When did you join ASM?
2020.

Tell us about your experience, lived and/or working?
Prior to working for ASM, most of my experience has been through working for Local Authorities, specifically Day and Residential services for Adults and Children with a range of disabilities. Unwisely moving into managerial roles in both services gave me an insight into the practical realities facing service users and their families in these sectors. Basically the struggle to access appropriate input which despite the best intentions of staff is unlikely to meet the needs of people who depend on it. I also worked for several years as a Community governor at a Special Needs school which reinforced the views above.

What do you value most about your work?
The opportunity to develop supportive relationships with individuals and ideally to see them make significant improvements in their daily lives. Working primarily on a one to one basis can strip away some of the other stuff that tends to get in the way.

What are your areas of interest or expertise?
Expertise would be ‘pushing it’ but I can sometimes see the wider context for clients and help them to improve key relationships both professional and personal that are significant in it.

When you’re not working, how do you relax, have fun etc?
Apparently walking without a dog is still legal, although probably not for long in this team. Football, films, theatre, reading and everything else that would be obligatory to mention in a Guardian feature.