Experience

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  Self-employed

  Sept 2017 - Feb 2019

  Personal assistant

  Working as a personal assistant to support a young man with cerebral palsy with his day to day needs, encouraging him to work towards his potential and focusing on becoming more involved with his local community following his move to supported living.

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  Citizens advice

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2019

  Last rights project member

  Last Rights was a funded initiative focused on all forms of end of life planning such as will writing; funeral planning; advance decisions to refuse treatment; lasting power of attorney; and organ donation. We were a small team who built connections with interested individuals, local CVS organisations and faith groups. We also worked with interested parties to support and educate them how to have conversations about the end of life. At the end of the project, we secured further funding to produce a range of materials which could be used by all Citizens Advice staff as well as a workable toolkit offering advice on how to create a similarly effective service. Show less

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  End of life doula uk

  Nov 2018 - Sept 2021

  Having trained as an End of Life Doula, joining the committee within this role was a welcome opportunity to have greater influence over the direction of the organisation and offer my voice and insight to its development. The role itself required a range of responsibilities with key highlights being the establishment of various working groups, defining organisational policy and practice guidelines as well as contributing to making of collective decisions in support of this growing organisation. Show less

  • Chair

    Mar 2020 - Sept 2021

  • Committee Member with background in Ethics

    Nov 2018 - Mar 2020
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  Marie curie uk

  Mar 2019 - Apr 2021

  Healthcare assistant

  Working as part of a network of organisations to provide good end of life care to households who are sharing in the experiencing of the end of life. Responsibilities include all features of personal care, emotional support to the household and wider support networks, managing relationships with other teams involved in care delivery, identifying and managing safeguarding concerns and taking on opportunities for continued professional development.

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  St christopher's

  Apr 2021 - now

  Carers development lead

  Leading an innovative externally funded project to develop meaningful support for unpaid carers across the 5 boroughs that St Christopher's serve, reaching more than 1000 households annually. Working in a variety of ways, the project has successfully brought about organisational change, improved carer recognition and ensured that carers are able to access support and take up leadership roles in both development and delivery.Relying upon effective community development, co-production techniques and collaborative working, we have been able to develop, test, trial, evaluate and improve services which our feedback has demonstrated tangible improvements to carer experiences. Show less