attitudes are about making things happen and removing barriers and resolving issues.
means drawing on our ability to listen and provide the person we’re supporting with the outcomes they’ve determined.
practice is developed through continuous professional development, experience, knowledge, training and qualifications.
thinking can develop and improve all areas of the support we provide.
is the value we place in collaborating with and supporting team members and colleagues across and outwith the organisation.
is being principled, respectful, honest and delivering on commitments.
ensures the support we provide can meet the needs of anyone we support.
support means we transform lives.
The Pioneering Work of with YOU (formerly Edinvar, Edinvar Community Care and Places for People Scotland Care & Support)
Working in partnership with 2001 Cannes Short Film award winning director, Irvine Allan and acclaimed playwright Ronan O’Donnell we premiered The Wayward Wind. This was made in collaboration with older people, Queen Margaret University, Castle Rock Edinvar, Gowrie Care and pupils from Holyrood High School.
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Vice Chair
Sorrel has worked for the NHS in Lothian in a number of roles, primarily with a…
Vice Chair
Sorrel has worked for the NHS in Lothian in a number of roles, primarily with a focus on providing new hospital facilities; her first job after university was on the team that moved the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to its new home at Little France in 2002. She is a project manager for the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, opening in 2019. She is also supporting the programme to develop and improve premises for primary and community care, which after all are used by many more of the public than hospitals are.
Sorrel has a particular interest in how capital build projects can bring wider benefits to the community, in employment, education and economic investment as well as in the clinical services they house. On the new “Sick Kids”, Sorrel is working closely with patients and their families, the staff who care for them, and artists and designers and charities to enhance the hospital environment and improve the experience for patients of all ages.
Sorrel is very impressed by the engagement between with You and the people that they support.
Chair
Jane has an undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature and a MPhil in Publishing Studies,…
Chair
Jane has an undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature and a MPhil in Publishing Studies, along with qualifications in marketing and PR.
On graduating, she gained a marketing role with a publisher in Edinburgh and, gradually realising that her interests lay with communication and marketing generally rather than publishing per se, studied for Chartered Institute of Marketing qualifications in her free time. She then went on to further marketing and communications roles in the higher education and publishing sectors, joining Queen Margaret University (then Queen Margaret University College) as Director of Marketing and Communications in 2005. She has also studied at Queen Margaret herself, having completed the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Diploma there in 2009.
In her free time, Jane enjoys spending time with her family, and trying to learn French. Having spent time in Japan in her youth, she would also study Japanese if she had the time.
Head of Finance and Business Development
Lindsay joined with YOU in Jan 2018, however started her finance career in 1984 in the…
Head of Finance and Business Development
Lindsay.johnstone@withyou.support 0131 201 2934 Lindsay joined with YOU in Jan 2018, however started her finance career in 1984 in the purchase ledger department within the Head Office of John Menzies before moving into Finance within the printing industry in 1989. She took up a post with Kirk Care Housing Association in 1991 and has remained in Housing/ Care and Support sectors ever since.
Lindsay has held a variety of Finance and Management roles within different Housing and Care & Support organisations, most recently working for 7 years at Link Group as Accountant and Finance Business Partner.
Lindsay is passionate about the Housing and Care & Support sectors and is motivated not just by working with the numbers but because she feels that in an indirect way it’s making a positive difference to people’s lives.
She is also a volunteer Board Member in her spare time for a small Scottish Registered Charity, U-Evolve.org.
Lindsay has an HNC and University Diploma in Accounting.
Managing Director
In 2004 Rhona became the Director of Edinvar Community Care and has continued in that role…
Managing Director
rhona.murray@withyou.support 0131 201 2931 In 2004 Rhona became the Director of Edinvar Community Care and has continued in that role for Places for People Scotland Care & Support and now with YOU.
Her earlier career was training as a psychiatric nurse and then as a Manager with the responsibility for the managed closure and redevelopment of a large scale homeless hostel – the Castle Trades Hotel. Her next role was as the Community Care Manager responsible for all of Old Town Housing Association’s support services. In 1994 she moved to Loretto Housing Association in Glasgow to manage the planned closure of another large scale hostel – the Great Eastern Hotel, as well as the development of replacement supported housing projects for residents of the hostel.
