Freelance trainer, supervisor and consultant.
18 years experience of providing Solution Focused training to a wide variety of practitioners, team building, facilitation and clinical supervision.
30 years experience as Social Worker/Family Therapist in a Tier III Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service.
Co-developed a multidisciplinary Day Assessment model for complex child protection issues.
Editor of Solution-focused Research Review, a publication to promote research in Solution-focused Practice produced by the UK Association for Solution-focused Practice. See www.sfrr.co.uk
Co-founder of Brief Therapy North East (www.btne.org), a regional network for practitioners using solution-focused practice in a wide range of settings with a membership of over 300.
Quarterly newsletter.
Annual Study Day providing a platform for practitioners in the region to share their use of Solution Focused Brief Therapy in a range of situations.
Annual two day workshop by international presenters in the field of Brief Therapy.
Consultant to Passport to Services, a Trailblazer Information Sharing & Assessment project adapting Solution Focused practice to front line child services.
Trained 300 practitioners and managers in a wide range of front line services engaged with children and young people.
Co-developed Signs of Wellbeing, a common assessment form for early intervention with children & young people.
Co-developed and moderate Solution Talk, an on-line discussion forum for practitioners in Gateshead & Newcastle who use Solution Focused Practice with children & young people.
Member of DfES working party on common assessment creating national policy guidance in support of 2004 Children's Bill.
Social work practice teaching
Provided placements to over 20 social work students from various social work courses in the region.
External reader for social work placement reports.
