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The Staff Team
9 Oxford Road is staffed by a small team of friendly and professionally qualified individuals who between them have many years of experience of working with people with alcohol related problems.
Project Manager
Lesley Williamson - DIP COT SROT, DIP PICT, ENB612 Certificate
in Substance Misuse
Initially qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1993. Lesley had worked
with the local Statutory Drug and Alcohol Team (NEEDAS) since 1996 before joining the 9 Oxford Road team..
Senior Project Worker
Donna Farmer – BA (Hons), C&G 7307 Further and Adult
Education Teaching Certificate, ENB 915 Certificate in Recognition and Management
of Substance Misuse
Donna is an experienced group-work facilitator and Lifeskills trainer with
experience of working with people with alcohol problems since 2001.
Project Workers
Lin Bell - ENB 915 Certificate in Recognition and Management
of Substance Misuse, Quit Smoking Training level 2&3
Lin was an Offender Manager with The Probation Service where a lot of her
work involved dealing with people with alcohol problems.
David Andrews - David worked for 4 years with the Programmes Team at The Probation Service, during which time he delivered the accredited Drink Impaired Drivers Programme.
Sessional Workers
Ilona Northall - BA (Hons) Fine Art, Diploma Art Therapy,
MA Visual Theory, RAth, Senior I p/t Mental Health NHS. State registered.
Ilona has been providing sessions at 9 Oxford Road since January 1994 and
has extensive experience in a variety of settings including; I.T. psycho-geriatrics
and adults with acute mental health problems, people who have suffered head
injuries (Headway Essex), and Supervision of qualified Art Therapists.