Independent Consultant in Health Education with thirty four years experience in education and training; and working with young people in education and public health settings.

Key skills include:
* summarising current professional opinion, research and developments
* providing information, advice, support and encouragement to practitioners and managers
* advising on public health issues relevant to sexual health and substance use
* project development and management
· conducting local research and interview programmes
* interpreting legislation and guidance into practice
* assisting school policy development and curriculum planning
* integrating curriculum issues into institutional practice
* integrating school and organisational policy and practice
* text writing, editing and collaboration
* manuscript editing and consultancy – flyer available

CRB Enhanced Disclosure: June 2. 2011: 'None Recorded' in all categories.

Photo this page: Working with translator Lisa Bogovich, Project HOPE Russia, in Rostov on Don, December 2006

Career Experience and Achievements.
November 2011:
Member of Steering Group, Rebound UK drug prevention programme.

November 2010:
Preparation and presentation of workshop on ethics and drug education in Budapest, Hungary, as part of Liverpool John Moores University/EU development of European quality standards in drug prevention.

May - December 2010.
Commissioned to work with Innovation with Substance and Southampton Healthy Schools, UK, to develop drug education materials for schools and for PSHE CPD Certificate course participants.

March – November 2010:
Commissioned by Womankind Worldwide to undertake curriculum review and writing of guidance for schools on gender equality and raising awareness of violence against women.

March 2010 – ON GOING:
Member of governing body, Chisenhale Primary School, Tower Hamlets, London.

February 2010 - March 2011:
Participant in Delphi survey and seminar programme and member of Advisory Group to inform the development of European quality standards in drug prevention, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University.

October 2009:
First seminar, school sex education, Samara regional government, Russian Federation.

January 2009:
Retained as consultant for programme of school sex education ages 6 – 15, Samara, Russian Federation.

January 2009- ON-GOING:
Peer reviewer for Drugs: Education, Policy and Prevention; book reviewer and peer reviewer for Sex Education.

March 2008 – October 2009:
Retained as tutor on PSHE accreditation course for teachers and other professionals, retained as consultant for school support; local policy and practice development, PSHE and Healthy Schools, Tower Hamlets Children's Services.

January - May 2008:
Commissioned to write legal background chapter for DrugScope 'Essentials' guidance.

September 2007 - ON GOING:
Commissioned as Book Reviews Editor for DrugLink.

July 2007 - October 2007:
Member of working group exploring future of DrugScope library..

May - July 2007:
Commissioned to assist in review of Arrest Referral Scheme, City of London Drug Action Team.

March 2007 - July 2008:
Retained as tutor on PSHE accreditation course for teachers and community nurses, Tower Hamlets Children's Services, London.

March 2007 - ON GOING:
Appointed Visiting Lecturer, Department of Education, King's College London.

February - September 2007:
Consultant to d:side, Children in Crisis secondary school drug education project, Southwark, London.

December 2006 - January 2007:
Evaluator, Elton John AIDS Foundation funded HIV/AIDS Education Project, Russia.

September 2006 - ON-GOING:
Contributer and lecturer, Department of Professional Studies, Kings College, London.

July 2006 - April 2007:
Tutor on PSHE accreditation course for teachers and community nurses; retained as consultant for school support, local policy and practice development, Tower Hamlets Children's Services.

February - July 2006:
Commissioned to write Testing on Arrest protocols -'Tough Choices' -for City of London Drug Action Team.

January - April 2006:
Consultant with Alcohol Concern/Ranzetta Consulting:
1. conducting research on alcohol issues affecting young people for Hackney Health Scrutiny Commission. 2. development of an alcohol strategy for the London Borough of Lewisham.

July 2005 - April 2006:
Tutor on PSHE accreditation course for teachers in Tower Hamlets LEA, London.

July 2005:
Commissioned by Merton LEA to assess schools applying for Healthy School status.

October 2004:
Study visit to Lippe district, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, to look at local drug treatment agencies; and national drug legislation and policies.

July 2004 - April 2005:
Retained by Corporation of London Drug Action Team to write Home Office drugs, crime and disorder audit; local directory of services for drug users and homeless people; local strategy.

March 2004 - March 2005:
Retained by Project HOPE UK for consultancy assistance in HIV/AIDS education project development.

January 2004 - June 2006:
Retained by Project HOPE Moscow as external consultant and writer on HIV/AIDS education project.

October 2003 - January 2005:
Commissioned by Merton LEA to manage secondary school Drug Education Training Project.

August 2003 - January 2004:
Commissioned by Corporation of London youth service to develop staff and client guidance on sexual health and substance use; and accompanying training programme.

