About me
I am a very dedicated transformation leader who believes in a cross-culture approach. I work with professionals from various NHS & social care, VCFS, public sector backgrounds. My teeching exspreince has been in health and social care , drugs and alcohol work , HR , coaching , ESOL , Equalities and Diversity , inclusion and managment and leadership skills . I am trained in diversity , culture and inclusuion .I can also teech gorvernce and buissness entrupnership .
Currently I head up Equalities & Justice NW (EJNW) on a voluntary and freelance basis. EJNW is a voluntary group that addresses social injustice for marginalized communities. My leadership skills are centred around our members' vulnerability that reflect the diverse communities across Lancashire and Northwest. It is therefore essential that human rights are considered when we deliver services to ensure those services reflect core values of equality, naturel justice, respect equality, dignity, and autonomy to give an organisation the edge over others. This role was only funded until March 2023.
I have supported the education and learning curriculum, supporting apprentices, and taking on students from higher education and university on work placements. I have also supported academic researchers on qualitive, quantitative methodology experiments and surveys along with stretched opportunities in the thirds sector. I have also managed five kick starters, recruited from the department of work and pensions (WDP) during the pandemic. They were offered support for 6 months, where evidence had to be gathered in relation to benefits of the products and services, we also offered methods used for capturing competences i.e., learning logs and training journals. personal development plan, CPD continuous professional development board, witness testimonies, online programme workbooks, supervision, appraisal & record discussion and observations etc. This involved many skills to ensure learners are learning about service culture, core values, brand promise, examples of media policy, staff handbooks, programme workbooks along with developing key functional skills to do with the curriculum or placement requirements.
As an experienced EDI OD & HR professional who has flair and creativity, I have worked across the NHS workforce to develop the freedoms needed for culture to change and improve, by creating the right conditions for organisational development and people improvement, both in the public and voluntary community sector. Such as developing staff from and networks, developing surveys and focus groups.
Furthermore, I have also been responsible for the development of innovative strategies promoting inclusive leadership, on inclusion, learning, and personal improvement, ensuring staff across the NHS and VCFS landscape are engaged in the process of making their organization a better place to work in so they can go on to provide patients with an improved, professional and consistent service.
As a NHS non-executive director, with many years of experience, servicing the clinical commissioning groups, I lead on the national partners inclusion programme with NHS employers for Bolton CCG, who successfully completed the programme to become alumni members.
I have also worked as Associate Hospital Manager for the NHS Mental Health Law team, ensuring that vulnerable patients that are detailed under the mental health act meet the criteria to be retained on Section 18 and CTO. The role involves chairing / reviewing tribunal panels and supporting colleagues as panel members making interest decisions in the best interest of the patients.
As a CMI qualified /Chartered Human resources management & subject matter expert for EDI and Organisational Development, with ILM level 7 leading strategic investigation, I now coach & mentor NHS Executive professionals from inclusion backgrounds as a associate leadership coach for the NHS Northwest Leadership Academy and also with the Academic Health & science innovation agency (AHSIA)
In my recent previous roles across the NHS health and social landscape I have been working at a system leadership level leading and, manage, and providing overall strategic direction and implementation of ED&I, Organisational Development, Engagement, Workforce & Organisation Transformation, Learning and Development, advice & support in line with the NHS constitution , policy , strategies and national NHS frameworks such as Workforce race equality standards and aims, objectives, aspirations and visions of NHS England, NHS Confed and NHs providers, having national round the table conversations to shape broad thinking, so that various senior management can be well informed and also be responsible for both the strategic development and operational delivery of all the above areas in there NHS organizations .
