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- 1. Deborah Meyer Flat 4, 3 Langley Road, KT6 6LN debsmeyeris@gmail.com / 07506 710848 Key skills Interpersonal & communication, organisation, time management, analytical skills, ability to critique, rising to a challenge & achieving objectives Employment November 2013 ¨C Present (2 years, 4 months) Only Connect: Creative Criminal Justice Charity, rooted in Community http://www.onlyconnect.london/ Project Manager ¨C Skills Development, Mentoring and Volunteering ? Defining project scope, resources, goals and deliverables ¨C scheduling projects and deliverables and ensuring deadlines are met ? Planning and implementing group mentoring project and events, including marketing and training (for corporate volunteers) ? Delivering 121 work with clients (aged 16+) to support them with entry into education, training and employment (ETE) ? Forging relationships with local training organisations and employers in order to progress clients into ETE ¨C often working with CSR managers ? Managing all Only Connect¡¯s Centre volunteers and mentors ? managing project budgets ? Ensuring robust evaluation of projects and sessions ? tracking project deliverables (using Salesforce CRM) ? Ensuring quality is assessed and monitored March 2011 ¨C October 2013 (2 years, 8 months) St George¡¯s University of London ¨CTrial Manager Government funded randomised controlled trial in three Local Authorities. Aims to assess the feasibility of evaluating an intervention to reduce teenage pregnancy for young women aged 14-18 in Local Authority Care. The aim was to recruit and support 24 mentors (a female care leaver aged 19- 25) and 48 young women aged 14-18, half of whom would receive a mentor and the other half, their usual care services (a randomised method). ? Taking lead in ensuring the smooth and effective management of the project, the budget, Peer Mentors and supervision of a Research Assistant ? Liaising with Local Authorities, advisory group and trial steering committee regarding all aspects of project. ? Working with Chief Investigator to ensure that the trial is meeting targets, was producing meaningful output and predicting and planning changes that warrant requests to changes in protocol, funding or time ? Recruitment and retention of participants, designing data collection tools and carrying out data collection with professionals and young people i.e. including semi-structured interviews and focus groups ? Taking lead in writing the final report disseminating data through seminars, workshops and presentations to a range of audiences including government funding bodies, practitioners, and academics Dec 2007 ¨C February 2011 (3 years, 2 months) Barnardo¡¯s ¨C Senior Research and Policy Assistant Areas of expertise: education and skills, equality and diversity, child sexual exploitation & poverty ? Managed, and assisted with multi-method research - literature reviews, questionnaires, face- to-face and telephone interviews, focus groups, data analysis, report drafting, editing and
- 2. dissemination. E.g. External publication: Evans J, Meyer D, and Pinney A (2009) Second Chances: Re-engaging young people in Education. Ilford: Barnardo¡¯s. ? Forged partnerships with external partners ¨C lead representative for Barnardo¡¯s on a partnership project with the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Young People and Ecpat UK. The project encouraged participation of young people regarding ¡®what works¡¯ in Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) services to influence services and policy. I organised committee meetings and activities ¨Ce.g. drawing and photography - to stimulate ideas and support young people to shape the direction of the project. ? Communicated, liaised with and supported colleagues across the organisation e.g. I acted as the department lead for a corporate equality and diversity strategy. ? Delivered presentations to a range of audiences including practitioners, academics, and young people as part of research dissemination. ? Managed interns and supported/mentored junior staff members. Oct - Nov 2007: Southwark Council (temp post) Researcher ? Researched local demographic information on education, poverty and ethnicity. ? Following, training on developing internet and extranet sites, posted web links. ? August - Oct 2007: The Prince¡¯s Trust (temp position) Customer Service Advisor ? Offered advice and information to young people aged 14-30 about education, training and employment programmes - signposting and referral. ? In-depth telephone marketing research project with young people. Jan - June 2007: Freelance English teacher - Israel (Following Postgraduate study) ? One-to-one teaching - methods included discussion of political stories in newspaper. ? Used the Hebrew Language School that I attended to advertise ? Offered and delivered babysitting services to adult clients with children. 2000 - 2007: Various customer service roles - developed communication skills. ? Three years at the furniture outlet Pier Retail Ltd ? Three years at shoe outlet Jones Bootmaker Ltd. ? Telephone market research ? Customer service at ING direct bank and Natwest Bank Training ? Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults ¨C Level 2 ( Catch 22 ¨C Jan 2016) ? Facilitation training (Only Connect Sept 2015) ? Prince2 project management- Foundation and Practitioner (Knowledge Academy, June 2013) ? Two day presentation skills workshop (St George¡¯s Uni of London, March 2013) ? Writing for publication (St George¡¯s Uni, Feb 2012) ? Writing research grant proposals (Feb 2012) ? Depth interviewing skills (National Centre for Social Research, Nov 2011) ? European Computer Driving License (ECDL) Units: Microsoft Office Application Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint ¨C Internet and Email (Barnardo¡¯s, 2010) ? Equality and Diversity (May 2013) ? Nvivo 9 Qualitative research package (Uni of Surrey May 2012) Voluntary work June 2013 ¨C June 2015 Safer London Foundation ¨C Aspire Mentor Completed training and accepted to programme to mentor young people aged 16-25 who are at risk of or involved in gangs and offending behaviour. Mentored a young woman, reviewed her strengths and helped to develop her life skills with the aim of increasing their chances of securing a job or training.
- 3. Dec 2010 ¨C Dec 2011 KEEN London Coach for a charity which offers one-to-one sports and recreational opportunities for children and young adults with special needs. July - Sept 2007: Groundwork Thames Valley - An Independent Community Development Charity which creates economic, social and environmental improvements. July - Sept 2007: Reading Refugee Support Group Assisted Refugees and Asylum Seekers at a drop-in Welfare Advice Centre Greeted and registered clients and managed the office. 1999 ¨C 2004: Volunteer Youth Leader Was responsible for educational programming and the emotional and physical well-being of groups of young people. Included work in youth clubs, residential and schools. Education 2005 ¨C 2006: MSc Social Policy and Planning (pass with merit) London School of Economics, University of London Modules included Education Policy; Child Rights, Child Poverty; Race and Ethnicity. 2002 ¨C 2005 BA Sociology 2:1 The University of Birmingham 2000 -2001 A-Levels Sociology (A) Geography (B) English (C) 1998 ¨C 1999 GCSE¡¯s Ten grades A - C grades, including English Maths and Science