Experience

Working for Health CIC

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Working for Health CIC: To provide high quality employment support for job seekers and employees with mental health conditions. www.workingforhealth.co.uk Working for Health CIC: To provide high quality employment support for job seekers and employees with mental health conditions. www.workingforhealth.co.uk



The Blue Approach ltd

• Director

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2019

  The Blue Approach Ltd To improve psychological wellbeing in the work place: supporting employers and employees. www.theblueapproach.co.uk The Blue Approach Ltd To improve psychological wellbeing in the work place: supporting employers and employees. www.theblueapproach.co.uk



Humber NHS Foundation Trust

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

• Patient Experience and Equality Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Aug 2015

  The lead for patient engagement and the collection of qualitative and quantitative data to understand the experiences of those who use the services and their carers, so as to facilitate service improvements. Organisational lead for ensuring that all sections of the community are accessing and receiving appropriate services in line with the Equalities Act (2010).Service Lead for Positive Assets employment service.

• IMROC Project Lead

  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

  To provide leadership and guidance in the organisational change required to re-design the local mental health services to ones which are recovery focussed: i.e. to increase the importance on quality of life indicators in tandem with the medical / symptom outcome indicators.



National Mental Health Development Unit

• National Employment Lead

  • Jan 2010 - Apr 2011

  The National Mental Health Development Unit was an agency charged by the Department of Health to support the development and implementation of mental health policy in England. The objective of the post was to work nationally, regionally and locally to increase the employment outcomes for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. This included a full range of functions from working with local providers of services to promote best practice, to working with ministers and government department to inform and support national policy changes. Show less

• Positive Assets Manager

  • Aug 2001 - Jan 2010

  The function of the service was to encourage and support people with mental health conditions to gain and retain paid employment. I was responsible for management and service development: from the establishment of the service to framing the underpinning philosophical principles, designing the service model and developing the systems for monitoring and reporting. The project was cited as an example of best practice in national publications. The function of the service was to encourage and support people with mental health conditions to gain and retain paid employment. I was responsible for management and service development: from the establishment of the service to framing the underpinning philosophical principles, designing the service model and developing the systems for monitoring and reporting. The project was cited as an example of best practice in national publications.



Hull and East Yorkshire Mind

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Day Services/ Employment Service Manager

  • Mar 1998 - Aug 2001

  To establish and manage an employment, education and voluntary work support service in East Yorkshire for adults with mental health needs. To manager the Day Centre and to take overall responsibility for the volunteers. Duties ranged from project management, staff recruitment and management, monitoring the services and reporting to funders, and optimising service development opportunities. To establish and manage an employment, education and voluntary work support service in East Yorkshire for adults with mental health needs. To manager the Day Centre and to take overall responsibility for the volunteers. Duties ranged from project management, staff recruitment and management, monitoring the services and reporting to funders, and optimising service development opportunities.