Support Planning Coordinator

• Aug 2020 - Present

Senior Advocate

• Sep 2015 - Aug 2021

I work with clients to secure their rights, remove barriers and challenge discrimination. Maintaining a 1.1 caseload.Work in partnership with our Information, Advice and Advocacy consortium members, Age UK, Positive East, Bromley By Bow Centre, Apasen, deafPLUS. Relationship building with local voluntary and community organisations and with Social Services, NHS.Providing Outreach.Working with volunteers

Local Area Coordinator - Communities Driving Change

• Feb 2018 - Aug 2019

Am the prime project lead for Real on Communities Driving Change partnering with Young Foundation, Ch3 or Future Gov. Working with communities and local stakeholders on an estate in North West Tower Hamlets on a Public Health Project to improve health and wellbeing.Coaching residents to develop initiatives, scale up, come up with business plans.Train volunteer and residents to write funding bids, facilitate, build a marketing campaign.Successfully obtained funding for projects.

Information Officer

• Mar 2015 - Feb 2018

First point of contact for all nine Local Link consortium organisations. Providing information to clients on Housing, Benefits, Travel, Employment, Social Care, Volunteering, Money management and Local Services and referring them onto appropriate services. Developing a hub for service users to seek information and use IT services.Streamlined the referral process.Produced an Induction manual for volunteers and new staff members. Created internal and external resources.Organising outreach and events. Show less

Co-Founder and Co-Organiser Stanmore and Edgware

• Dec 2014 - Dec 2017

Organising events and meeting with wider community. Campaigning on issues important to local group for instance our campaign on closure of libraries and No to TTIP. Writing to MP, MEPs and councillors. Organising events and meeting with wider community. Campaigning on issues important to local group for instance our campaign on closure of libraries and No to TTIP. Writing to MP, MEPs and councillors.

Teenage Pregnancy Officer

• Nov 2007 - Aug 2014

Generalist Advisor

• Jan 2010 - Apr 2012

Provide holistic general advice for the citizens for Hertsmere. Interviewing clients and informing and advising them on their rights. Helping them empower themselves to solve problems. Negotiating on clients behalf by drafting letters, make telephone calls on behalf of clients. Knowledge of legislation regarding benefits, debts, immigration, housing, consumer and employment. Conducting investigations and reviews, producing literature on legislation impact on local population. Providing Representing the social policy group in meeting with regional and national steering groups, Job Centre Plus. Show less