Experience

Scottish Women's Aid
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• National Training Manager

  • Feb 2020 - Present

Children 1st
• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Service Supervisor, Safeguarder Panel Team

  • May 2016 - Feb 2020


LGBT Health and Wellbeing

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

• Befriending Co-Ordinator

  • Jun 2014 - May 2016

  Part of the LGBT Age Scotland project, I am responsible for delivering the Befriending Project in Greater Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Lothians. This involves managing the recruitment, induction and supervision of a diverse team of volunteers who provide individually tailored befriending to a range of LGBT people (50+). * Managing all the core work of the befriending service such as referrals, assessments, waiting lists, matching, reviews and on-going support for individual befriendees and befrienders. * Managing endings, risk management and safety issues. * Working extensively with a wide range of stakeholder groups, including health, housing and social care providers, to generate referrals to the project from individuals and organisations. * Using a range of monitoring and evaluation tools so that the service can clearly demonstrate its impact and that agreed outcomes are met.



LGBT Youth Scotland

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

• National Volunteer Co-ordinator/National Participation Officer

  • Nov 2007 - Oct 2014

  I designed a national volunteer project from its inception. This included all aspects of embedding the ethos of volunteering into an organisation which hadn’t formally used volunteers before; recruiting a national base of volunteers; overseeing volunteer roles, rotas and support and supervision; training staff to line manage volunteers. Developed a national mentoring programme, as well as a volunteer counselling service into our Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dumfries services. I was contracted to work in both Cornton Vale and Polmont YOI, to co-design and establish mentoring services within the prison environment. Ongoing monitoring & evaluation of work. Attendance at Volunteer Network Meetings and ongoing CPD.



Edinburgh Womens Aid

• Government Administration

• Refuge Support Worker - Women & CYP

  • Jul 1999 - Sep 2007

  Supporting women and accompanying children with issues around homelessness, self-esteem and domestic abuse; co-designing care plans with service users; networking and advocating on the service users’ behalf; empowering women, children and young people for independent living. We also taught life skills training to young people like budgeting, life skills, food and mood, etc. Supporting women and accompanying children with issues around homelessness, self-esteem and domestic abuse; co-designing care plans with service users; networking and advocating on the service users’ behalf; empowering women, children and young people for independent living. We also taught life skills training to young people like budgeting, life skills, food and mood, etc.