Current voluntary positions:

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• Chair of Lambeth St. Leonard's Ward Safer Neighbourhood Panel

• Chair and Founder member of my local GP Practice Patient Participation Group

• Member of the Hills Brook & Dale Primary Care Network Patient Engagement Group

• Member of Healthwatch Lambeth

• Member of SCOOP  (Streatham Common Co-Operative)

 

Previous voluntary positions (London):

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• Former Chair of Streatham Action (Stood down in May 2023)

• Member of Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group South West Local Care Network Board

• Originator, member and founder member of the Lambeth Patient Participation Group Network

• Founder Board Member of Healthwatch Lambeth

• Member of Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group Community Based Primary Care Programme Board

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I work regularly with local authorities, health authorities and the third sector. 

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Employment Experience

 

I have over 30 years of working in learning disability services in a variety of senior positions, including;

 

• Founding Director of an award winning Learning Disability Training & Employment Organisation

• Founding Director of a London Based Supported Employment organisation

• Head of Learning Disabilities Services (Local Authority)

• Deputy and Head roles of 3 Joint Learning Disability Teams (Local Social Care / Health Authority);

• Development and management of 'Social Firms' employing adults with Learning Disabilities

• London Regional Manager - Residential & Supported Living provider, Voluntary Sector.

• Service Development Officer with both the voluntary sector and local authority

• Learning Disability Day Centre Manager (Local Authority)

• Quality Assurance and IT Manager

• Carers Development Worker

 

I have been employed in Adult Social Care / Community Development / Youth Work as:

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• Adult Social Care Operations Director (Local Authority - East Sussex)

• Director of a voluntary sector Community Centre and Charitable organisation in Tower Hamlets, London

• National Advocacy Services Provider - London Regional Manager (Voluntary Sector)

• Youth Services Area Manager (Local Authority - Glasgow)

• Senior Community Education Worker (Local Authority - Glasgow)

• Senior Youth & Community Worker (Local Authority - ILEA)

 

I have served as Board/Committee member/ Director on a number of third sector Learning Disability Organisations.

 

I have carried out independent consultancy work in relation to the development of social enterprises, have provided advice and support to a number of 'emerging social firms' and have a wide range of experience of developing, managing, monitoring and delivering contracts and compliance with service level agreements and working with, advising and supporting a range of voluntary sector groups and small care home enterprises. I was a member of Social Firms UK and was one of their representatives at a conference in Athens in 2002. 

 

When I was the Director of the social enterprise 'Supercare / Green & Clean', we won the Learning Disabilities category of the prestigious Community Care Awards 2002 (see here), and again in 2002, I was invited to attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace after being nominated by the Government Office for London for my work in learning disabilities and social firm development.

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In 2016 I was awarded “Highly Commended” in the “Outstanding Contribution” category in the Lambeth CCG LAMMY Awards for work with unpaid carers and learning disabled.​

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View my roles held when I was a Lambeth Councillor by clicking here

 

Current valid training certificates that I hold can be found by clicking here.

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