda developing services for people with a learning disability as well as learning how to scuba dive! I have also worked as a Director of rehabilitation in Newfoundland Canada.
I achieved the level 5 Management Charter in Initiative in 1997 and subsequently I completed my MSc in health professional education in 2002, here at the University of Huddersfield, investigating the use of occupation in secure care for my dissertation.
I was previously a lecturer/practitioner as part of the Learning Disability Research Unit here at the University of Huddersfield, and joined the University staff full time in 2004 to develop and lead the new Occupational Therapy course.
I am a member of the college of occupational therapists and the Health Professions Council
I am practice placement co-ordinator for Occupational Therapy. I plan, co-ordinate, develop and monitor all aspects of practice learning in traditional and non traditional settings, working closely with academic colleagues from other institutions and practitioners throughout West Yorkshire. I provide ongoing practice educator courses and support systems to enable practice educators to facilitate high quality practice based experiences for occupational therapy students.
My teaching interests are in the areas of contextual influences on practice, social justice and inclusion, professional development and inter-professional working. I am also interested in creative ways of working with both clients and students. I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am first year leader and also teach across all three years being module leader for the following:
I also supervise undergraduate interdisciplinary group research projects and masters level dissertations.
2001-2003. Research grant NHS Research Capacity funded project via University of Huddersfield “Caseload management in community learning disability teams: influences on decision making.” 2001-2003, £20,000.
I am now working towards my PhD. I am exploring the journey that occupational therapy students make as they develop into occupational therapists, the transitions which they undergo and the process which facilitate this journey. I am interested in narrative methods and grounded theory.
Stead, J (2011) ‘Developing entrepreneurial skills amongst occupational therapy students’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2011, Brighton
Stead, J (2011) ‘Exploring the student journey’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2011, Brighton
Stead, J (2010) ‘Can the Kawa model be a credible research tool?’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2010, Brighton
Stead, J. and Hollingdale, P. (2010) ‘A powerful alliance : developing inter-professional education with occupational therapy and social work students’. In: Stepping up to the mark : integrated working, March 2010, University of Chester
Stead, J. and Jones, J. (2009) ‘Putting creativity back into occupational therapy education’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2009, Brighton
Stead, J (2008) ‘New beginnings: developing an undergraduate occupational therapy programme as a new subject area’. In: Nurse Education Tomorrow (NET) 2008, 2nd-4th September 2008, Churchill College, University of Cambridge
Stead, J. and Hollingdate, P. (2008) ‘Interprofessional learning : OT and social work’. In: School of human and health science teaching and learning conference , 2008, University of Huddersfield
Stead, J. and Hollingdate, P. (2008) ‘OT and social work a powerful new alliance’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2008, Harrogate
Stead, J. and Graham, J. (2007) ‘Making our mark : evaluation of an undergraduate occupational therapy course’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2007, Manchester
Stead, J. and Graham, J. (2007) ‘Taking the leap : transition from practitioner to educator’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2007, Manchester
Stead, J. and Graham, J. (2007) ‘Beyond boundaries’. In: Human and Health Science Teaching and Learning Conference, 2007, University of Huddersfield
Stead, J. and Ogden, D. (2006) ‘Motivation in forensic settings : do the perceptions of clients and therapists correlate’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2006, Manchester
Walker, T., Stead, J. and Read, S. (2003) ‘Caseload management in community learning disability teams: Influences on decision-making’ Journal of Intellectual Disabilities , 7 (4), pp. 297-321. ISSN 1744-6295
Stead, J (2003) ‘Lives worth living’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference, 2003, Glasgow
Stead, J (2003) ‘Activity deprivation in secure care’. In: 2nd international conference on the care and treatment of offenders with a learning disability, 9-11th April 2003, University of central Lancashire
Connolly, A., Lindley, M., Stead, J. and Wood, H. (2003) ‘A seamless service’. In: 2nd international conference on the care and treatment of offenders with a learning disability, 9-11th April 2003, University of central Lancashire
Stead, J (2002) ‘Activity deprivation in secure environments’. In: College of occupational therapists annual conference 2002, 2002, Brighton
