Experience

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

• Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults



Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

• United Kingdom
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Practitioner for Safeguarding Adults MCA MAPPA and Prevent

  • Feb 2020 - Jul 2022

  Overseeing Safeguarding Adults , Mental Capacity Act, Prevent & MAPPA across large health, mental health and learning disability provider of community and inpatient care. Leadership and oversight of safeguarding training, advice and multi-agency working. Attending MAPPA meetings and Channel Panel. Line manager of Safeguarding Practitioners. Overseeing Safeguarding Adults , Mental Capacity Act, Prevent & MAPPA across large health, mental health and learning disability provider of community and inpatient care. Leadership and oversight of safeguarding training, advice and multi-agency working. Attending MAPPA meetings and Channel Panel. Line manager of Safeguarding Practitioners.



NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acting Head of Safeguarding

  • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  Acting Head of Safeguarding. Covering extended period of leave. Leading the team through a period of quality improvement following an external review. Working with the local Safeguarding Partnerships and Safeguarding Adults Boards. Developing and implementing safeguarding training strategy. Ensuring the completion of multi-agency reviews including the implementation of learning. Providing safeguarding assurance internally and to external commissioners. Line manager of Named Nurse and retaining line management of Safeguarding Practitioners. Writing integrated Safeguarding & Public Protection Policy. Reporting to the Associate Director of Quality & Safeguarding. Show less



Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Safeguarding Practitioner

  • Sep 2017 - Feb 2020

  Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner, working within the Trust Safeguarding Team to provide safeguarding advice and support to clinical teams. Attending MARAC and providing bespoke training. Covering safeguarding adults and child safeguarding. Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner, working within the Trust Safeguarding Team to provide safeguarding advice and support to clinical teams. Attending MARAC and providing bespoke training. Covering safeguarding adults and child safeguarding.



Nottingham City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Best Interests Assessor

  • Aug 2016 - Feb 2020

  Following the successful completion of my BIA training I worked as an Independent BIA for Nottingham City Council. Completing MCA assessments for adults in Nottingham City's residential accommodation for adults living with dementia and learning disabilities. Following the successful completion of my BIA training I worked as an Independent BIA for Nottingham City Council. Completing MCA assessments for adults in Nottingham City's residential accommodation for adults living with dementia and learning disabilities.



Nottingham CityCare Partnership

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Practitioner for Safeguarding Adults & MCA

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2017

  Leading on safeguarding adults and Mental Capacity Act. Writing snd delivering Level 3 Safeguarding Adults training and MCA training. Prevent Lead delivering Prevent training. Developing safeguarding processes. Providing safeguarding adults advice. Writing Independent Management Reviews for Safeguarding Adult Reviews and attending panel meetings as well as implementing learning. Contributing to the multi-agency safeguarding arrangements. Supporting patient safety. Rotational Health Manager of Domestic Abuse Referral Team ensuring health input into multi-agency domestic abuse team. Show less



Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Care Coordinator

  • Feb 2005 - Jul 2013

  Working in Early Intervention in Psychosis as a care co-ordinator. Supporting adults 18-35 experiencing a psychotic illness. Supporting recovery using a bio-psychosocial model. I was able to focus working with parents experiencing psychosis. Supporting the adult and their family in order to focus on recovery. I set up groups supporting young people with recovery, including a Women's Group a Mindfulness Group and a Safer Relationships group. Lots of liaison with Health Visiting, GPs and Perinatal Mental Health. Myself and a psychiatrist developed an educational leaflet on planning pregnancy in order to facilitate discussions with patients around planning pregnancy and the impact of medication on pregnancy and the unborn child. The aim was to support women to make informed decisions. We had noticed that until this point these discussions with young women were not empowering. Show less



University of Derby

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student

  • Sep 2000 - Jun 2003