STAFF
Micaela Hall, Admin Support Worker. In 2003 Michaela started to volunteer at Shiney Advice and Resource Project, helping her to gain confidence to deliver advice and also to improve her administration skills. Initially she started by covering the reception area and dealing with all aspects of administration for example booking appointments, telephone and face to face enquiries as well as dealing with the post ordering stationary and co-ordinating other volunteers.
Then she shadowed the advice sessions to gain a more in depth knowledge of 1st tier welfare rights which is what ShARP has the contract to cover. Then trained in finance work and is now paid worker responsible for the invoices and payroll, management accounts.
She is now qualified to NVQ Level 3 in Advice and Guidance.
Balbinder Kaur, Admin Support Worker. Currently Bal’s main duties are to maintain and update filing systems and procedures in line with the 1st tier Welfare Rights service. Making appointments, booking training, keeping diary updated, planning meetings, taking minutes. However Bal has worked with ShARP in the past as our Volunteer Support worker –she worked in partnership with the Volunteer Service to recruit volunteers into the project and also to identify any training needs they required, offering Support and Supervision to volunteers, attending training events with volunteers, organizing introductory community education classes for the community to attend by removing some barriers to access i.e. crèche facilities. She is trained to level 4 in Safeguarding Children.
Julie Lynn is an experienced Advice Worker at ShARP she is qualified to Level 3 in Advice and Guidance, she has been with ShARP since 1997.
Barbara Haswell has been with ShARP since 1997, an experienced advice worker she specializes in debt and benefits advice.
Eileen Bewick, has years of experiences as a qualified IAG worker, having worked for Citizens Advice, Probation Service and Spring Board. She currently manages a busy time table of supporting the prison service, working for Stonham and also giving her time to give advice both in ShARP, and outreach in Easington Lane.
Sylvia Foster has been cleaner for ShARP for a number of years, she is a local resident of Shiney Row for over 40 years, she enjoys swimming, shopping, cinema, crosswords and gardening, she also regularly helps with events going on in ShARP and promotes the service to people in Shiney Row.
Emma Frew is the Project Manager of ShARP and the newest member of the team. She has 12 years of managing busy community projects, she has an MBA with a focus on social enterprise. Emma is tasked with helping the board to succeed in plans to expand and develop ShARP as a community anchor to respond to the needs of local people. |