Rhona has an MSc in HRM and Training and a Diploma in Management Studies.
Head of Operations
Rick started his career in 1996 working for Belfast’s Orchardville Society as a learning disability support…
Head of Operations
rick.murray@withyou.support 07741 646832 Rick started his career in 1996 working for Belfast’s Orchardville Society as a learning disability support worker before becoming involved in employability support with the same organisation.
He then provided support to homeless adults with addictions before relocating to Scotland in 2000.
From 2000 – 2005 Rick worked as a service manager with ELCAP, having responsibility for a range of dispersed residential and visiting support services throughout East Lothian.
In 2005 he took up a position with Four Square Scotland overseeing their tenancy support, addictions and young persons supported flats projects before moving into his current post as Head of Operations at with YOU in 2011.
Rick holds a (BA Hons) in Psychology & English Language, Diploma in Social Work and a Registered Managers Award.
Head of Human Resources
Caron started working for with YOU in December 2017 as Head of HR and has over…
Head of Human Resources
caron.duffus@withyou.support 0131 201 2932 Caron started working for with YOU in December 2017 as Head of HR and has over 30 years’ experience in Human Resources with a track record in all areas of HR, employee relations, training design and delivery.
Her early career started within the private sector, where for 8 years where she held a variety of management positions before moving into training, completing her Diploma in Training Management and Direct Trainers Award. Caron’s enjoyment of working with people led to her moving into Human Resources, where she became Regional Personnel Manager with a blue chip organisation.
Caron has worked in the non-profit sector for the past 13 years in a range of comprehensive, generalist HR roles and has been involved in a range of complex employee relations cases. She maintains up to date knowledge and practice of employment law and is part of several sector working groups.
Caron is a volunteer with LGBT Youth Scotland as Vice Chair of their Board of Trustees
Caron is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel Development (MCIPD) and has a Diploma in Training Management. She also holds the Direct Trainers 725 Award and is a qualified Train the Trainer.
Board Member
Richie has worked as Outreach Officer for National Galleries of Scotland since 2008, delivering creative arts…
Board Member
Richie has worked as Outreach Officer for National Galleries of Scotland since 2008, delivering creative arts projects in communities across Scotland, inspired by participants’ lives, local histories and the national collection of art. This, his prior role as Education Co-ordinator at Dundee Contemporary Arts and his work as a freelance artist, has led him to work with folk of all ages and abilities, but primarily young people. He is passionate about providing people with the platforms, skills and confidence to create, contribute to and comment on our shared cultural landscape.
Richie is a dad, a (former) DJ, record collector and fishkeeper. He has previously worked as a family support officer, bar manager and in a range of service industry/factory jobs. He is on the board of his local community centre and is a workplace trade union representative.
Qualifications
BA Hons, Fine Art (Drawing and Painting) from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee.
Board Member
Derek has been an IT technician / engineer for over 30 years and he now is…
Board Member
Derek has been an IT technician / engineer for over 30 years and he now is co-owner (50%) of WM Solutions Scotland, an IT and Communications Company which was founded in 2014.
Previously Derek was an IT engineer / technician and over the years he has built up multiple skills in many areas, including project management, strategic, commercial and not for profit thinking, planning, management and motivation.
As a Company Director, Derek has gained new skills and developed existing ones when dealing with different types of organisations, ranging from Design agencies, large city Business Centres to a Hospice.
Derek recognises that support work relies on IT capabilities and he can therefore utilise his experience to ensure the IT and Communications provision is efficient, effective and reliable.
Board Member
Jane became interested in the work of with YOU in 2015 while undertaking a piece of…
Board Member
Jane became interested in the work of with YOU in 2015 while undertaking a piece of work for Castle Rock Edinvar HA / Places for People. Jane was particularly impressed with ‘You’re Never Too Old’ initiatives and community connecting work going on at that time.
