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A creative, highly driven and motivated senior leader with a vast amount of management and leadership experience of whole system and practice reform and development related to achieving best outcomes for children, young people and families through successfully leading and delivering multiple multi-agency transformation projects to respond to system pressures and ensure best value sustainable solutions.Strong understanding and experience of a diverse range of professional and organisational contexts gained through immersion in multiple organisations; currently employed by Council, Police and Health to deliver system-wide transformation initiatives.Specific project management and transformation leadership experience related to the fields of Transitional Safeguarding, Early Help, youth justice, school improvement, pastoral care in schools, mental health, school attendance and youth/family employment.A highly experienced leader in the context of the creation, implementation and evaluation of partnership initiatives aimed at whole system solutions.Confident and proven in the delivery of workshops and presentations including numerous national events and webinars showcasing the transformation projects that I have led on.Proven ability to apply transferable skills to lead and deliver complex highly pressurised and high profile projects during the Covid pandemic.Passionate about the voice of children and young people and adopting a 'whatever it takes' approach to enabling them to achieve the best possible outcomes. Proven achievements including service review and re-design delivering budget savings and service transformation alongside nationally noted high performance with key achievements in the fields of youth employment and school attendance.A creative individual with a focus on inclusion, partnership working and seeking innovative arrangements to achieve results with a strong background in successfully applying theoretical approaches to achieve outstanding results in modern local government.Trained and experienced in the application of Systems Thinking, Outcome Based Accountability and Prince 2 Project Management with ILM Level 7 in Strategic Management and CIPD Certificate in Training Practice.