Sheila Heard Email & Phone Number

Sutton, Gb

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

A member of the employment support service, providing in-work job retention support, career guidance, information and advice, jobsearch support, liaising with employers and Union reps, also clinicians providing psychological therapies to people with common mental health challenges, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD & Autism. Supporting clients to build self-confidence and self-advocacy ability.

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

I'm volunteering at my local CAB a day a week, and am now a signed-off Adviser, having satisfied the assessment processes. The issues to support people with are many.. and I learn a lot every week. CAB provides wonderful, free information, advice and support to local residents, including for employment, benefits, housing, goods and services issues. I don't work in debt management.

London, England, United Kingdom

Impartial support for professionals with their career management, using the new CDI professional body framework for 21st century careers.Improving work-life balance/ wellbeing/career satisfaction at different life-stages and career-stages. Enhancing career management skills to fast-track employment. Blue-sky thinking to CV design, effective letters & interviews support. Career management support for: Graduate schemes Redundancy Mid-career change After career breakInternational career management

London

Founded and co-ran with a Board of 3. From January 2021, we transferred the service to be run and developed by Renaisi social enterprise. Transitions is an innovative refugee engineers, architects and business services professionals career guidance and employment social enterprise service. We changed the lives of 252 clients; 66% of clients achieved well-paid professional jobs. An outstanding percentage. Created contractual hiring services with a collaborative network of major employer clients including ARUP/HS2, Network Rail & Unilever, and working closely with other refugee support organisations. This social enterprise service provides paid 6 month professionally-paid returner placements and experienced hire services for employers, and for refugee Engineers, Architects and Business services candidates, supporting a diverse and inclusive skilled jobs market.

London South Bank University

Delivered new EU funded refugee academics project from scratch at Council for Refugee Academics (CARA). Providing specialist 1-1 and group support and brokering employment related opportunities, including academic employment, work placements, mentoring and shadowing.

Team Leader & Adviser in the Refugee Assessment & Guidance Unit (RAGU), career guidance and employment support for refugee professionals. Including accountants, architects, engineers, journalists, lawyers, marketing professionals and statisticians, supporting them back into professional work.

Beijing,China

Provided 1-1 and group business English classes for around 50 Chinese staff members, from beginner to advanced level. Using a variety of methodologies in order to respond to a range of abilities, learning experience and expectations.

Advanced Diploma/Post Graduate Certificate (Institute For Arts In Therapy & Education - Iate), Arts Psychotherapy

This is the Integrative Foundation Course at IATE (Level 6 Post Graduate Certificate level course validated by University of East London).

Post Graduate Diploma Careers Guidance (Level 7)

Delivered by the School of Psychology. This Advanced full time professional training course, accredited by the Professional Body (CDI).

Pgce, Primary

Rsa Certificate, Teaching English As; Foreign Language

Ba Honours Humanities 2:1, International Development & Philosophy

A deep dive, in my mid-20's, into how societies, economic & social systems and individuals interact, around the world, at different times.