Helen is a qualified nurse (RMN) with over 30 years of experience in mental health and addictions. She has managed a wide variety of teams operationally and as a senior manager, for adult and young people’s services.

Helen has developed programmes of work in the alcohol field including early intervention schemes as well as those for more complex needs. She has a substantial knowledge base in mental health, family work, alcohol and domestic violence and has been involved in domestic homicide reviews.

She has been involved in leading the development of support to people affected by gambling problems for over 10 years and joined the largest provider of specialist gambling support and treatment, GamCare, in 2018 as Director of Clinical Services.