Organisation details:

Trainer: Louise Watch
Base: Kent
E-mail: louise@ifori.co.uk
Public Liability Insurance: YES
Professional Indemnity Insurance: YES
CRB Enhanced: YES
Course Fee: 1 Day course specialising in personalised social care - from £500 to £750
Average Course duration: 2 hours to 1 Day (or bespoke for any number of days).
Consultancy fee at strategic / policy level: from £40 per hour

Louise Watch is a freelance trainer and consultant, specialising in disability equality, health and social care. Whilst completing her degree in medicine (1994), she began a 9 year period of service for the British Red Cross Society. This involved training delivery / assessment to equip volunteers with advanced emergency skills and knowledge. She was also actively involved in delivering emergency crises care, public first aid training and promoting community health awareness with local PCTs.

Louise established 'TurnAround' in 1999 gaining a customer base which included the University of Hertfordshire and national training for SM&MS (shopping centre managers) and Arthritis Care. She later became a change management consultant for Hertfordshire PASS as they moved to become a registered charity and direct payment support service provider.

In 2003 she was employed by Kent County Council as direct payment co-ordinator and support service manager. Louise gained her MA (distinction) in Disability Studies and left in 2007 to return to freelance work. She is now a leading consultant and trainer within self directed support with an expanding portfolio of specialised work with local authorities and 3rd party providers.

Qualifications

BSc Hons (Medicine)
MA Distinction (Disability Studies and Social Care Policy)
NVQ - Training, group work and assessment
Disability Equality Trainer accredited with ECDP.
Post Graduate Certificate Accreditation in Disability Equality and Consultancy - due 2008.

Louise has over 15 years experience in training and deliverly of courses, seminars and workshops.

Disability Equality and Social Care Training (bespoke and in-house if required).

Disability Equality - general
Disability Discrimination Act / Disability Equality Duty
Disability Awareness
Self-directed support (individual budgets, support planning within Putting People First
Meet and Greet / Customer Care / Communication
Medical Conditions / Awareness eg. MS, COPD etc.
Personal Assistance
Independent Living

We cover the Kent, South Essex and some parts of the South and South-East.

We have worked with:

Young Athritis Care - UK Training
University of Hertfordshire
Verulameum Museum St. Albans.
Age Concern Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire PASS and other support organisations
Etc. Venues
SMMS - shopping outlets
Kent County Council
Croydon Council (London Borough of Croydon)
Essex County Council
MCCH Ltd
Individual disabled people and carers / PAs.

Contact: Louise Watch

PHONE: 01622 726742

E-mail: louise@ifori.co.uk

Web: www.ifori.co.uk

SKYPE / web conference: louisewatch