Katy oversees operations across the research and peer engagement work, including the peer research, peer naloxone and living experience departments in SDF. She has 20 years’ experience of working in a variety of social care settings including substance use, criminal justice, mental health, LGBT+ services, homelessness & learning disabilities.

Key responsibilities:

– Project, contract and funding management

– Line managing senior staff coordinating the research and peer engagement workstreams and providing senior management support to the wider staff and volunteers within the team

– Ethical oversight for research and evaluation work and managing public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE) in academic research

– Coordinating living experience drug trend monitoring

– Training and workforce development

Background:

Katy is qualified in health and social care, learning and development, psychotherapy and child and adolescent mental health. She currently provides one to one counselling within a trauma and homelessness charity and has extensive experience of delivering and researching substance use treatment and support within residential services, community-based settings, at music festivals and the wider nighttime economy.