Sally Nieman is a qualified social worker with experience in adult social care local authority settings. She is also an independent Best Interests Assessor. She works part-time for the London Borough of Camden as the adults’ social work education lead. She is also funded by the NIHR SSCR as a Capacity Building Fellow. She is currently undertaking her Professional Doctorate in Social Work at the University of East London: her research study is exploring the social work role with older people in care homes.