Helen O'Connor

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psychologist, CQC registered manager, systems thinking practitioner in training @ Via
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London, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Helen O'Connor

I am a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and registered with the UK Health and Care Professions Council. I am also a CQC Registered Service Manager for adult and young people drug and alcohol services and service manager for a smoking cessation service.I have worked in a wide range of private, public and voluntary/charitable settings, and my experience mostly encompasses interventions for health and lifestyle issues including alcohol dependence and hazardous drinking, other substance use, body image and image/appearance enhancing substances, exercise and physical activity, and smoking cessation. I am particularly interested in the prevention, treatment, and management of alcohol related brain damage. My current work as a psychologist follows ten years working in corporate settings: I bring transferable skills into any new role from my previous work in project management, organisational change and HR management

Helen O'Connor's Current Company Details
Via

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psychologist, CQC registered manager, systems thinking practitioner in training
Helen O'Connor Work Experience Details
  • Via
    Area Manager (Cqc Registered)
    Via Oct 2024 - Present
    London Borough Of Redbridge
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  • Via
    Cqc Registered Services Manager
    Via Jul 2023 - Oct 2024
    London Borough Of Redbridge, England, United Kingdom
    Service manager across Via's services in Redbridge: privileged to work alongside key local partners and stakeholders, passionate and committed colleagues, volunteers and peer mentors, to support the health, wellbeing and outcomes for people connected to Redbridge. - Adult Drug and Alcohol (R3)- Young People Drug and Alcohol (Fusion)- Young People Sexual Health (Bewize)- Rough Sleeper and Outreach- Smoking Cessation (Redbridge Quits Smoking)
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  • Via
    Implementation Manager
    Via Dec 2022 - Oct 2024
    London, England, United Kingdom
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  • Wdp (Westminster Drug Project)
    Cqc Registered Service Manager
    Wdp (Westminster Drug Project) Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
    London
    Service Manager for a fully integrated substance misuse service, in the London Borough of Merton. Our team includes doctor, NMP, nurses, recovery practitioners, apprentices, volunteers and peer mentors. They deliver prescribing, detoxification, group and individual psychosocial interventions, counselling, complimentary therapies, BBV testing and treatment, needle exchange, harm reduction advice including Naloxone, ETE activities, SMART Recovery, outreach and satellites, onward referral and signposting, as well as delivering training to external stakeholders.Our service users can access the award-winning WDP Capital Card®, a Local Authority-approved scheme that rewards and incentivises engagement through a simple earn-spend points system.
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  • Wdp (Westminster Drug Project)
    Team Leader (Interim April-July) & Quality Lead
    Wdp (Westminster Drug Project) Apr 2018 - Jan 2020
    Merton, Greater London, United Kingdom
    Interim Team Leader April-July 2018 at transition from previous service provider to WDP. As Quality Lead for Merton I was responsible for developing and maintaining a high standard across case management processes, enhancing engagement from referral through to treatment completion, information governance, building individual practitioner skills in group and one to one contexts, and contributing to improved outcomes and accurate reporting.I was directly involved in preparing for our CQC inspection, leading on developing and monitoring an action plan that would showcase our achievements and demonstrate the high standard of professionalism we aspire to throughout the service.
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  • Ulster University
    External Examiner For Fdsc In Responding To Alcohol And Drug Use
    Ulster University Sep 2022 - Present
    Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • Self-Employed
    Bps Chartered/Hcpc Psychologist
    Self-Employed Jan 2009 - Present
    London, United Kingdom
    Applied Practice: Using cognitive-behavioural techniques to help individuals and groups with issues relating to:- Supporting health behaviour change, including reducing or quitting alcohol, stopping smoking, being more active. - Confidential, non-judgemental advice to people who use image enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids (eg, safer injecting, harm minimisation) and support to reduce or stop use if wanted. - Co-created with Club Soda, the online course ‘sober sprint’ which helps people, though daily email content and an online community, take a break from alcohol. Nearly 1000 people have taken the course.Academic: - Research Assistant for Staffordshire University on a project that applied rational emotive behaviour therapy to support students with exam and assessment pressure/anxiety (past).- External PhD Adviser, Staffordshire University (current)- HPL Brunel University (past)- Approved supervisor for BPS Stage 2 qualification in sport and exercise psychology.
