Experience

Inclusive Recruiting

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• EDI/ DEI workshop facilitator

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  The training disrupts the norm of an organisation who acknowledge there is little or no diversity within their organisation. Their journey with us often begins with helping them to recruit diverse candidates into a role which our recruitment team are amazing at. This can often lead into training. Some organisations begin with the training. Some use our HR services or consultancy services. My role as a facilitator is to ensure that these norms are challenged, and landing hard hitting subjects that question their biases as an individual and as a team and organisation as a whole. We call ourselves disrupters. We want to disrupt the norms of what organisations look like when you get higher into leadership and CEO's. If people inside of an organisation feel the lack of diversity, equity and inclusion, there is positive changes to be made. Show less



Enfield Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Health and Wellbeing youth worker

  • Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

  This was a brand new role which was part of a pilot programme and partnership between Public health Enfield and Enfield Youth Support Service. Although there was a baseline as to what this role would look like, Sarah built this role from scratch. Her role as a Health and Wellbeing youth worker, was to work with children and young people, 10-19, who needed additional support with their Wellbeing. These young people would be sourced through referrals. At the beginning of her role, Sarah worked very closely with Public health and colleagues in the NHS to ensure GP's were aware of the service on offer, which gave an additional option for those children and young people who may not have met the CAMHS threshold, and were seen as needing low level support. As this was a new role, Sarah created a referral pathway for GP's snd other professionals, and worked closely with the team that run the Youth Taptub website where the referrals would come through. Website and content needed to be created, and putting herself out there in headteachers forums to promote the role was something that Sarah rose to the challenge on, and accomplished very successfully. In her role, Sarah delivered Health and Wellbeing awareness programmes which she wrote and delivered to over 500 children and young people in London Borough of Enfield schools, as well as offering 1-2-1 support for individuals who needed additional support and action plans. These individuals were met in their own homes, at the youth centres or at school. Later on in her role, Sarah worked closely with the Participation and outreach manager to develop, deliver and manage a Student and Wellbeing ambassadors programme. Young people were trained in mental health awareness and how to spot potential signs that their peers may be struggling.The pilot started at Enfield Grammar School. As the role required sensitivity and commitment, all ambassadors had to apply and interview for their position. Sarah loved this role. Show less



London academy of Street Tap

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Founder

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2020

  Sarah loved both tap and Street dance and always fused the two styles together. This was not the norm as most people in the dance industry didn’t even own a pair of tap shoes. London Academy of Street tap was born as Sarah saw the need to teach these two styles and to show people how fun and stylish tap could really be. This came to a halt when lockdown hit, and all classes and after school clubs came to an end. Sarah loved both tap and Street dance and always fused the two styles together. This was not the norm as most people in the dance industry didn’t even own a pair of tap shoes. London Academy of Street tap was born as Sarah saw the need to teach these two styles and to show people how fun and stylish tap could really be. This came to a halt when lockdown hit, and all classes and after school clubs came to an end.



Young Urban Arts Foundation (YUAF)

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

• Programmes manager and facilitator

  • Oct 2016 - Oct 2018

  Sarah supported the programme coordination with YUAF, and also supported some of the bus sessions as lead youth worker ensuring all young people were registered, and that everything ran smoothly. YUAF are an amazing charity who have touched the lives of over 21,000 children and young people. As well as school delivery in a range of sessions in the arts from dance to creative writing, they own their own single decker bus (soon to be double decker bus) which is kitted out with state of the art equipment which enables the workers to go to where they are in their estates, and delivering workshops such as graffiti art in t-shirts or canvases, and music production. It's the most innovative form of youth work you will find. Going to meet the young people where they already are,and engaging them into positive activities whilst building rapports with the youth workers and facilitators. Later on in Sarah's role, she developed a Peer educator in Mental health programme, which was a 8-12 week programme training up a selected group of young people to become Peer educators. These individuals would be able to signpost their peers to the appropriate support if they spotted signs of them struggling with their mental health. Their role was to also deliver Mental health awareness assemblies and PSHE lessons to their peers. They were supported with the content and trained in Public speaking. Show less



Enfield Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior youth development worker

  • Feb 2000 - Oct 2016

  Sarah worked her way from Part-time youth worker, to Senior youth development worker. Her time at Enfield is where she blossomed. She had a great team and young people had a love and respect for her because she was willing to fight for them in a time where they didn't have a voice. She was passionate about being a voice for young people and stood for what she knew was right and ethical. This helped to build strong rapports with other professionals such as Police officers, Social workers, teachers, the voluntary sector and even parents. Show less