JANE

DIAGNOSED COMBINED ADHD

YOUTH COACH
TROUBLED TEENS SPECIALIST
LATE DIAGNOSIS WOMEN THERAPIST

Jane sees clients online

PROFILE

Jane believes all young people have the right to be heard and valued for exactly who they uniquely are.

Everyone has the ability to succeed at something but sometimes it’s difficult for them to figure out what that is as other stuff gets in the way!

With so many expectations now being put on young people, growing up can be an absolute nightmare and a daily struggle for teenagers and those around them. And that’s without bringing additional considerations such as ADHD and other co-existing conditions into the mix.

Through her own lived experiences growing up Jane understands how curiosity and the thrill of being rebellious can be a heady cocktail which leaves young people in difficult situations, sometimes on the wrong side of the law. This most often leaves their families feeling frustrated and helpless.

Jane’s own ADHD wasn’t diagnosed until she was 58 and until then she had struggled with understanding why procrastination and addictive behaviour played such a major part in her life. Yet she thrived during crisis or fast-paced situations and found multi tasking and leading a large team while under pressure to be an absolute breeze!

Jane has vast experience in her personal and professional life through Youth Services, education and her own ADHD
Jane has worked with numerous clients dealing with self harm, addictive behaviours, food and eating issues, violence in the home, petty crime, drug and alcohol addiction, poverty, suicide ideation, suicide, child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation and knife crime.

Jane is a ‘young people professional’ with more than 25 years in youth work and education. She has served as a Designated Safeguarding Lead, EFL Teacher, Teacher Trainer, and Manager, working with consistent success to achieve The British Council inspection requirements and to CEFR standards.

She specialises in supporting clients with emotional, behavioral and learning challenges and has strong communication skills.

Along with her husband she’s set up and funded the Kokrobite Chiltern Centre in Ghana, such was her passion and commitment to educational improvement for underprivileged children.

Jane’s career includes charity Trustee and Safeguarding Lead at Millfield School, Somerset. She has overseen English language programmes, managed safeguarding teams and developed service-learning projects.

Jane holds certifications in child safeguarding, mental health and education.

Qualifications & CPD

• Currently – continuing Professional Counselling Training
  
• SACPA Advanced Certificate in Child Safeguarding Practice 2025
  
• Brook Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool Certificate 2025
  
• Advanced Child Protection Update (Multi-Agency)
  2024
  
• Suicide Alertness Training 2023
  
• Youth Mental Health First Aider 2022
  
• Adult Mental Health First Aider 2022
  
• Helping Students: Educational Needs and Mental Wellbeing 2019
  
• Youth Work Portfolio – Level 2 1993
  
• Counselling One Certificate Grade B 1993