Member profiles
Jeanne Carlin
"My experience of social care comes from both my personal life as a carer for my disabled daughter as well as my professional role as an independent disability consultant in children's services. My daughter, who is now 27 years old, has multiple impairments and lives at home. I have a role as her advocate and have been an active campaigner at both a local and national level. As a professional I am a social worker and have managed disability services in Hull and the East Riding. For the past 8 years I have worked at a national level - doing research, training, writing publications and acting as an advisor and consultant to various local authorities and third sector organisations - mainly in children's disability services".
Angie Carmichael
"My experience of social care is as a disabled person, family carer and as someone who has over 20 years experience as an independent consultant and researcher, working with disabled people and their organisations, to promote advocacy, rights, inclusive communities and self directed support. I sit on several equality and diversity executive bodies in the southwest and have written a number of published papers and research reports, and in 2001 coordinated a JRF funded user led Best Value Review of Direct Payments and Support Services, in Wiltshire, having a particular interest in the co-production of user led research projects. I am currently working with Wiltshire Council as the independent Chair of the Adult Social Care Transformation Board and take a lead role working corporately with colleagues to implement the vision laid out in Putting People First. For the past three years I have been a lay reviewer and referee for the DH social care workforce research initiative".
Margaret Dangoor
"My own experience of social care is from the viewpoint of a carer, and a user/carer member of a number of working groups. From an NHS carer background, I have been involved with the voluntary and community sector and user involvement opportunities for over 25 years. I feel privileged to be able to contribute to the work of the SSCR and believe that responsible, objective and informed involvement can make a real difference, particularly if group members are able to engage together, discuss issues and share their experiences"
Rashid Ebrahimkhan
"I have worked in health and social care in the public and private sectors for 35 years in educational and managerial capacity. For the last 18 years, I have been managing a private care home with nursing and also a director of the company. I have a degree in Economics, diplomas in public & social administration and education. I am also a Registered Nurse (General and Psychiatry). I became involved in SSCR as a result of participation in surveys and research conducted by King's College London on aspects of social care. I am particularly interested in the economics, organisation, policy making, personnel and staffing issues in health and social care".
Shamime Lakdawalla
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Dave Nwokedi
"I have a wide range of experience in the field of social care services both in the voluntary sector and within statutory services. I started work in social care as a Care Assistant in learning disability day services on the south coast and also managed a hostel for homeless teenagers in south London. I took up social work training in 1992 and qualified in 1995. Since qualifying I have worked in a variety of statutory and voluntary settings with adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs and with Looked After disabled children. My current position, as one of the first Consultant Lead Practitioners in adult services in London, has consolidated all of my past experience and has given me exciting opportunities to lead on good practice in the field of learning disabilities. I am committed to improving the lives of those I work for and challenging discrimination in all its forms and, in its broadest sense, to ensuring better services for vulnerable adults and children in the future".
Inam Shaikk
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Heidi Wong
"My experience of social care is through my professional capacity as a state registered Occupational Therapist. I have worked across different health and social care settings with people with different disabilities, to enable their independence and to improve their quality of life. I see research is important to validate and advance our practice, with emphasis on service user engagement throughout the research process. This crucial research evidence will guide us on training the adult social care workforce with right skills to support the 'Personalisation' agenda".
School for social care research members
Gill Hastings
"My experience of social care is through friends and relatives and the difficulties they had in accessing reliable care to meet their needs. My previous roles have involved managing research programmes and putting research into practice. I have recently been involved in programmes to improve patients' safety in hospitals, and through this I also saw the problems faced by patients and staff around organising a safe discharge from hospital. I am now Senior Scientific Administrator for the NIHR School for Social Care Research, and I see research as a way of finding and presenting the evidence for what works, which can then be used to influence and improve practice."