MILKA FISIHA
Summary
Experienced EEDI Consultant, Practitioner and Facilitator with over a decade's worth of expertise in creating equity across the charity sector and corporate sector and society as a whole. I have decade's worth of expertise of working with individuals and communities within community settings, the criminal justice system, mental health system and educational settings. I am passionate about creating an inclusive arts sector with an in-depth understanding of theoretical and practical anti-oppressive practice. I am extremely dedicated to implementing Equality, Equity, Diversity,Inclusion and Belonging initiatives which will create tangible, positive and lasting change within the criminal justice systems and society as a whole.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Switchback Consultant/Participation Lead
01.2022 - Current
- Providing consultancy services around recruitment of staff, support to increase participation and systems change
- Delivering Experts By Experience workshops and supporting development of Experts By Experience board
- Recruitment support including interviews and selection process.
Equal Equity Manager
National Youth Agency
08.2020 - Current
- Working in partnership with the National Youth Agency to capacity build Black and Youth practitioners of Colour into Leadership, Management and Policy
- Planning and hosting online events, designing research, and conducting qualitative research to capture voices of practitioners and creating writing practice papers and end of project reports with recommendations to change Youth Work practice
- Launched an incubator for 21 organizations that are from diverse backgrounds to have access to training, communities of practice and coaching by CEOs
- Planning and delivering national conferences and embedding EEDI within the organization and providing EEDI expertise
- Recruitment support including selection, interview process for National Youth Agency Trustees.
Switchback Advisor
08.2020 - Current
- Providing expertise around Racial Justice and Equity and Diversity, and ensuring practice is anti-oppressive
- Providing advice around recruiting men released from custody and making overall systemic changes in the criminal justice system.
Consultant/Mentor
Kaizen Partnerships -Community Engager
09.2019 - Current
- Worked on a year-long project alongside the Ministry of Housing and the Memorial Commission to engage and capture the voices of bereaved families, survivors and the Grenfell community and delivered community workshops
- Conducting research including surveys, focus groups and delivering culturally sensitive workshops across various projects on a national scale
- Worked on a National Gallery project engaging diverse communities and young people., Developing the Community Mentoring programme and delivering intensive holistic mentoring using Choice Theory for young men released from custody utilizing the power of sport
- Reflective practice for mentors to uphold best practice
- Provide EDDI support to the CEO including initiatives such as recruitment process to ensure anti-oppressive practice is embedded into the organization.
Freelance Consultant/Facilitator
Higher Purpose Consultancy
09.2018 - Current
- Consulting with the British Military Cultural Specialist Defense Unit multiple time a year to advice on systemic racism, cultural competency, trauma, root causes of violence, ‘Gang's and the Criminal Justice system
- Providing EEDI workshops, consultations, speaking events
- I organized Black History Month packages for HMP Brixton and HMP YOI/ISIS and designed and delivered workshops on Masculinity and systemic racism
- Anti-oppressive evaluation services for various organizations including London Youth., Providing EEDI advice, writing strategy documents to ensure equity, diversity and inclusion is upheld within the organization when recruiting young women with lived experience of trauma and violence
SAVE programme
Minus Violence
12.2019 - 12.2022
- Delivered a series of youth violence awareness workshops that were culturally sensitive in high-risk areas of Birmingham within a school setting
- Delivered workshops for muslim girls school in Leeds raising awareness of contextual safeguarding, exploitation and gender based violence.
Trainer/Practitioner
Abianda
04.2020 - 06.2022
- Developing group programmes for young women impacted by ‘Gang' violence and delivering training to professionals
- Creating changes such as creating Safe Black Space, initiating a Solidarity statement by black members of staff after George Floyd & overall contributing to the long term plan of ensuring practice is anti-oppressive.
Senior Youth Practitioner/Facilitator
Power The Fight
02.2021 - 03.2022
- Designed and delivered a co-produced therapeutic and culturally competent workshops for a alternative provision with high Special educational needs in Lewisham
- Worked with a Clinical Psychologist to create a sustainable and needs based long term intervention for the school to reduce violence and create systemic changes.
Switchback Consultant/Mentor
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Switchback Mentor- provided mentoring for 18–30-year-old men in a semi-therapeutic programme in various London prisons and upon release to make a long and lasting change.
Work History 2010- 2017
Pact, Victim Support, Aspirations Care
01.2010 - 01.2017
- Commissions to design and deliver workshops and mentoring sessions for men being released across prisons
- Worked across various organizations including delivering workshops in prisons, supported and advocated for victims of all crime working for Victim Support as an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate in a police station and national helpline; supported people with mental health issues in a community setting for 3 years in East London
Education
MSc - Forensic Psychology
Middlesex University
01.2013 - 01.2015
BSc - Psychology
Kingston University
01.2009 - 01.2012
Skills
Teamwork and Collaboration
undefinedCertification
Group Facilitation Methods - ICA - 2021
Timeline
Switchback Consultant/Participation Lead
01.2022 - Current
Senior Youth Practitioner/Facilitator
Power The Fight
02.2021 - 03.2022
Equal Equity Manager
National Youth Agency
08.2020 - Current
Switchback Advisor
08.2020 - Current
Trainer/Practitioner
Abianda
04.2020 - 06.2022
SAVE programme
Minus Violence
12.2019 - 12.2022
Consultant/Mentor
Kaizen Partnerships -Community Engager
09.2019 - Current
Freelance Consultant/Facilitator
Higher Purpose Consultancy
09.2018 - Current
Switchback Consultant/Mentor
01.2017 - 01.2019
MSc - Forensic Psychology
Middlesex University
01.2013 - 01.2015
Work History 2010- 2017
Pact, Victim Support, Aspirations Care
01.2010 - 01.2017
BSc - Psychology
Kingston University
01.2009 - 01.2012
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