National Advisory Forum members
Our National Advisory Forum provides expert advice, support and challenge to our work and how we achieve our objectives.
Leonard Agere
Leonard is a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Devon.
Emina Atic-Lee
Emina is a registered social worker and currently a team manager, overseeing work with looked after children in Surrey.
Mike Bonnet
Mike is a social worker in an NHS community mental health team for homeless people, working in south London.
Tiegan Boyens
Tiegan is an adoptee who uses her experiences to help train, teach and provide her perspective to those working with children and young people.
Jillian Brannan
Jillian is a registered social worker with a background in work with older people. She is currently taking some time out of work and is a full time carer.
Francesca Carpenter
Fran is a registered social worker, currently working as a hospital social worker for Wiltshire Council.
Rachael Clawson
Rachael is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham, where she is the director of the Centre for Social Work.
Anne-Marie Glover
Anne-Marie is an academic and the head of teaching and learning for social work at the University of Birmingham.
Gemma Linfoot-King
Gemma is a social work student on the Step Up to Social Work programme (Yorkshire and Humber), through the University of Salford.
Sadie Newton
Sadie is a newly qualified social worker working in an older people’s team for a local authority.
Ifeanyi Nwokoro
Ify is a disability awareness spokesperson and blogger who works in the higher education sector as an expert by experience.
Sally Parker
Sally works at Birmingham City University as an expert by experience, primarily involved with the social work department across all modules.
Yasmeen Abdul Rahim
Yaz currently works within her local authority as an expert by experience, sharing her views as a person with a physical disability.
Isaac Samuels
Isaac is an established community campaigner and co-production advisor within the sector of health and social care.