International Health Humanities Network Membership

Expertise

• Project Management, resilience in Crisis and assertive in Social Change
• High Empathy with clients and colleagues
• Thorough and in-depth assessment of complex scenarios
• Creative thinking in practice combined with pragmatism
• Highly reliable in-depth person-centred work with clients in complex cases
• Highly organised and excellent in assessing and structuring complex processes for individuals and organisations
• Specialist skills in motivating clients to pursue improved quality of life
• Intuitive use of human system skills

Action research into the application of

• Psychodrama in Adult Education
• Leadership and Communication
• Substantial experience in team and project management, internationally
• Highly experienced in contributing to multidisciplinary teams
• Skilful and empathetic 1-1 guidance and mentoring with a wide variety of client groups
• Educationalist with international experience of many years
• Major philosophical yet applied postgraduate dissertations

Work

• Advocacy, CPD Human Rights, Employment Rights Act, Mental Health Act, 2012
• Senior Social Worker (Locum), England, 2007 - 2013
• Community Care Worker Wales, HE-tutor WBL, Chester University, 2005 - 2006
• Independent Research Sabbatical, Wales, 2000 - 2004
• Tutor in Nursing Colleges, Germany, 1996 - 1999
• Tutor in Pioneering Project of Inclusion of Disabled inFE, Edinburgh, 1995 - 1996
• Independent Social Worker, Munich, 1986 – 1994; Action Research Psychodrama
• Volunteer in pioneering chaplaincy, Munich, 1987 - 1992
• PA in Management of Publishing Company, 1981 - 1985
• Nursing Assistant and Support/Care Worker (various, p/t, latterly in senior roles), 1969 - present

CPD/Training

• Whistleblowing Law, Employment Rights, Human Rights in Mental Health, 2011 – (ongoing)
• Statutory CPD in HRA, MHA, MCA, CCA, Berks and Notts/England, 2007-2009
• Nursing Studies, Inter-professional Care, postgrad., Univ. of Essex,
• Manual Handling in Care, various updates, most recently Dolgellau, 2003
• Accreditation as HE Lecturer, ILT England, 2004
• Performing Arts, Coleg Harlech, Wales, Spring 2002
• Accreditation as FE lecturer, GTC Scotland, 1995
• Postgrad. Psychodrama Training, 300 hrs., Uberlingen, 1985 -1990
• Use of Media in Community Education, DIFF,
• Counselling in Education, Community College, Esslingen, 1976
• 4 weeks' residential/work-based nursing assistant training, Red Cross Stuttgart, 1970

Qualifications

• MA Contemporary Theology, Leicester 2004
• MA Social Pedagogy with major in Adult/Community Education, Tubingen 1981
• BA (Ed), Secondary – English and German, Esslingen 1978
• Abitur, Stuttgart, 1973