Jen Rolfe

Academic profile

Jen Rolfe

Visiting Specialist
School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Jen's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 04: SDG 4 - Quality EducationGoal 16: SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

About Jen

Programme Lead for BSc in Occupational Therapy

My role at the University of Plymouth involves teaching on a number of modules on the undergraduate and postgraduate Occupational Therapy programmes. I also deliver lectures for other programmes within the School of Health Professions such as the Postgraduate Certificate First Contact Practitioner in Primary Care. I am the Placement Lead for Occupational Therapy, which involves the coordination of placements across all cohorts on the pre-registration Occupational Therapy programmes. I also sit on the Service User and Carer group for the School of Health Professions.

My clinical experience has predominantly been in a variety of Adult Social Care settings across the South West; I also continue to work in private practice. I work with adults with long-term conditions and physical disabilities and my role is to enable people to be as independent as possible within their own homes using equipment and adaptations. 

Supervised Research Degrees

I have supervised numerous BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy group research projects using qualitative research approaches.

Teaching

I have module leadership responsibility for the following modules:


- OCT410 - Practice Placement 1
- OCT531 - Practice Placement 2
- OCT607 - Practice Placement 3 
- OCT409 - Occupational Studies: Humans as Occupational Beings Through Community Engagement

I teach on a range of modules across the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy and the MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-Registration) programmes including OCT529, OCT532, OCT605 & OCTP718

Contact Jen

InterCity Place, Plymouth Railway Station, North Road East,, Plymouth, PL4 6AB
+44 1752 587540