Experience

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation

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

• Strategic Projects

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Leading specific projects with a focus on improving practice. Including:- Seldom Heard. Working in partnership with the Tizard centre to seek the views and perspectives of children, young people and adults with severe or profound learning disabilities- Keyworker peer support model. Working as part of the Black Country Keyworker pilot alongside Dudley Voices for Choice to develop a new model of peer support. - Mapping and Evaluating Children’s learning disability services in England. Supporting family carer advice to the research team led by the University of Warwick.

• Children and Young People Policy Lead

  • Jul 2013 - Apr 2021



Department for Education

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Leader, Children's Centre Policy

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2013

  - Led a consultation exercise for Ministers on future direction of Sure Start and developed a new "core purpose" for children's centres- Reviewed research evidence on risk factors likely to result in poor outcomes for young children to inform future policy and commissioning- Policy responsibility for the Evaluation of Children's Centres in England.- Development of revised statutory guidance

• Team leader- Disabled Children Policy

  • 2005 - 2006

• Team Leader- Every Child Matters

  • 2003 - 2005

• Strategy and policy roles, advising Ministers

  • 2001 - 2003



Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pensions Policy

  • 2000 - 2001



Social Services and Imperial Cancer research

• Adminstrative roles

  • 1999 - 2000



Loddon Alliance, Surrey and Borders NHS Trust

• Support Worker for a woman with learning disabilities

  • 1998 - 1999

  - Community support using person-centred and positive behaviour approaches



FOCUS charity

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • 1997 - 1998

  - Ran projects supporting personal development for disabled adults and young people