Ro Gordon - freelance consultant and trainer in social care - Leicester, UK

Ro Gordon
BA (Hons) CQSW MIPD
GSCC registered 1078069

Consultancy: Working systemically with large and small organisations, helping them identify and achieve their objectives.

Facilitation: Working with individuals and large and small groups, enabling all members to contribute to and work with organisational change.

Training: Training to clear aims and objectives and using a range of creative approaches to meet the learning styles of all participants.

Recent clients & projects

The following projects represent some of my work over the past eighteen months:

  • NSPCC:  Strategic development of new service, by conducting an extensive consultation exercise within and outside of the organisation, producing a business and implementation plan, and mentoring new staff. 
  • Centrepoint: Member of team of external inspectors conducting best value reviews on services to homeless young people.
  • NSPCC:  Internal review of external organisational relationships, production and presentation of report.
  • NSPCC Research:  Executive summary of research conducted on Safeguarding in Schools.
  • The FA & CPSU: Development and script writing of online training resource for large sports organisation.
  • NSPCC Publications:  Editing of learning resource on impact of parental drug misuse; development and editing of two day training programme for manager/supervisors of social care staff conducting assessments, piloting and consultation (Northern Ireland)
  • Triangle Services for Children:  Child protection consultation to a range of services for disabled children.
  • Triangle Services for Children:  Ongoing co-training on communication with disabled children, for paediatricians.
  • FPM training:  Development of short online resource on safeguarding for Fire and Rescue Workers.
  • Membership Engagement Services (MES) and Lambeth:  Leading workshops on engagement with young people seeking election to Youth Mayor. Development of manifestos.
  • De Montfort University: Interviews exploring the skills profiles related to the new probation training arrangements.
  • CWDC: Facilitation of workshops exploring the needs and experiences of newly qualified social workers and their managers.