Shoana Qureshi-khan

Experience

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  Nottinghamshire County Council

  Sept 1998 - Apr 2004

  Lead Residential Social worker young offenders

  The management and rehabilitation of young offenders and children at risk.

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  Speaking Up

  Apr 2004 - Apr 2009

  Senior Advocate and group homes coordinator

  Advocacy and project development, empowering the rights of people suffering from mental illness and learning disabilities. Impacting social policy and legislation. The project saw growth and commissioning from £250k project to a £3 million in 4 years. Represented on local and national steering group forums.

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  MUSLIM COMMUNITY ORGANISATION NOTTINGHAM

  May 2005 - May 2006

  Youth development programs manager

  Overseeing a small team of youth workers and coordinators. Responsible for building in youth development projects through fundraising, and grants. Working on employment, educational and healthy lifestyle activities for young girls in the Muslim community.

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  Age UK

  Apr 2011 - Jan 2015

  Senior Community Advocate

  Representing the rights of those with Mental Health issues and Learning Difficulties, under Legislation and social action.

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  POhWER

  Apr 2015 - Oct 2018

  Senior Independent Advocate and Regional Trainer

  National charity based around the country. Protecting the rights of individuals and groups under the Mental capacity act, mental health act, valuing people, care act, white paper, child protection and dols. working with key decision makers, representing vulnerable individuals within muliti disciplinary teams. Regional trainer and staff mentor. .

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  Teen-behaviour.com

  Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

  Director and Teen Behaviour Project development

  Self employed and Director of Non profit organisation Parents of Teens and Pre teens. Leading bid and tender opportunities. Based in Nottingham and nationally. Delivered seminars, workshops, and worked on the projects development. Focus to increase community prospects and develop partners and stakeholders relationships.

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  Freelance

  Sept 2018 - Oct 2021

  Well being and inclusion consultancy

  Provided training and consultancy to educational establishments,individuals and charities on proficient techniques. Exploring adolescent mental health, risk taking behaviour, and inclusion through a variety of physiological approaches. Led on training and development issues around race and faith.

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  Himmah

  Sept 2019 - Aug 2020

  Project Development and Compliance manager

  Increasing fundraising opportunities,and improved the implementation of policies and processes. Liaising with partners and stakeholders.Looking at project growth and financial planning.

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  Himmah charity

  Oct 2020 - Oct 2023

  Deputy Director

  Himmah is a leading a charity focused on tackling poverty, race and educational inequalities. It does this through a variety of disciplines from delivering crucial services, education and campaigns. My key areas of performance and responsibility are engagement, partnership management and our CSR programs. Which has helped with a 600% growth in the organisation and seen many of our projects become award winning or defining in the sector. I helped drive through policy, process, practice and organisational change. This helped the organisation to echo an improved internal and external experience which helped engage donors, corporates, politicians, academia, and local/national government. I drove social corporate initiatives and led on key project plans on how to incorporate meaningful CSR partnerships. The outcome improved our programmes, and increased our project delivery with new innovative solutions to poverty, race and educational equalities. Building in strategic partnerships, improving visibility, and increased capacity helped us have a service reach of over 2000 users a week across multiple platforms. Improving community engagement, cohesion and collaboration. Key skills and abilities Project Management Project developmentLeadership Stakeholder management Volunteer experience Strategic Planning and communications Show less

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  Nottingham Counselling Service (NCS)

  Oct 2023 - now

  Chief Executive Officer

  Nottingham counselling services is high quality counselling provision in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Offering a range of counselling services, training and CPD to psychotherapists and counsellors. Advocating for access to equal and quality mental health services to people from all backgrounds, and championing equal access to those experiencing inequalities.