Tracy Collard (AMBCS, MIfL) - Tracy is the Carer Lead for the Trust. Tracy works across the Trust, overseeing the carer agenda, and is the lead for the national Triangle of Care initiative. Lynne Curran - Lynne is a qualified ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Tutor and has taught English Language for 10 years. She teaches adults and has mostly worked in Adult Education with people who need to learn English to get on with their lives in the UK. Some of the people she has taught have suffered traumas in their own countries and been displaced, arriving in the UK as a refugee or asylum seeker and often resulting in mental health difficulties. She currently works as an Education Tutor for the Trust, teaching English Language and Literacy, Maths and some Information and Communications Technology (ICT). She enjoys working with patients to enable them to develop their confidence, skills and potential. Gillian Drummond - Gill is the Dementia Quality Lead for the Trust and since December 2014 has taken over the management of the Trust’s Carer’s Lead and supports the Trust’s carer work-streams. Gill’s role is to support clinical teams in the development and delivery of services achieving best practice in line with national priorities across the whole dementia spectrum, and ensuring that the Trust’s services continue to support carers. She has been a Mental Health Nurse since 1985 and for the majority of her career has worked within dementia services across inpatient, community and day hospital settings. Gill has a BSc (Hons) in psychosocial treatments and has a keen interest in the delivery of training completing a P.G.C.E. (Practice Educator) qualification in 2006. Stuart Eaton - Stuart is a Community Psychiatric Nurse who has worked for the Trust for seven years. Stuart’s journey began as a Service User, then as a Volunteer, a Support Worker and most recently a Qualified Nurse. Stuart has a diagnosis of bipolar disorder stretching back almost 20 years and has lived through a number of challenging episodes which he believes gives him a real “lived” empathic affinity with those who live with mental health issues. Stuart is passionate about life-long learning and is hoping to embark on a master’s research project in the future. He enjoys reading, writing and creating music in his spare time. Wayne Edwards - Wayne has been a mental health service user since June 1989. He currently volunteers with CERT (Community Engagement & Recovery Team) in Salford where he is the Treasurer. Wayne has been struggling with alcohol dependency since the turn of the century and is currently accessing services via Achieve, Salford Drug & Alcohol Services. Wayne has become a Peer Mentor with Achieve and co-facilitates a pre-detox course. Because of Wayne’s alcohol dependency he attends AA twice a week. He was introduced to the Recovery Academy by a Practical Recovery group and cofacilitates the Living with Psychosis session. Wayne likes to keep occupied, and his involvement with the Recovery Academy is certainly helping him. Martin Elder - Martin is a Substance Misuse Practitioner who has been working in the Trust’s community mental health services for 10 years. Martin is a trained integrative counsellor and supervisor of counsellors. Martin has previously been involved in the Talking Therapies Network within the Trust’s Alcohol & Drugs Directorate. During that time he was part of a team developing and delivering training to practitioners and other professionals. Whilst working as a practitioner he has developed a keen interest in the link between mental health and substance misuse. Page
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