  • University Of Greenwich
    Lecturer Level 7 (Hpl)
    University Of Greenwich Sep 2017 - Jun 2020
    MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology (BPS Stage 1 accredited) for academic year 2017-2018Module leader - Psychology of exercise, health and well-beingModule leader - Social and cognitive processes in performanceResearch project supervisorContributing lecturer - Applied sport and exercise psychology (motivational interviewing, REBT)Contributing lecturer - Level 6 Psychology (optional module in Sport & Exercise Psychology)
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  • Community Drugs And Alcohol Recovery Service (Cdars)
    Bps Chartered/Hcpc Psychologist
    Community Drugs And Alcohol Recovery Service (Cdars) Apr 2014 - Mar 2018
    CDARS (as 'Engage Merton') worked in partnership with South West London and St George's Mental Health to provide medical and psychosocial addiction and substance use support, in the London Borough of Merton. - Co-facilitator of men's and women's 'Preparation for Change' groups (for those preparing for inpatient or community alcohol detox). - Developed and facilitated an Alcohol Reduction Group - a psycho-educational group for drinkers who are not physically dependent on alcohol but who want to reduce their alcohol intake to safer levels. The group draws upon a relapse-prevention model of behavioural maintenance and follows NICE guidelines for behaviour change interventions. - Launched and co-facilitated a SMART Recovery group, utilising MET and REBT principles- Established a Big Lottery Funded service to provide individual, tailored smoking-cessation advice and support, based on best-practice guidelines from the Turning Point/SLAM smoking cessation pilot.- Working with clients on an individual basis, including those with complex mental health needs.- Developing Tamil language literature and resources to help those in the Tamil community in the borough who have alcohol problems. - Data management of the alcohol team data. Speaking to external organisations.
  • Hounslow And Richmond Community Healthcare Nhs Trust
    Health Behaviour Change
    Hounslow And Richmond Community Healthcare Nhs Trust May 2012 - Mar 2015
    I worked for this health improvement service in the boroughs of Sutton and Merton, first through St Mary's University, and later with Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare Trust (HRCH). Brief contact (1-6 session) psychological support using motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioural techniques to help people set and achieve meaningful health goals and actions plans related to: improved nutrition, increased physical activity, reduced alcohol consumption, stress management, managing long-term health conditions, and smoking cessation.
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  • Uk Innovation Forum
    Events Manager - Industry/Academia Partnering & Innovation
    Uk Innovation Forum Aug 2012 - Jan 2014
    London, United Kingdom
    The UKIF provides business people who run, or who wish to build, businesses that use leading edge technology, access to the innovative technology produced by British universities and research institutions. My chief role responsibility was the delivery of innovation and partnering events across a range of technology themes including: big data analytics, sensors and detectors in healthcare, robotics and autonomous systems, training and simulation, nanotechnology, financial engineering, and food and beverages.
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  • New Energy Finance
    Hr & Operations Manager
    New Energy Finance Jul 2008 - Dec 2008
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  • Executive Mapping Company
    Recruitment Campaign Manager
    Executive Mapping Company Jul 2007 - Jun 2008
  • Bt Openreach
    Project Manager
    Bt Openreach Oct 2006 - Jul 2007
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  • Bt Global Services
    Project Manager
    Bt Global Services Oct 2003 - Dec 2005
    Infonet Aquisition
  • Concert Communications
    Voice Planning And Provision
    Concert Communications 1995 - 1997
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  • Smithkline Beecham
    Regulatory Document Management Project
    Smithkline Beecham Jul 1993 - Jul 1994
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  • Micrografx
    Training And Administrative Support
    Micrografx Feb 1991 - May 1992
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Helen O'Connor attended British Psychological Society, Cherith Simmons Learning And Development, London Metropolitan University, London Metropolitan University, Middlesex University.

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