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 & 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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Board Member
Sorrel joined the Board in 2016. She has worked for the NHS in Lothian in a…
Board Member
Sorrel joined the Board in 2016. She 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.
Vice Chair
Jane has an undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature and a MPhil in Publishing Studies,…
Vice 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.
Chair
Ian joined the Board in 2013. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience…
Chair
Ian joined the Board in 2013. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in supporting organisations on finance matters in both the private and public sectors. He has worked for a learning disability charity and is currently Director of Finance of Creative Scotland, an organisation which provides grant funding to the arts, screen and creative industries.
He was a Board and Audit Committee member of Edinburgh’s Telford College until it merged to form Edinburgh College in 2012. He has also been a co-opted member of the Castle Rock Edinvar Audit and Risk Committee.
Head of Performance Management
Brian’s original career was in manufacturing, however in 1984 a change of direction took him to…
Head of Performance Management
brian.howley@withyou.support 0131 201 2958 Brian’s original career was in manufacturing, however in 1984 a change of direction took him to Hartwood Psychiatric Hospital in Shotts, Lanarkshire. He remained in the NHS for over ten years before moving into the voluntary sector with Loretto Care.
In 2002 Brian joined the Scottish Society for Autism working as a Resource Manager in a large residential unit for 16-25 year olds before joining Edinvar Community Care in 2003 as a Project Manager.
Brian’s career with Edinvar Community Care – latterly Places for People Scotland Care & Support and now with YOU developed progressively from Project Manager, Business Assurance Manager to his present post of Head of Performance Management.
Brian is also an Associate Assessor with the Care Inspectorate.
Brian holds an HNC in Social Care, SVQ Level 4, Registered Manager Award, D33 SVQ Assessor Award and a Personal Development Award in Supervision of the Delivery of Care Services.
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.
Director
In 2004 Rhona became the Director of Edinvar Community Care and has continued in that role…
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.
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