Ana Eales

As a senior practitioner, I am responsible for one to one support of Carers to support a person with a mental health condition, including carrying a caseload and developing and reviewing personal support plans.

I am responsible for empowering Carers by encouraging and enabling them to focus on their own health and wellbeing with plans and strategies to manage stress and cope with their caring role.

I work autonomously being able to judge when I refer to my Manager and I take a lead role in developing the service.

I work closely with partners in the community to identify gaps in their service where they arise and help implement solutions.

I provide group work support focused on self-help, education and training to help develop resilience.

I work with a rights based approach enabling Carers to advocate for themselves or advocating for them where appropriate.

I develop new services and approaches to address unmet need.

I ensure that careful and ongoing review systems are in place and maintained and observe confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries.

I contribute to Research and Development at a local level in support of National objectives to promote service improvements.

I have a lead role to oversee that all Health and Safety responsibilities within practice settings are fulfilled.

I act in accordance with Data Protection Legislation ensuring all records and data are managed inline with Data Management and Information Governance policies.

Juno is an Edinburgh based charity supporting mums with pre and postnatal depression/anxiety, maternal OCD, birth and perinatal trauma, and recovery from perinatal psychosis. Within my role as a volunteer I co-facilitated our virtual evening groups.

I worked as the client and team liaison within an IT consultancy that operates in several sectors specialising in automation. I was responsible for resource management, project scope, budgets, conflict resolution, employee support and wellbeing, and incident management.

The Edinburgh Carers Council offered independent advocacy and support services to carers of those who have mental health conditions and/or a disability. As a volunteer I provided 1-1 support and facilitated support groups.

As a Technical Consultant, I was seconded to various clients to fulfil a range of different technical roles as required. This was usually within client projects and primarily within the financial sector.