SDF
Staff
Chief Executive Officer
Kirsten Horsburgh
Kirsten has worked at SDF for over a decade, having previously worked in drug treatment services as a mental h...
Director of Operations
Julie Heslin McCartney
Julie directly oversees the management and implementation of SDF’s programmes of work, ensuring effective deli...
Workforce Development
Programme Manager Workforce Development
Adelle Still
As Programme Manager for Workforce Development at the Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF), I lead the Workforce Develop...
Senior Learning and Development Officer
Graham Mackintosh
Graham designs and delivers professional development opportunities aimed at enhancing the skills and knowledge...
Workforce Development Coordinator
Alan McRobbie
To design and deliver workforce learning and development for the national workforce in Scotland engaged with p...
Senior Learning and Development Officer
Trish Dunlop
As an experienced trainer I deliver training to a wide range of audiences both online and in person. This incl...
Senior Training and Development Officer
Michelle Sloan
Michelle designs and delivers training courses and materials to support the up skilling of individuals working...
Learning And Development Officer
Charlotte Robb
Charlotte delivers our core programme of training to organisations across Scotland. These training programmes ...
Programme Coordinator - Local Support Team
Louise Bowman
Louise leads the Local Support Team (LST) team in supporting grassroots organisations working to reduce drug r...
Senior Development Officer - Local Support Team
Joan Walsh
Joan has been a senior part of the Local Support Team (LST) team since its inception in 2021. This work includ...
E-Learning Development Officer
Eleanor Martin
Eleanor co-ordinates SDF’s e-learning programme, designing and developing online learning courses about substa...
E-Learning Development & Support Worker
Abigail Hinkley
Abigail is part of the e-learning team where she designs and develops online courses to widen knowledge of dru...
Senior Learning and Development Officer, Drug Death Prevention
Mariebeth Kilbride
Mariebeth is SDF’s lead on the Scottish National Naloxone Programme and supports ADPs with drug death preventi...
Workforce Development Coordinator
Lynn Couper
Lynn’s role is focussed on emergency responses, which can include outbreaks of bacterial infection, iden...
Digital Support Officer, Local Support Team
Kat Skinner
Kat’s role is to work alongside grassroots organisations supported by the Local Support Team (LST) addressing ...
Research & Peer Engagement
Research and Peer Engagement Programme Manager
Katy MacLeod
Katy oversees operations across the research and peer engagement work, including the peer research, peer nalox...
Research and Peer Engagement Senior Officer
Samantha Stewart
Samantha manages the Peer Research team and oversees the delivery of local and national research and evaluatio...
Living Experience Development Officer
Louise Aitken
Louise facilitates living experience engagement groups across Scotland. This involves supporting people who ar...
Peer Research Development Officer
Hannah Sinclair
Hannah is involved in the delivery of peer research and evaluation projects at SDF, ensuring the voices of tho...
Peer Research Development Officer
Louise Horn
Louise is involved in the delivery of peer research and evaluation projects at SDF including leading a nationa...
Senior Training and Development Officer (Peer Naloxone)
Wez Steele
Wez manages the day-to-day operations in the Peer Naloxone team working with stakeholders in the community and...
Training and Development Officer (Peer Naloxone)
Emir Taha
Emir is responsible for the delivery of peer-to-peer naloxone training at SDF. He works with external partners...
Living Experience Engagement Senior Officer
Jason Wallace
Jason manages the Living Experience Engagement Team at Scottish Drugs Forum, working with the project team to ...
Living Experience Development Officer
Steven McGowan
Steven facilitates living experience engagement groups across Scotland. This involves supporting people who ar...
Living Experience Development Officer
Kathleen McCallion
Kat facilitates living experience engagement groups across Scotland. This involves supporting people who are c...
Peer Research Development Officer
Nicola Abson
Nicola is involved in the delivery of peer research and evaluation projects at SDF ensuring the voices of thos...
Employability and Qualifications
Programme Manager Employability and Qualifications
Chris Messenger
Chris is responsible for the overall operation, leadership, and management, of SDF’s National Traineeship, SVQ...
Senior Development Officer, Employability
Lewis Boddy
Lewis is responsible for operational management, development, and delivery of our award-winning National Train...
Co-ordination and Development Officer, National Traineeship
Lynne Macdonald
Lynne supports trainees recruited to our award-winning National Traineeship, working to ensure that people wit...
Co-ordination and Development Officer, National Traineeship
Lisa Bradley
Lisa supports trainees recruited to our award-winning National Traineeship, working to ensure that people with...
Co-ordination and Development Officer, National Traineeship
Paula Strachan
Paula supports trainees recruited to our award-winning National Traineeship, working to ensure that people wit...
Co-ordination and Development Officer, National Traineeship
Brendan Dougan
Brendan works to develop the National Traineeship in Highland and provides essential operational support to th...
Assessment and Development Worker, SVQ Centre
Mary Munro
Mary plays an essential role in the development and delivery of high-quality SVQ qualifications, primarily but...
Assessment and Development Worker, SVQ Centre
Linda Smith
Linda plays an essential role in the development and delivery of high-quality SVQ qualifications, primarily bu...
Policy & Communications
Head of Policy, Practice and Communication
Austin Smith
Austin is responsible for the delivery of SDF’s policy activity and also manages SDF’s Communications Team. Au...
Communication and Design Officer
Lisa Maclean
Lisa is a skilled Communications Officer responsible for leading and managing the implementation of SDF’s Comm...
Communications Worker
Amanda-Jane Johnstone
Amanda-Jane is responsible for creating and executing communication strategies that inform and engage our audi...
Business Finance & Administration
Head of BFA
Kenneth Butler
Ken oversees the Finance, Human Resources and Administration teams within the Scottish Drugs Forum. Key Respon...
Human Resources Manager
Katharine Ronald
Katharine’s key responsibilities are for the end to end management of the employee lifecycle including recruit...
Executive Assistance/Administration Officer
Tricia McCabe
Provides executive-level support to the CEO while supervising administrative operations to ensure organisation...
Deputy Administration Supervisor
Michael Griffin
Michael has been working with SDF since 1991. Key Responsibilities: – Every morning Check and Action E...
Senior Administrator/SVQ Centre Coordinator
Marie Breslin
Marie delivers administration support to the organisation, aimed at creating a structured environment with foc...
Senior Administrator
Marie Meechan
Joined SDF in January 2016 as Senior Administrator. Key Responsibilities – Providing administration supp...
Administration Assistant
Andrew McCourt
Andrew joined SDF in February 2016. His responsibilities include managing room bookings for training or meetin...
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