Paula Carnell

Run a team of practitioners and family support workers Update all training and safeguarding Facilitate groups and support women and their children

Manager of Sunflower Women's Centre - Trevi.Org

(2023-01 - 2025-12)

• Run a team of practitioners and family support workers
• Update all training and safeguarding
• Facilitate groups and support women and their children
• Ensure continual supervision, and the team attended reflective practice for safety and support to the team
• Write lesson plans, ensure all funded courses and paperwork are completed, and funding continued through PCA and other providers around healthy relationships
• Empower to make a difference and help them to heal, grow, and thrive
• Collaborate with other appropriate external services
• Attend senior management team meetings
• Be part of and updated about trauma informed Plymouth
• Safeguarding lead until a senior took the post
• Ensured the smooth running of the centre
• Voted the most tenacious team lead throughout Trevi, 2024

Team lead - Trevi.Org

(2020-01 - 2023-12)

• Answer to the manager of the Sunflower women's centre support and run the team
• Facilitator of several groups and collaborate with external services
• Ensure precise and clear notes recorded
• Provide one-to-one therapy and support to the beneficiaries
• Work with the creche and contact centre to support the women and their children

Practitioner and tutor at Sunflower Women's Centre - Trevi.Org

(2018-01 - 2020-12)

• Help to develop a good working program to expand the service and build the centre from a small client group of 64 to the 1000's today
• Support women and their children to recover and thrive after trauma
• Collaborate with external organisations
• Ensure clear and precise notes

Support worker and counsellor in training - Broadreach House.org

(2014-01 - 2018-12)

Mainly working within the 2 stage of recovery residential for women and their children but also within the men's house.

• Run and facilitate groups
• One to one counselling
• Ensure the house was safe, this entailed working weekends and nights often lone working with up to 22 women
• Present clear notes and collaborate with funders and social workers

Gallery manager - Trerise Gallery Plymouth Hoe

(2012-01 - 2013-12)

Teaching Assistant Creative Industries - Stoke Dameral Academy

(2011-01 - 2012-12)

Masters - creative education - PCA (2020-01 - 2021-12)

Level 3 - counselling (2014-01 - 2015-12)

BA{hons} - Applied Arts - PCA (2009-01 - 2011-12)