April 2003 - December 2004:
Manager, East London Well Being in Schools emotional well-being project funded by Lord Mayor's Fund

March 2003 - January 2005:
Retained by Croydon LEA to continue to support healthy schools work.

January 2003:
Participant in Seminar "The practice of rights in education: the renewed commitment to human rights education": UNESCO Paris: on behalf of King's College London.

October - December 2002
Recruited by Carl Bro Gruppen, Copenhagen, as Health Education lead for consortium bidding for EU-TACIS project to develop a healthy schools scheme for the Russian Federation.

October 2002 - ON-GOING
Retained by Tower Hamlets LEA to provide consultancy support for schools and LEA on sex and relationships education policy writing and curriculum provision; development of local guidance and protocols; production of faith and culture sensitive teaching materials.

July 2002 - March 2004:
Retained by Corporation of London Education Services to develop outreach social inclusion project; and assist in making provision for counselling support for primary age pupils.

January - July 2002:
Needs Assessment Report for young people's substance misuse services; writing of Young People's Service Plan: Harrow Drug Action Team.

January - July 2002:
Monitoring and review of school drug education policies and practice, Croydon LEA.

August - November 2001:
Planner for study tour to London by Centerlederforeningen and Narkotika Rådet, Denmark.

July 2001 - February 2002:
Needs Assessment Report for young people's substance misuse services; writing of Young People's Service Plan: Corporation of London Drug Action Team.

March 2001 - October 2002:
Life Skills consultant and trainer, Babylon young people's project, UNICEF, Skopje, Macedonia.

January 2001 - March 2002:
External consultant Project HOPE Moscow/Ukraine drug education in schools work.

January 2001 - July 2003:
Education and Young People expert, European Union/Transatlantic House Agreement/British Council HIV/AIDS Awareness Project, Ukraine.

November 2000:
Study visit to Denmark including:
· Ribe Amt Center for Stofmisbrug
· Narkotika Rådet - Drugs Council - of the Ministry for Social Affairs, where I gave a presentation to the first meeting of the Drugs and Young People working group
· Denmark's Paedagogical University
· World Health Organisation Regional Office - European Network of Health Promoting Schools

October 2000 - April 2001:
Commissioned to review and advise on secondary schools drug education policy and practice, Richmond and Kingston-upon-Thames Local Education Authorities, London.

May 2000:
Unit teacher, Diploma in Drug and Alcohol Studies, Imperial College, London.

April 2000 - March 2001:
Commissioned by Redbridge, London, LEA to write primary school drug education guidelines.

March 2000:
Organiser and presenter, Lambeth Headteachers Conference on Citizenship.

November 1999 - August 2000:
Schools and education consultant, Changing Minds Mental Illness Awareness Project, Camden, London.

November 1999 - January 2000:
Consultancy, Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham Drug Action Team to complete 2000/2001 Template for UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordination Unit and organise DAT 2000 Conference.

October 1999 - January 2005:
Retained as Consultant to Healthy Schools Scheme, Croydon Education Authority.

September 1999 - August 2004:
Retained as Consultant to Healthy Schools Scheme, Corporation of London Education Authority.

September 1999 - July 2001:
PSHE and Citizenship teacher and tutor, ITT, INSET & MA programmes, King's College, London.

September 1999:
Registered with EU-TACIS Central Consultancy Register, CCR no. 100250.

July 1999:
Author, MSc. distance learning package unit, Centre for Research on Drugs & Health Behaviour, Imperial College, London.

July 1999:
Represented Association of Teachers and Lecturers in QCA PSHE & Citizenship consultation.

November 1998 - April 1999:
Drug education consultant, Lewisham Education Department; health education consultant, Lambeth Southwark & Lewisham Health Authority-funded Healthier School Partnership Project.

July 1998 - October 2000:
Drug education consultant with Focus Consultancy, UK, for EU TACIS-Bistro funded project to develop local health partnerships in Kaliningrad, Tula, Perm and Samara, Russian Federation.

May 1998 - March 2002
External consultant, Project HOPE Moscow Substance Abuse Prevention and Education Programme teaching materials for 7 - 11 year old school pupils in Moscow and the Russian Federation.

April 1998:
Study visit to Young People's Substance Misuse Centre, Esbjerg, Denmark.

March - July 1998:
Consultant to consortium of Lambeth nursery schools to develop a Personal Social and Health Education policy, including sex education.

March - April 1998:
School monitoring, Lambeth Southwark & Lewisham Healthier Schools Partnership Project.

March 1998 - June 1999:
Author of handbook to accompany London Governor Training Group drug-education training video; presentation at launch event.

