Step Forward, Metropolitan Housing Trust's support service, has promoted James Franklin to support team manager of mental health schemes in north London.
Regenda Group
Paul Curphey and Ian Gregg have moved from Northern Counties Housing Association to regeneration group Regenda. Curphey was assistant director of housing management services and is now director of business strategy. Gregg was project manager for business improvements; he becomes head of asset management.
Tracey Johnson, former human resources manager at Helena Housing, has joined as head of human resources. Ian Ward is the head of information systems. He used to be head of programme management (IT) at Infonet Services.
Aspire
Paul Clifford (left) has joined Aspire Housing as assistant director of direct services. He was head of property maintenance at New Charter Housing Trust. Helen Scurr has joined Aspire as assistant director of housing services. She was operations manager at Prime Focus.
Job of the week
Barbie Heaven
New job
Support manager at Step Forward, a support service run by the Metropolitan Housing Trust
Old job
Teenage parent support worker for Step Forward
Best thing about your new job
Helping young people to get access to accommodation instead of becoming homeless
Biggest challenge so far?
Working with a young person who was always very abusive – verbally and physically – towards everyone. In time, the person was allocated a flat and on leaving the unit they thanked me for supporting them when they knew they’d been difficult, and for not giving up on them.
Favourite book
A Boy Called It by Dave Pelzer. It’s very emotional.
Favourite film
Lord of the Rings.
Favourite song
“With or Without You” by U2.
Hobbies
Horse riding and photography.
Housing situation
I own a home that I share with my sister.
If I was housing minister …
I’d enable more people to buy affordable homes.
Source
Housing Today
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