Pat Staples Email & Phone Number

Knowledge Dock At Uel

Design and development for web.Design for print

Event OrganiserAssisting the project team to make the final arrangements for the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry (WACP) World Congress 2012. It was a 3 day event with more than 350 delegates, 7 plenaries and 100 symposia. There were also 2 days of pre congress events • All aspects of the congress preparations including designing conference materials; I worked with a designer to produce the conference programme, but designed the leaflets, flyers, badges, certificates and tickets… Show more Event OrganiserAssisting the project team to make the final arrangements for the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry (WACP) World Congress 2012. It was a 3 day event with more than 350 delegates, 7 plenaries and 100 symposia. There were also 2 days of pre congress events • All aspects of the congress preparations including designing conference materials; I worked with a designer to produce the conference programme, but designed the leaflets, flyers, badges, certificates and tickets myself. I also collected, collated and organized the abstracts from each presentation into an abstract booklet that formed part of the delegate pack.• Ensuring delegates paid the correct fee by crosschecking payments, contacting delegates to chase late payments and underpayments. • Manning the general enquires and late payments desk at the event and dealing with a wide range of problems.Project AdministratorAssisting the project team to complete and disseminate a research pilot Cultural Consultation Service within the Department of Psychiatry• Organising a conference to promote the service and disseminate research findings• Developing and maintaining a project website• Supporting project team Show less

Responsible for delivering a government programme called Work Choice. This initiative aims to enable people with disabilities to gain and keep paid work. • Developing and delivering a training programme for people with disabilities to prepare them for work. • Finding suitable employment opportunities for clients with disabilities and persuading employers to give them a work trial, work experience or paid employment• Monitoring and supporting people with disabilities in the work… Show more Responsible for delivering a government programme called Work Choice. This initiative aims to enable people with disabilities to gain and keep paid work. • Developing and delivering a training programme for people with disabilities to prepare them for work. • Finding suitable employment opportunities for clients with disabilities and persuading employers to give them a work trial, work experience or paid employment• Monitoring and supporting people with disabilities in the work place to help them achieve their goals and potential • Advocating for people with disabilities at interviews, meetings and disciplinary hearings. Show less

• Overarching management responsibility for operational aspects of research and development projects and the team’s delivery to the programme of work• Supervising and co-ordinating the contribution of both in house and contract staff• Managing mixed research and development teams to meet schedules and budgets• Developing and organising events• Developing, organising and delivering courses, seminars and workshops• Producing training materials • Developing and running… Show more • Overarching management responsibility for operational aspects of research and development projects and the team’s delivery to the programme of work• Supervising and co-ordinating the contribution of both in house and contract staff• Managing mixed research and development teams to meet schedules and budgets• Developing and organising events• Developing, organising and delivering courses, seminars and workshops• Producing training materials • Developing and running sessions for clients to test their websites with users with a range of learning disabilities Show less

Msc, Human Centred Systems

Bsc, New Technology And Multimedia, First