Kevin C. Dooley

Kevin C. Dooley has had life experience of substance use, and has experienced the myriad of issues that manifest from this lifestyle. This gives Kevin unique insights regarding others going through similar challenges.

After achieving academic success in his chosen field of the social sciences he dedicated himself to working with offenders, the homeless and those affected by addiction and mental health. After over twenty year’s substance free, he retains the passion and continues to involve himself with working to provide better ways and opportunities for those marginalised in society.

He has developed and delivered lectures and workshops in residential rehabs, for drug and alcohol charities, being a recovery coach to individuals and was a key consultant on Avon & Somerset Constabulary’s Restorative Justice Program, for the Probation Service, and has worked in all aspects of Criminal Justice Drug & Alcohol work, including Courts, Probation, Prisons, after being choosing to become a full time Criminal Justice Worker, by a panel that included a Detective Sergeant!

“Kevin’s clinical skills are excellent and I have witnessed his ability to engage and work with our service user groups.” – James Brazier, Team Manager, Avon & Wiltshire MH Partnership NHS Trust

“Service users we jointly work with say Kevin is someone they find easy to work with and he will continue to chip away until he finds some way of progressing with them, way beyond the point where a lot of others would give up.” – Probation Service Officer, Weston-super-Mare

As a media consultant on addiction, mental health and offending, Kevin has appeared on BBC’s News at Ten, Channel 5’s series Autopsy’, on BBC Scotland, BBC World Service, BBC Sounds Podcast ‘Gangster’, GB News, European and Spanish radio, The Independent Newspaper, The Sun, Daily Record, Sunday Mail, Answers from Big Issue, The Shaun Atwood Podcast and other international documentaries and panel shows.