Jane is a technical author and translator of ideas into policy and practice. She has a professional background in leadership and management, as well as in research and authoring publications relating to all aspects of human services. Jane is currently involved in transformation work for an Integrated Joint Board and is responsible for designing and implementing systems and processes to improve pathways for adults in acute and primary care services.
A keen gardener, Jane dreams of having enough time to plant a camomile lawn (and enough warm weather to enjoy it).
Board Member
Gordon’s career within the City of Edinburgh Council provided him with extensive knowledge of the strategic…
Board Member
Gordon’s career within the City of Edinburgh Council provided him with extensive knowledge of the strategic operations of a large local authority and the need to ensure a personalised focus within large organisations. With CEC he has undertaken numerous front line, middle management and strategic management roles within Children and Families as well as adult social care. Gordon has also worked with the Joint Improvement Team, Scottish Government supporting the development of a personal outcomes approach across health and social care as well as the third sector in Scotland.
He has worked collaboratively with a Third sector’s organisation training team to deliver workshops to support conversational skills. He has also worked with a number of public bodies supporting their planning and delivery of Self Directed Support and also Westminster Government’s Prevent Strategy. He has participated in and successfully completed Cohort 5 of ‘Leading to Deliver’, a Change Management leadership Post Graduate Certificate (Robert Gordon University). This provided a great opportunity to reflect and develop his knowledge and skill base.
Gordon’s emphasis is taking a collaborative approach, building on strength, capacity and resilience which has been central to his practice, as well as clear communication and leadership skills that he has demonstrated within both a work and social context.
Board Member
Ailsa grew up in the Scottish Borders and moved to Edinburgh to study for a degree…
Board Member
Ailsa grew up in the Scottish Borders and moved to Edinburgh to study for a degree in business. After working for a couple of years she got the chance to do some work shadowing in a law firm and then decided to go back to the University of Edinburgh to study law. She trained in private practice in Edinburgh and has worked for the Scottish Government since qualifying in 1999. Ailsa has had legal roles advising various ministerial departments, including in the areas of housing, pensions and health and social care. She has had secondments to the Scottish Parliament and to Revenue Scotland.
Outside of work, Ailsa is kept busy with her family and church. She likes music, reading and she also runs occasionally (though not so much for pleasure).
Board Member
Jan has a Degree in Commerce and is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA). Jan is currently…
Board Member
Jan has a Degree in Commerce and is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA). Jan is currently an Accountant in PSL (Private Sector Leasing), a contract run by Link Housing on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council. This contract helps people who are homeless or in need of housing. Jan feels that this area of housing and her knowledge gained working in her current role fits well to the With YOU values and objectives.
Jan is a Mother to 3 boys – her youngest is now in 6th Year at school and her elder 2 are studying at Universities in Glasgow. Jan has lived abroad in Chile and the Netherlands for 13 years. At weekends she can be found on the side-line watching her youngest playing rugby. She has a positive attitude to her work and life in general and wishes to bring her enthusiasm to her Board Membership. In her spare time Jan is looking to enhance her Spanish she learnt in Chile and hopes to take classes at night school.
Board Member
Samantha recently celebrated thirty years of service in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde working within mental…
Board Member
Samantha recently celebrated thirty years of service in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde working within mental health occupational therapy services.
She has worked in a number of areas including acute psychiatry, rehabilitation, and community mental health and qualified as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in 2005 and worked as part of a psychology department for two years, alongside a professional leadership role.
Samantha is passionate about working collaboratively with people with lived experience of mental health and their carers as well as third sector partners and has led the way in Greater Glasgow in the development of forums which maximise partnership working.
Another area of interest is arts and health. She set up Art in the Gart and worked alongside the artist Donald Urquhart and many other artists and organisations to improve Gartnavel Royal Hospital.
Samantha chairs the Design in the Dale Steering Group in Leverndale Hospital and is working with Paths for All and Glasgow City Council to improve awareness of local walks. She is also the project lead for onsite landscape re-design, working with the Green Exercise Partnership to deliver on this. This project has been funded through successful applications for monies out with NHSGGC.
Samantha enjoys working alongside people and believes together we can do more than we can alone.
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