Our team is central to our social mission. We ensure we work collaboratively to support and empower individuals to achieve their aspirations.
Find out more about our experts below.
CEO & Clinical Psychologist
Co-Creator of Healing Together, Lead Trainer and Childhood Trauma Expert
Senior Mental Health Lead Trainer
Healing Together Trainer
Consultant; Gender-Based Violence & Exploitation
Managing Director
Healing Together Programme Manager
Healing Together Programme Coordinator
Education Mental Health Lead Manager
Marketing & Communications Manager
Social Impact Administrator
Research Assistant
Social Media Executive
CEO & Clinical Psychologist
On leap year day in 2016, I took a leap of faith and handed in my resignation to find Innovating Minds. My guilty pleasure is trashy TV, and I love to cross stitch.
Co-Creator of Healing Together, Lead Trainer and Childhood Trauma Expert
Jane is known internationally for her work with parents and children. She’s also the author of a number of books to which help adults explore and discuss difficult issues with children including one on domestic abuse called 'How Are You Feeling Today Baby Bear?'
Senior Mental Health Lead Trainer
Lorraine has 25 years’ experience in the mainstream school environment as a teacher and Head Teacher. From 2004 – 2013 Lorraine was CEO of nasen, a charitable organisation supporting all those who work with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. As a result, Lorraine has many years’ experience of working with pupils with an array of special and additional needs and the teachers, SENCOs and support staff that work with them.
Healing Together Trainer
Julie is a nationally renowned trainer and consultant. She is regularly called upon to deliver keynote speeches, facilitate workshops and support development to Local Authority teams. Julie is proud to work with a wide range of services and teams, schools and settings across the country to share and embed knowledge and understanding of attachment, trauma and resilience.
She is committed to delivering high quality CPD where all participants are warmly welcomed and involved in the sessions and who then have the confidence and knowledge to take their learning into their practice on a daily basis.
Consultant; Gender-Based Violence & Exploitation
I am delighted to be working with Innovating Minds and feel that the ethos of Safer Together really aligns with the fantastic and accessible child centred work that they do. I am pleased to be able to contribute our expertise in the fields of gender-based violence and Child Exploitation to support the development of two very much needed programmes which will support children, young people, their families and the professionals that support them.
Managing Director
Having spent the last 15 years working as a business consultant I am obsessed with helping people turning their visions into a reality.
I am thrilled to be a part of a purpose driven organisation that enables me to use my skill set to ensure that we make sustainable changes nationally, to improve access to mental health support for children and families.
Outside of work I can be found providing a taxi service to my three teenagers/preteens.
Healing Together Programme Manager
Having worked in a role supporting some of the most vulnerable children in the education sector, I am really excited to work with Innovating Minds. An organisation that is so passionate about improving children's mental health and to enable them to strive.
I have amazing family and friends, and love nothing more that spending quality time with them, walking, relaxing and enjoying their company.
Healing Together Programme Coordinator
My career to date has seen me working in the legal profession for almost a decade, supporting a huge range of clients in a wide array of different matters. I'm really passionate about providing help and support to individuals so that they can empower themselves and create change. Now, as a part of such a pioneering and groundbreaking organisation, I can truly fulfill this in the most meaningful way.
I love to travel and outside of work you can probably find me planning my next adventure to a far flung corner of the globe to add to my list of experiences from climbing a waterfall in the Caribbean to bathing an elephant in Thailand!
Education Mental Health Lead Manager
My role as Education Mental Health Lead Manager sees me working with hundreds of schools all over the UK to develop, implement and embed their whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing. I work with Senior Mental Health Leads through their core SMHL training right through to implementation, succession planning and long term sustainability.
I am incredibly passionate and committed to implementing strategic change across the education mental health sector. My Ma in Leadership of School Mental Health and Wellbeing along side my first-hand experience working across the education sector as a whole is what equips me with the expertise to support and influence whole school change enabling schools to thrive in a more mentally healthy environment.
To be part of an organisation that has national impact means I am able to make a difference and drive nationwide change across the education sector, which for me is why I love what I do!
Marketing & Communications Manager
I studied Psychology and graduated from the University of Reading in 2013. Working within this industry has long been a passion of mine and I feel privileged to now work for Innovating Minds and advocating for better mental health.
In my own time, I love spending time with my family and I also love to travel and chase the sun. I’m always working my way through my never-ending bucket list!
Social Impact Administrator
Research Assistant
Since graduating with a degree in psychology in 2019, I’ve worked in patient centred roles, witnessing the effects of early intervention on people’s lives. I’m currently undertaking a MRes Clinical Psychology degree so I can gain a greater depth of knowledge and experience around mental health, interventions and evidence-based practice.
I’m working at Innovating Minds to be a part of a team that genuinely cares and adopts a client-focused approach in everything they do. I believe in their values and wish to adopt them in any future endeavours I take part in.
When not studying or volunteering I’ll most likely be playing and learning new instruments to add to my repertoire.
Social Media Executive
My interests lie in helping, and empowering, individuals to achieve their potential in all aspects of their lives.
I worked as a Senior Assistant Psychologist for Innovating Minds for 2 years and have now moved on to a training post to qualify as a clinician with Birmingham University. I am delighted to still be working for Innovating Minds, part-time, as Social Media Executive. I love writing about the exciting growth and news of Innovating Minds on our online platforms, and sharing helpful resources to enable our service to support the emotional wellbeing of more children, young people and adults.
If you share our mission and are passionate about supporting people with emotional and mental health difficulties, then please get in touch by submitting a covering letter and CV.
It’s hugely rewarding, both personally and professionally.
