Profile
A charismatic, well organised consultant and trainer with excellent inter-personal skills and a wide breadth of knowledge in strategic development, social care practice and staff training. She advocates working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency context, and encouraging service user participation wherever appropriate. She ran her own training company for 7 years whilst also facilitating specialist groups working directly with people with learning disabilities. She was Norfolk’s Adult Protection Co-ordinator for 3 years before resuming Leapfrog Training in 2005. Her particular skills are in combining consummate professionalism with easy accessibility, thus enabling staff at all levels to integrate learning into practice and so facilitate individual, team and organisational change.
Employment History
2005 – current Freelance trainer, personal development mentor and life coach.
2002- 2005 Adult Protection Co-ordinator, Social Services, Norfolk County Council
1996 –2002 Freelance trainer providing professional and personal development.
Individual and couples counselling. Disability consultation facilitator.
2000 Manager of the Goldhay Group, arts based day service, freelance.
1991 – 1996 Joint Training Development Organiser, Senior (93-96) Cambs. CC
1988 – 1991 Social Worker, Level 3, Child Protection/ Mental Health, Cambs. CC
1986 – 1988 Social Worker, Level 2, Children & Families team, then Health & Handicap team, St. Helen’s Personal Services.
1984 – 1986 Social Worker, pt-time, Manor Park Hospital, Avon Social Services.
Education
Sept 213 to March 2014 Diploma in Life Coaching -Distinction
Association of Natural Medicines
Oct. 2001 to July 02 Institute of Arts and Therapy in Education, Islington
The Therapeutic and Educational Application of the Arts
Sept. 1982 to July 84 Bristol Polytechnic College; Certificate of Qualification in Social Work.
Diploma in Applied Social Studies.
Sept. 1971 to July 73 Birmingham Bible Institute, Diploma with Distinction
Uni. of London extra-mural Cert. Proficiency in Rel. Know.
Sept. 1967 to July 71 Southend-on-Sea High School for Girls
‘O’ levels English lit., lang. French, Spanish, Art, Rel. Knowledge
‘A’ levels English literature, Spanish, Religious Knowledge
Sept. 1964 to July 67 Prendergast Grammar School for Girls
Post Qualifying Training: See below
POLICY, STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT WORK
• 1987 Group member developing policy for new Disability Service in St.Helens
• 1988 Spokesperson for St. Helens Practice Teachers.
• 1991/6 Member of Cambridgeshire Joint Training Group for Community Care
• 1993/6 Member of Abuse of Older People Working Party, Huntingdon
• 1993/6 Member of NWA Abuse of Vulnerable Adults Working Party
• 1993/6 Member of North Group Disability Services meeting
• 1993/6 Member of North Directorate Management Team for Older People
• 1994/5 Member of Mental Health Training Strategy Group
• 1995/6 Member (honorary!) of Countywide Forum for Older People
• 1991/4 Chair of Reminiscence Therapy Support Group Cambridgeshire
• 1993/6 Chair of NWA Joint Training Strategy Group for Mental Health
• 1993/6 Chair of NWA Joint Training Strategy Group for Learning Disabilities
• 2001 Member of the Board for the Goldhay Arts, day service for people with L.D.
• 2001 Member of the Protection of Vulnerable Adults Committee, Cambridgeshire
• 2002-5 Member of Norfolk’s Vulnerable Adults Protection Comm. and Exec.Comm.
• 2002-5 Chair of VAPC’s Learning and Development, Resource and Dissemination, Procedures and Quality and Standards subgroups, interagency adoption of Norfolk’s Joint Protocol and development of Adult Protection across Norfolk
Social Work Experience:
• Hospital based, multi-disciplinary, supporting older people and their carers whilst in hospital and during the transition to community or residential living.
• Intake work and out of hours emergency social work intervention.
• Long term work with families, people with mental distress, older people and younger people with mental, physical or sensory impairment.
• Statutory child protection, inc. court reports and appearances
• Abuse counselling for adults and children.
• Fostering and adoption, assessments and on-going support
• Drama, art, dance and music with learning disabled adults.
• Sexuality counselling
• Life story work with children and adults of all ages.
• Training of SPAN volunteers, working with families with young children.
• Managing and supervising day service staff, attending reviews, working with health and social services personnel and private residential establishments.
Community Education Experience:
• Drama work with adults with learning disabilities
• Reminiscence & sensory stimulation with older people with both LDs and dementia
• Reminiscence work with adults with LDs and communication impairments
• Arts based Self Esteem Enhancement work with adults with learning disabilities
Additional Skills:
Singing, song writing, poetry writing, dancing, performing.
Dress making and designing. Reiki, energy and body balancing
Driving, keyboard and publicity design.
Relevant Courses Undertaken
Training Skills:
14.-16.12.87 St. Helens Pers.Serv./Uni. of Liverpool ~ S. W. Practice Teachers Course
15-19.11.90 Cambs. County Council ~ Training the Trainers
03.91 – 06.91 L.G.T.B. ~ Foundation Programme for Trainer Development
01.95.92 Uni. East Anglia ~ Brief Therapy, an introduction
26.01 -29.03.93 Peterborough Regional College ~ Dramatherapy for Adolescents(weekly)
16.06.92 Cambs. County Council ~ Introduction to Computing
10.03 & 3.11.92 Age Concern England ~ Naomi Feil , Validation Therapy. Part 1 & 2.
