Experience

The Athena Programme

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk Expert

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  The Athena Programme is a training and consultancy company for safeguarding children & adults at risk (vulnerable adults). We train staff and volunteers to make sure your staff can confidently safeguard children & adults at risk (vulnerable adults). We will make you into a safer organisation, ensuring you are fully compliant & optimise your people and resources. We make protection ‘real’. Our unique selling point is our creative and dynamic approach within our training and consultancy where to deliver our services we use things like visual aids, socio drama & action methods. All of which embrace experiential learning, making sure training is cost effective and fun. In safeguarding terms we enhance communication, reflective practice and emotional intelligence. Our associates are experienced in inter-agency working and are drawn from safeguarding specialist roles. We serve customers regionally, nationally and internationally from voluntary/third sector, public & private sectors. www.theathenaprogramme.co.uk Show less



Lancashire Constabulary

• United Kingdom
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Detective Sergeant Public Protection Development and Compliance Unit HQ

  • 2007 - 2009

  I moved to this strategic role in 2007 where I was responsible for development of new safeguarding policies and ensuring compliance within the Force’s operational PPU’s. Whilst in this strategic role I represented the Constabulary on Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards (LSCB) in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire and Blackpool as well as the Safeguarding Adult Protection (SAP’s) committees in these local authority areas. I was involved in all three LSCB’s and SAPS’s training sub groups, delivering multi-agency training in safeguarding around Lancashire. My work involved auditing the operational PPU’s around the Force as well as serious case reviews.Key Responsibilities: I was responsible for development of new safeguarding policies and ensuring compliance within the Force’s operational Public Protection Units. Key Success:• A Policy written by Lisa on the Investigation of Vulnerable Adult Abuse was identified as good practice nationally by the Association of Chief Police Officers.• Represented the Constabulary on Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards (LSCB) in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire and Blackpool.• Represented the Constabulary on the Safeguarding Adult Protection (SAP’s) Boards in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire and Blackpool.• Lisa was also involved in all three LSCB’s and SAP’s training sub groups, delivering multi-agency training in safeguarding around Lancashire. • Lisa completed the North West Inter Agency Trainer’s (NWIAT) course in 2009. • Lisa retired from the Lancashire Constabulary in October 2009 receiving a Police Commendation for outstanding work in Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. Show less

• Detective Sergeant Public Protection Unit (PPU) Eastern/Pennine Divisions

  • 2004 - 2007

  Lisa was responsible for the management and development of the very first pilot PPU team at Accrington. For the first time in Lancashire this pilot department brought together the disciplines of child and vulnerable adult abuse, serious domestic abuse, managing and monitoring sex offenders under one roof.Lisa has undertaken extensive professional and personal training which have included topics such as:Management of High Risk Offenders; Achieving Best Evidence (ABE); Joint Investigative Interview Course; Criminal Investigation; Professional Investigation Programme (PIP) Level 2; Community Race Relations; Criminal Procedures & Investigations Bill; Safeguarding Children; Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults; Management & Supervision of Interviews; Creative Training Show less

• Detective Sergeant Family Protection Team Clitheroe

  • 2000 - 2003

  Based in Clitheroe the unit I supervised the investigation of both child and vulnerable adults abuse cases in East Lancashire as well as coordinating multi agency responses to safeguarding concerns about children or vulnerable adults. I represented the Police on the 3 multi-agency Local Safeguarding children and adults boards across Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen and delivering training as part of a multi-agency team to meet National and local standards.In 2002 I was part of a multi-agency team that visited Michigan USA to investigate a unique way of dealing with child protection risks whilst allowing the child to remain within the household. This model was successfully brought back to Blackburn where the model was adapted to fit local requirements and ‘The Blackburn Family Regeneration Project’ still runs today.I acquired skills in the interviewing of vulnerable and intimidated victims/witnesses known as 'achieving best evidence' (ABE) during my time at Clitheroe, conducting interviews with child and adult victims of abuse. Show less

• Uniform Sergeant Accrington Section

  • 1998 - 2000

• CJS Prosecution Decision Maker and File reviewer at Blackburn Division

  • 1994 - 1998

  My passion for safeguarding was awakened during time spent in the Criminal Justice Department reviewing Police Prosecution files. Attention to detail was paramount as I prioritised Child abuse cases ‘fast tracking’ them to the Crown Prosecution Service.

• Sergeant of Police Recruit Training- Preston

  • 1992 - 1994

• Promoted to Sergeant Preston Section

  • 1990 - 1992

• Blackburn Town Centre Foot Patrol

  • 1989 - 1990

• Haslingden Section Patrol

  • 1988 - 1989

• Police Constable Skelmersdale Section

  • 1979 - 1988