Experience

invest in play

• United Kingdom
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director and Founder

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Proven track record of implementing effective, evidence-based interventions with young children and their families. Supported the development of award-winning services and their workforces in many countries. International consultant, trainer and keynote speaker. Founder of invest in play, a UK not-for-profit organisation with a mission to support children and their caregivers around the world. invest in play work with practical and compassionate strategies which have been proven to work. Programmes are co-created with local communities in different countries to provide the most current and culturally adaptive, research-based interventions. Part of an international team of clinical psychologists who have worked with children and families for over 25 years.



Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Head of Children And Parents’ Service (CAPS)

  • Sep 1996 - May 2022

  Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Established and developed the Children and Parents Service (CAPS), a citywide, multi-agency, early intervention service across Manchester. CAPS is a model of best practice by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Proven track record of building effective, sustainable implementations of evidence based interventions. Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Established and developed the Children and Parents Service (CAPS), a citywide, multi-agency, early intervention service across Manchester. CAPS is a model of best practice by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Proven track record of building effective, sustainable implementations of evidence based interventions.