19-21.06.90 Kairos ~ Self Esteem Enhancement Mentor Phase A
11-13.06.92 Phase B
01-03.08.97 Kairos ~ People on Purpose Mentor
Legislation:
16.10.84 Avon Soc. Services ~ Court of Protection Implementation
13.09.90 Cambs. C.C. ~ Introduction to Children Act
29.05.91 N.W.A. Health Care Trust ~ Legal Implications of Planning and Implementing Care
21.05.92 Naidex exhibition/conference on Implementing the Disabled Persons’ Representation Representation Act 1986
21.09.92 Cambs. C.C./ Joint Training Sub-group ~ N.H.S. & Community Care Act
13.10.92 Disabled Living Foundn. ~ Legislation Affecting People with Disabilities
18.07.94 Chesterfield Trust ~ Implementation of C.P.A. and Adult Supervision Register within Derbyshire
03.11.95 Voice UK ~ Law Commision Report on Mental Incapacity and Decision Making. How will this affect adults with learning disabilities?
06-07.02.96 Harry Tunnicliffe ~ The Law and Vulnerable Adults
15.05.02 Suffolk C.C. ~ The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
Protection issues:
20-22.9.86 St. Helens Social Services ~ Non Accidental Injury/Child Abuse
08.09.93 International Symposium of Elder Abuse
03-04.95 Action on Elder Abuse ~ Reviewing Policy and Procedure of Elder Abuse
10.03.01 Peterborough C.C. ~ Protecting Children with Disabilities
Disabled People:
12.03.91 S.P.O.D. ~ Sexual Relationships and Physical Disabilities
13.06.92 Cambs. C.C. ~ Provision of Sheltered Workshops
26.05.95 Cambs. C.C. ~ A Home of Our Own; Independent Living Schemes for Disabled People
09.05.96 Pavilion ~ Sex Education Matters. Sexuality work with People with Learning Disabilities.
08.09.98 Mencap ~ An Introduction to Asberger’s Syndrome
12.02.96 N.W.A. Health Care Trust ~ Continuing Care Workshop
11.11.00-7.3.01 Makaton, stages 1 -8
05.09.01 Cambs. CC ~ Valuing People, Cambridgeshire’s Response
Older People:
15.11.84 Avon Soc. Services ~ Diagnosing Mental Illness in the Elderly
10.03.85 1Avon Soc. Services ~ Hearing Loss in Older People
12.07.85 Age Concern ~ Drug Abuse in Older People
19-20.11.87 Uni. of Keele, Centre for Social Gerontology ~ Confronting Ageism:
Developing New Perspectives in Health and Social Services.
23-25.11.87 St. Helens Personal Ser. ~ The Top of the Stairs; Understanding Dementia.
23.02.88 B.A.S.E. Communication and the Elderly
26.03.90 B.A.S.E. Special Interest Group on Ageing ~ Social Worker as Broker ; who’s getting the best deal from Griffiths?
25.02-8.03.91 Cambs. C.C. ~ Working with Older People; par.,observer and presenter
12.11.91 Hunts. Health Promotion ~ Advocacy for Older People
16.07.92 Age Concern Institute of Gerontology ~ Recent Research on Services for Black and Minority Ethnic Elderly
16.11.93 Age Exchange ~ 10 year Celebration of Reminiscence Therapy
03-04.04.95 Action on Elder Abuse ~ Procedures and Practice, review and development
05.94.95 Cambs. C.C./B.A.S.E ~Alzeimers Disease, Differing Perspectives
A.D.P.:
31.01.-01.01.94 Cambs. C.C. ~ Anti-discriminatory practice
11.09.92 ~ Personal Care for Minority Ethnic Clients
30.03.94 ~ Increasing Carer and User Involvement in Community
Care Planning and Service Delivery
01.09.05 Alcohol and Drugs Foundation course
Creativity:
24-29.07.95 Laban Centre ~ Responding to Children with Special Needs – why not
movement and dance?
03-04.03.95 C.D.M.F. ~ Talking Shop ~ Critical Debate and Dance in the community.
22.03.97 Creative Arts Therapy Workshop
Dramatherapy for Adolescents (inc. in training section)
08.10.01 -19.07.02 (weekly plus some weekends).
The Therapeutic and Educational Application of the Arts from The Institute of Arts and Therapy in Education, Islington
17-19.04.02 I.A.T.E ~ Dan Hughes, Communicating with Children with Attachment Difficulties and Shame
Project Management:
16.07.04 Project management skills
Adult Protection a number of conferences organized by PAVA and Action on Elder Abuse
Personal Development: (All dates available)
The Life Training Programme ~ Self Esteem Enhancement
~ Life Training Weekend
~ Opening the Heart x 2
~ Strengthening the Will ~ Relationships x 2
~ Sexuality Training
~ The Cutting Edge
~ Behold the Spirit
~ Mastery of Money x 2
~ Leadership Weekend
~ The Art of Loving
Self Esteem Enhancement ~ Mentor Training Phase A
~ Mentor Training, Phase B
~ Mentors’ Refresher Day x 6
People on Purpose ~ Mentor Training
Advanced Courses ~ Way of a Warrior, Georgia 5 -10 day residential ~ Way of a Warrior 2, Georgia courses ~ 10 Days of Creation, California
~ Evolution of Mastery, Wales
~ The Pearl, California
~ 6th Sense, California
~ The Sacred Path, California
Reiki Training Stage 1
Jungian Archetypes ~ Dancing with your Shadow
Peter Clifford ~ Healing the Wounded Child Within
For many of the Life Training (now More To Life) Courses I have also been on or leading the team of people organizing and supporting the course, both in this country and abroad.
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