Carol Gallagher Chief Executive Officer Expand Carol has been with Doorway since January 2004, prior to this she worked at North Warwickshire Borough Council and Bromford Housing.
Shona Mellor Advice Service Manager Expand Shona has been with Doorway since 2005 and previously worked at Coventry Foyer. She is experienced and trained in delivering housing and welfare benefits advice. This post is funded by the Lloyds Bank Foundation.
Emma Jones Health and Wellbeing Worker Expand Emma first came to Doorway as a volunteer in 2013. Her BA in Sociology gave her a good foundation in understanding the challenges faced by homeless young people. Emma is responsible for co-ordinating our Lifewise programme, Young People's Group and many other activities such as the garden project, to increase young people's well-being. Emma's post was created following consultation with young people and is funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Laura Summers Housing Needs Advisor Expand Laura started at Doorway in September 2016 and has found it very different to her previous role as a prison officer ...... although there are sometimes some similarities! Laura is also responsible for our volunteers and this post is funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Joanne Dunn Housing Needs Advisor Expand Jo joined Doorway in November 2016 from Orbit Housing and previously worked for Bromford Housing. She also has responsibility for processing young people's rent accounts and ensuring our private landlords are paid. This post is funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Frankie Wenden Tom's Place Support Worker Expand Frankie joined Doorway in October 2016 with a background of supporting young families. Her role is to provide intensive support to young people in our Tom's Place emergency accommodation and the post is funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
Lyndsey Sanderson Senior Support Worker Expand Lyndsey started at Doorway as a support worker in September 2002 coming from a background in youth work and was appointed to her current role in November 2011. The local authority Housing Related Support contract was awarded to St Basils who have a service level agreement with Doorway and Lyndsey works on this service.
Paul Baxter Housing Support Worker Expand Paul has been with Doorway since 2010, joining us after completing his BA Hons Degree in Business and Marketing. Paul developed our Jobwise programme and is responsible for managing this to help young people acquire work ready skills. Paul works on the local authority Housing Related Support contract via St Basil's service level agreement with Doorway.
Louise Baya Housing Support Worker Expand Lou joined Doorway in April 2015 bringing experience of working in accommodation based and floating support from her previous roles at Chapter 1 and Bromford. Her post is funded through the ASH project and Lou uses skills she is learning through the person centred counselling course that she is currently undertaking in her work with young people.
Michelle Elliott Housing Support Worker Expand Michelle joined Doorway in August 2016 to work on the local authority's Housing Related Support contract through St Basils service level agreement with Doorway. She uses skills learned in her previous role as a Support Time and Recovery Worker with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust in her work with young people.
Hana Sodha Kasu Young Persons Housing Support Worker Expand Hana joined Doorway in May 2005 from Ashram Housing where she was employed as a support worker. This post is funded by BBC Children in Need to work exclusively with young people aged 16 - 18 years. Hana can converse in several different Asian languages which has been useful on occasions.
Katie McCusker Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker Expand Katie joined Doorway in November 2016 from the Foyer in Birmingham where she was a support worker. Prior to that she worked as Project Co-ordinator for Foleshill Women's Trust developing activities for mums and children to improve access to resources. The post is funded through the ASH project.
Keith Holland Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker Expand Keith joined Doorway in June 2015 having previously worked for Bromford Housing as a support worker for 12 years. This post is funded through the ASH project to specifically help people with low level mental health needs to live independently and includes some over 25s.
Tracy Tilley Mental Health and Wellbeing Worker Expand Tracy joined Doorway in May 2015 from a Chapter 1 accommodation based project where she had been a support worker. This post is funded through the ASH project to specifically help people with mental health needs to live independently, this includes some over 25s.
Patricia Dickens Finance Officer Expand Pat joined Doorway from the Probation Service in February 1999, making her the team member who has been here the longest. She has extensive experience in admin and finance. She has seen many changes over the years and continues to be a great support to the whole Doorway team.
Carol Haden Project Worker Expand Carol first came to Doorway as a volunteer in 2013. Carol is now a full time Doorway Project Worker and is very often the first person the young people see at Doorway as she is based in our reception. Carol manages public and business donations and is actively involved in fundraising and promoting Doorway in the local community.