Angela Cole

Angela has 30 years experience in human services (she started young!) and has worked in a range of settings and roles - from direct support work to social work to service management and commissioning. She was also a lecturer for several years, running courses for social workers and nurses. Angela has an MSc and numerous publications, and has worked as a consultant since 1998. She is registered with the General Social Care Council.

Angela's work focuses mainly on supporting organisations with -

• strategic planning across departmental and service boundaries. For example:
  - to develop supports for young disabled people in transition to adulthood,
  - to improve services for people with both mental health problems and learning disabilities
• outcome-focused commissioning, at both individual and organisational levels
  
• implementing complex change programmes, such as changing day services, and re-focusing how Supporting People funding is used to support older people
  
• reviewing and evaluating services and new initiatives
  
• getting the best from their staff and managers, through mentoring and development programmes

Angela is committed to person-centred planning and community inclusion, and to equal opportunities and culturally-sensitive service development. She enjoys working alongside disabled people and their families in her local area.