Op NOVA is delivered by the Forces Employment Charity and commissioned by the NHS. The service helps veterans who are in contact with the justice system by providing emotional and practical support, enabling veterans to access specialist support. The support is available pre and post custody across all of EnglandRegional Manager providing leadership, operational & strategic support to the Op NOVA Team across:Cheshire - Cleveland - Cumbria - Durham - Greater Manchester - Humberside - Lancashire - Merseyside - North Yorkshire - Northumbria - South Yorkshire - Staffordshire - West Yorkshire Recipient of South Yorkshire Chief Constable Commendation 2019, and British ex-Forces in Business Advocate Finalist 2019

Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Public Governor, representing the public voice and diversity of the local community and influencing the continual improvement of health services for the people of Rotherham

Target and Action for Safer Communities - Providing supported housing and floating support for people with convictions or at risk of convictions, and those that are the hardest to reach to live independent lives.Reducing crime, supporting the vulnerable, 'Building Hope, Changing Lives'TASC Lead contact for the 'Take2 Project' Pilot, integrating and supporting ex-Military into the communities of South Yorkshire Recipient of High Sheriff of South Yorkshire Recognition, April 2016 - Recognition of support provided to the Armed Forces community of South Yorkshire

HMP Secure Estate - Starting as Prison Custody Support Officer in the High Security Category 'A' Prisoner Estate, I was privileged to be identified for accelerated, development, progressing through career mapped roles including operations, to profiling and performance benchmarking, to Security, reaching the grade of Senior Residential Manager responsible for all residential functions, responsibilities including; promoting values, reducing re-offending, leadership, strategic development of services and partnerships, project management, professional standards, budget accountability, efficiency development, serious incident command, mutual aide, Veteran in Custody & Armed Forces Covenant equality LeadRecipient of Divisional Pulse Award, for Demonstrating Outstanding Commitment, April 2013 - Establishing processes and systems to identify and support Veterans in the Criminal Justice System, and Global Pulse Award, for Impact in The Community, May 2013 - Supporting ex-Military to live law-abiding lives, reducing risk of re-offendingSenior Manager Secure Operations - Line reporting for all aspects of security, incident and serious incident management, supply demand and violence reduction, specialist police liaison, intelligence management, budget managementSenior Project Bid Manager - Direct Line management reporting to the Governing Governor, managing all aspects of project development and implementation, bench marking, efficiency profiling, reviewing and involvement with corporate contract bid solutions Teams Residential Unit Manager - Management responsibility for 360 prisoners and associated staffing from all aspect of day to day regime management, staff management, developing attitudes and thinking to reducing re-offending, incident management reportingPrison Officer - Day to day management of prison regimes and maintaining care and discipline for those sentenced to prison by the courts

HM Armed Forces - An exiting and rewarding career serving around the world, learning, developing and promoting strong values and leadership