PARTNERS4CHANGE - Key Persons
Andrew has 26 years of management experience in a range of local authority roles and has worked in adult social care since he gained his MSc in Public Management in 2005. He joined Partners4Change in 2018 and has a strong commitment to simplifying services to improve the experience of the people they support and the staff working within them. Andrew is happiest when he's helping people realise that they already have the answers to the problems they are struggling with.
Bryony's background is in information and communications. She gained an MSc in Information Management in 2001 and has worked in a variety of roles in local authorities, education and the charity sector, including 13 years supporting practice development in adult social care. Bryony joined Partners4Change in 2019. She enjoys creating engaging resources and presenting information in a simple, clear way. She firmly believes that language matters, and that we need to talk more about identity, love and dreams in adult social care.
Job Titles:
- Business Management Consultant
Cheryl is a business management consultant with over 25 years of experience of working in the public and not for profit sector. The focus of her work has been on managing large scale change projects and leading strategic human resource management services for organisations seeking to support people to live independent and fulfilling lives. She is a trained facilitator and undertakes coaching, mentoring and leadership development support to aspiring leaders in the sector. Cheryl has worked with Partners4Change for 4 years providing business management support services and client liaison. She has a keen interest in supporting organisations to put staff, volunteers and the people they support at the heart of what they do and promoting their meaningful involvement in organisational governance.
Jonathan uses evidence to drive improvements, holding an MSc in Occupational Psychology. With a substantive post in Business Intelligence, Harrow Council he previously worked with NHS Digital to help build England's adult social care data framework and spent two years with the Department of Health and Social Care in an advisory role. More recently he worked with NICE to both develop and locally implement a new Guideline. He believes that using data honestly and insightfully can build confidence to find the right approach and bring together good practice, finance and performance. He joined Partners4Change on secondment in 2021 after demonstrating the impact of the Three Conversations in Harrow and has since been working to support organisations across the UK to produce their own data-driven stories of difference.
Matt spent 15 years working in adult social care in a North West authority before joining Partners4Change in 2015. Matt enjoys helping organisations reap the rewards when they adopt the new approaches and new ways of thinking associated with The Three Conversations®. He's always keen to join the coal face and support the social care staff who are the true innovators.
Sam trained and practised as a social worker, and has worked across social and care in a variety of management positions for 20 years. Getting really excited by the possibilities of personalisation, Sam branched out and set up Partners4Change - dedicated to supporting organisations to make the most of their capacity and resourses to give people real choice and control.