Our Committee

	I am a qualified and registered senior social worker specialising in working with adolescents & adults with higher functioning autism. I left Social Services in Aug 2008 and gathering some like minded, committed people, we set up the NO LIMITS Community Project which became a charity 0n 2nd Jan. 2009. I also have my own Training & Consultancy business mostly related to autism training programmes and workshops but includes other training for students with special needs. Five years ago, whilst working for Social Services, aided by Frank, I set up the Dudley Autistic Resource Team (DART) Project developing services and resources. I compiled the Dudley 3year Autism Strategy 2007-2010 which was accepted by council cabinet and select committee. Two and a half years ago I set up the Autism Task Group of 15 members drawn from a wide range of professionals across the private, public and voluntary sector. The Task Group feeds the various Partnership Boards to raise the profile of autism on their agendas and with the responsibility of implementing the strategy. . Before this I was a senior social worker with Dudley Social Services Adult Care Team. Prior to this I worked as a senior social worker for 5 years as a member of a multi disciplinary team at City Hospital Birmingham. I have worked in child care as a senior social worker in Sandwell. I am a qualified teacher and began my working life as a teacher in a special education unit in Dudley working with pupils excluded from mainstream school who were predominantly on the autistic spectrum.
	I am a retired Engineer Surveyor. I became an approved volunteer with The DART Project in 2003. I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 2005. I have been involved in the Project’s Independent Living Skills programmes.
	I am a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years finance experience, and currently I am finance director for a local upholstery manufacturing and importing company. I am father to 2 sons, one of whom is diagnosed with ASD.
	I am a qualified and registered senior social worker in the Community Team Learning Disabilities of Dudley MBC. I have worked for CTLD since September 2005. Prior to this I worked in Children and Families Care Management Team, also for Dudley MBC for 12 months. My first experiences of working with young people with Autistic Spectrum Condition was at Sunfield School, where I was employed as a senior care support worker for 3 years from September 2002. Prior to this, after leaving college, I worked for 10 years in a number of different roles relating to sales and purchasing at Corus (formerly British Steel).