Consultant

I can provide a clinical advisory role for any organisation working on a project to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

I can share decades of clinical experience as well as recent insights from working with school pupils and university students to ensure your project is relevant, credible, and useful to young people.

I have been clinical lead on multiple award winning apps and animations, websites, and clinical training materials, and look forward to working with you on your next project.

I provide client-centred, independent, and specialised consultancy, mental health and wellbeing service reviews, analysis and recommendations, and delivery of innovative solutions, with the aim of shaping the long-term strategy and service delivery of schools, universities, and other organisations.

I am not afraid to think differently about how to provide services and care and have a successful track record of doing so, co-creating tailored solutions and interventions where gaps are identified. Examples include eating disorder and self-harm clinical services for students at risk.

I am enthusiastic, energetic, and always go the extra mile for clients to achieve better wellbeing outcomes.

I regularly carry out independent strategic reviews of significant incidents related to mental health or suicide at university.

These tragic and traumatic events can have significant impact on the whole community, and it can be helpful to have an external reviewer who has been a clinician on campus and understands all aspects of managing high risk situations, and who brings a sympathetic and careful approach to carrying out such a delicate review.

Review, assessment, and planning of current and ongoing training needs for staff at all organisational levels can also be helpful.

These reviews are carried out compassionately, and can help to identify good practice, potential gaps in service or care, and themes for improvement, whilst exploring the impact on the community, and providing benchmarking with other UK institutions.

Many organisations seek to work more closely with others, for example higher education and the NHS.

I can bring my specialist experience of working for both the NHS and higher education to carry out an informed review of services and delivery, with assessment and analysis of current provision (incorporating staff and student feedback), identification of gaps in provision and strategic approaches to addressing these.

This may include liaising with NHS GP practices that support university provision, to examine both sides of the relationship.

I have significant experience in creating written content for award winning apps, websites, blogs, articles, and teaching resources, and would be delighted to create content for your organisation on topics related to mental health and wellbeing.

I can also create videos and social media content, which I have done for clients including Student Minds and UCAS.