Biographies

Terry Heenan,

Head of Management of Violence and Aggression

Terry has worked for Partnerships in Care (PiC) for over 14 years and is based at the Head office in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire as Head of Management of Violence and Aggression (MVA).

His role is to oversee the MVA function across PiC Hospitals and Units. This requires maintaining and improving on best practice across the units which care for patients with complex mental health needs, including mental illness, personality disorders, learning disabilities and/or brain injury. It also involves operating to nationally recognised minimum standards and implementing the principles, practice, interventions and techniques of the General Services Association (GSA).

This role allows Terry to facilitate and oversee GSA tutor training for all PiC Hospitals and Units as well as liaising with and training external organisations such as other Independent Sector providers as well as NHS Trusts.

Terry is a member of the GSA Senior Tutor group and is on the GSA Board of Directors where he takes the lead for the association's physical skills core curriculum.

In October of 2003, Terry was invited to attend, on behalf of the Independent/ Private Sector, a Cross-Government Group on the Management of Violence and the use of Restraint, chaired by Malcolm Rae (OBE), National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE). The Group was formed following a request by a Health Minister, Jacqui Smith, and the Home Office Minister, Beverly Hughs, to improve and deliver a more consistent cross-government policy on the management of violence and the use of restraint.

Terry provides expert advice to:

• An expert reference group for The Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (NHS SMS)

He has also recently provided expert advice to:

• A steering group formed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE);

• An expert panel for the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) for a mandatory national accreditation and regulation scheme for MVA trainers.

In December of 2005 Terry and colleagues gained British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) Accreditation for the Learning Disability sites within Partnerships in Care.

David McManus BSc. (Hons) A.H.C.I.M.A. CGLI

PiC North West Services Training Officer
NTC Lead Tutor – Mandatory Courses

David joined Partnerships in Care in 1998 as Head Chef at The Spinney Hospital in
Atherton. There he was responsible for the implementation and delivery of catering
specific training, including National Vocational Qualifications. As the company
developed and expanded David took on the role of Training and Development Officer for PiC’s North West Services in 2003, and is now based at Arbury Court in Warrington.

As a registered tutor with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (C.I.E.H.)
David is responsible for the delivery of CIEH level 1 - 4 courses along with various other programmes including Infection Control, Manual Handling and Fire Warden training.

David is qualified to deliver HSE approved First Aid at Work and CPR/Defibrillation
training along with the achieving the necessary status to train and assess trainers in this subject, and is also qualified to tutor Basic Phlebotomy. David has many years
experience of delivering various training programmes and also teaching PiC residents with learning difficulties and psychiatric disorders.

Brian McDonald

PiC North West Services Management of Violence & Aggression Tutor
NTC Lead Tutor – MVA Courses

Brian has 20 years experience working within medium secure psychiatric services. He
has worked for Partnerships in Care since 1991 commencing his employment at
Kneesworth House Hospital. He has been a qualified tutor since 1999 when he acquired his teaching qualification ENB A74 through Merseycare NHS Trust. In 2004 he completed his GSA Tutor qualifications to become Lead MVA Tutor for PiC’s North
West Services. His role involves teaching over 800 PiC personnel in physical and verbal interventions. Brian is also qualified to teach CPR, Search, Handcuff and Security. As well as the MVA modules in physical interventions, he also delivers courses in deescalation, conflict resolution and dealing with challenging behaviours to our external clientele.

Darren McDonald B.Sc., M.Sc.

PiC Lead Health & Safety Advisor

Darren has worked for Partnerships in Care since 1995 and has chaired the Corporate Health and Safety Committee since completing an MSc in Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management in 2003. Darren is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and is also the Institution’s Chair of the Healthcare Group Committee. Previous roles within the Healthcare Group include Vice Chair, Network and Events Champion and finance Champion. Darren tutors the IOSH Managing Safely courses for the PiC National Training Centre and is a regular speaker at conferences, seminars and events.

Emma Shillabeer B.Sc., M.Sc.

Lead Psychologist, PiC Arbury Court Hospital
Mental Health Professional Development Course Tutor

Emma has worked for Partnerships in Care for over 7 years and is currently Lead
Psychologist at Arbury Court Hospital. She is a Forensic Psychologist, registered with
the Health Professions Council and Chartered by the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is also a Chartered Scientist and Associate Fellow of the BPS. Emma holds a Certificate in Training Practice accredited by the Institute of Personnel and
Development. She has worked as a psychologist for over 12 years with male and female offenders in prison and forensic mental health settings. Emma is also a RAID© trainer for The Association for Psychological Therapies (APT). In addition to delivering courses within our Mental Health Professional Development schedule, Emma has presented at national and international conferences on treatment strategies for mentally disordered aggressive and sexually aggressive offenders.

Wayne Hughes B.Sc., M.Sc.

Senior Forensic Psychologist, PiC The Spinney Hospital
Mental Health Professional Development Course Tutor

Wayne Hughes is a Chartered and Registered Forensic Psychologist with 11 years
experience of working in forensic settings. Wayne is currently employed as a Senior
Psychologist at The Spinney Medium Secure Psychiatric Hospital and has worked for
Partnerships in Care for two and a half years. Prior to this Wayne worked for HM
Prison Service across a range of settings including a young offender institution as well as high and medium secure adult prisons. He has been involved in the assessment and treatment of violent, sexual and acquisitive offenders and is particularly interested in the areas of managing challenging behaviour and treatment of clients with emotion management difficulties. Wayne delivers courses within the Mental Health Professional Development schedule.