Marcus Jepson
Qualifications
MSc, PhdRole
Research Assistant
Contact details
Direct line: 0117 331 0976
Email: marcus.jepson@bristol.ac.uk
Biography
Since February 2010 Marcus has been employed as a Research Assistant working on the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) funded project: Best Interests Decisions Study (BIDS).
In addition, Marcus is working in collaboration with the Mental Health Foundation on a School for Social Care Research (SSCR) funded project that aims to explore how direct payments are being administered for people who lack capacity.
Marcus originally joined the centre in 2006 as a full-time PhD student. He completed his thesis, titled: Who decides? Decision making by people with learning disabilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, a collaborative partnership with the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities in 2011.
Prior to starting at Norah Fry Marcus completed his MSc at a supported housing service for people who experience mental health problems and substance misuse issues. He has previously worked on research projects at the University of Bristol and RNIB.
Current research projects
Best Interests Decisions Study (BIDS), February 2010 – August 2012
Mental Capacity and direct payments, April 2011 – March 2013
Recent projects
2006 – 2011 Who Decides? Decision making with people with learning disabilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
‘Listen to What I Want’ The potential impact of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) on major life decisions by people with learning disabilities
Publications
Articles
Jepson, M. (2008) Who decides? Using the Mental Capacity Act to support people. Learning Disability Today, 8, 20-25.
Bowpitt, G. & Jepson, M. (2007) Stability versus Progress: Finding an Effective Model of Supported Housing for Formerly Homeless people with Mental Health Needs. Social and Public Policy Review, 1.
Jepson, M. (2005). What works at Waterloo? Exploring the distinctiveness and effectiveness of provision in a supported housing hostel for people with mental ill-health. Downloadable from the Framework Housing Association website. http://www.frameworkha.org/
Jepson, M., Garner, K. & Ziolek, T. (2004). Evaluating The Impact Of ESF Objective 3 Funding On Disabled People. Downloadable from the Social Firms UK website. http://resources.socialfirms.co.uk/index.php?q=node/408
Presentations
Jepson, M. (2010) ‘Shall we have a look in your freezer?’ Supporting everyday decision making and the Mental Capacity Act. SACHS Research Students Seminars, University of Bristol, 24 Feb 2010.
Jepson, M. (2009) ‘It’s time for you to make a decision’: How decision making is introduced to people with learning disabilities’, Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET), Cardiff, June 25-27.
Jepson, M. (2009) ‘It’s your decision: Negotiating consent for research’, Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR), Nyborg Strand, Denmark, April 2-4.
Research with disabled children and people with learning difficulties. Co-presentation with Debby Watson as part of the University of Bristol Ethics Seminar Series, May 2008.
Jepson, M. (2008) Research using the Mental Capacity Act. Poster presentation to the SACHS School research day, May 2008.
Jepson, M., Hollinghurst, S., Connolly, I., Benger, J., and Chalder, M. (2006) Developing a framework to assess patients’ ‘willingness to pay’ for improved service for immediate treatment of minor conditions. Poster presentation to the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) Annual Conference, Keele, July 2006
Teaching
From incapacity to capacity. The development of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Masters Programme in Inclusive Theory and Practice, Participation in policy making unit, June 2008.