March 1998:
Reader for and contributor to Volatile Issues: teaching materials on VSA for Key Stage 3 pupils, Tacade.

January - March 1998:
Planning and provision of GEST-funded anti-bullying, drug education and child protection training and consultancy to schools for Lambeth Education Department, London.

September 1997 - July 1998:
Joint planning and management of GEST-funded project extending effective learning in drug education in Lambeth and Lewisham schools - "Teachers Do Drugs."

1994 - 2001:
Drug Education trainer for school involvement officers, Metropolitan Police Service, London.

November 1996 - January 1999:
Chair , Drug Education Forum, National Children's Bureau, London.

October 1996:
Joint planner, host and interpreter for study visit to south London drug education and prevention projects by Ribe Amt Substance Misuse Centre, Esbjerg, Denmark.

June 1 1992 - December 31 1997:
Advisory Teacher for Health Education, Lambeth Education Department, London.
Duties, responsibilities and achievements included:
· May - December 1997: Member of writing group up-dating child protection guidelines for Lambeth Education Service.
· September 1996 - May 1997: Writing and publication of Preventing & Responding to Bullying: guidelines for Lambeth Education
· April 1996 - December 1997: Member of advisory committee, Brixton Drug Project, London.
· 1996: Member of steering group for Skills for the Primary School Child 4: Substance and solution: Tacade/Department of Health/British Aerosol Manufacturers Association.
· October 1995 - December 1997: LED representative on Lambeth Drug Reference Group.
· July 1995 - September 1996: Planning and presentation jointly with Safer Brixton Project and Metropolitan Police Service of cross-agency conference on bullying in schools, Lambeth.
· July 1995 - December 1997: Lambeth Counselling in Schools Project: project development and fund-raising.
· 1995: Convenor and consultant, working party on sex education guidelines, Lambeth Education Dept.
· 1994 - 1997: Contributor to Sex Education Forum seminars and consultations leading to publication of papers and fact-sheets on sex education and boys.
· 1994: Steering group member for Drug Education for School Governors training materials: Tacade/ Home Office Drug Prevention Initiative.
· 1993 - 1995: Research, development, writing and publication of Drug Education and Policy Guidelines for Lambeth Schools; Drug Studies teaching packs Key Stages 2 & 3, with Lambeth Drug Prevention Team, Metropolitan Police Service.
· September 1993 - March 1995: Chair of Local Advisory Group, Lambeth Drug Prevention Team.
· Autumn 1994: Called to give evidence on drug education and prevention to Central Drug Co-ordinating Unit staff preparing Green Paper Tackling Drugs Together.
· December 1992 - December 1997: Member of Advisory Group: Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham Health Authority-funded Healthier School Partnership Project.

September 1988 - March 1992:
Permanent supply teacher, Dunraven Secondary School, Lambeth, London.

September 1983 - August 1988:
Pastoral Curriculum Co-ordinator and form tutor, Lilian Baylis Secondary School, London .

May 1978 - July 1981:
Chair, Youth Project Management Committee, Blackfriars Settlement, London SE1.

April 1974 - August 1980:
Part-time volunteer youth worker, Blackfriars Settlement Youth Project, London SE1.

November 1973 - July 1983:
Form Teacher, Beaufoy Boys Secondary School, Kennington, London .

Education
September 1993 - July 1995:
University of London Institute of Education post-graduate studies. London University M. A. (Education) awarded.

September 1990 - July 1991:
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham/King's College, University of London health education course. King's College Certificate in Health Education awarded.

September 1974 - July 1975:
Maria Gray College, Twickenham, Middlesex. London University Post-Graduate Certificate in Education awarded.

1970 - 1973:
Thames Polytechnic, London. Social Sciences degree course. London University B. Sc. (Economics) awarded.

Other professional development
September 1985 - July 1988:
South West London College Counselling Skills course (part-time.) South West London College Diploma in Counselling Skills awarded.

1979 - 1990:
Involvement with Inner London Education Authority Health Education Team and its pre-cursor Lambeth Health Education Project as course member/tutor/leader/planner, school consultant for personal social and health education and tutorial work. This included contributing to the development of the teaching pack 'Decisions for Health.'

Other skills: Languages:
Danish: Fluent (second language)
N orwegian: Competent reading ability

German: Competent conversational and reading ability
French: Reading ability
Russian: I am able to negotiate the Moscow metro system and arrive at my intended destination without delay or diversion.

The clarity of my British English is much commented on and appreciated by colleagues whose first language is not English.

Organisations and memberships:
I am a member of DrugScope, the National Association of Pastoral Care in Education, the National Health Education Group and the Society of Education Consultants and regularly attend their events and seminars.