Staff Bios
Samantha Edwards is the Chief Officer
Elaine McDaniel is a Training and Support
Advisor in the Self Directed Support Service. She has been at
SCILL for 9 years. Previously she managed the Information
Service for a number of years. Elaine will be moving into a new
role in SCILL in the near future and will be missed by the SDSS
team.
Margaret is Senior Information Officer and has been at SCILL for
7 years.
Dawn is a Support and Training Advisor for the
Self Directed Support Service and has been at SCILL for 8 years.
She was a receptionist at Scill for many years and moved into
the SDSS team 4 months ago and has gained a huge amount of
knowledge in a short space of time.
Cary is a support worker and has been at SCILL for 5 ½ years.
Previous to that, Cary worked with deaf and blind people for 3 ½
years. Cary says ‘I love working at SCILL as I get to see
people improve day to day. I get to help people achieve!’ Cary
is also stage manager for the Annual Xmas Panto.
Wendy is Sherwood café coordinator. Prior to this, Wendy worked
at SCILL as a support worker for 3 ½ years. Her cake baking
skills made her an ideal candidate to run the café. Wendy was
referred to SCILL after an operation on her back. She got
involved in the employment project which helped her get back
into the work place. She began first by volunteering at the
centre, then when a job opportunity came along she took it and
hasn’t looked back.
Fred works as a Training and Support Advisor in the Self
Directed Support Service. He has been at SCILL for 5½ years and
knows all there is to know about direct payments and many other
topics. He is an asset to the team.
Elaine Atkins is the Administrator
Cathy is a Support Worker and has been at SCILL for 5 years.
Edwina McCarthy has been Access Officer at SCILL for 2 years.
Having lived with Cerebral Palsy her whole life, Edwina
understands the problems and barriers facing people with
disabilities. She hasn’t let that stop her though. She managed
to achieve a first class honours degree in Social Science!
Diane Scott is the Self Directed Support Service Finance Officer
and has been at SCILL for 3 years. She looks after the finance
for the direct payments clients who use the SCILL Financial
Administrative Service (FAS). If you need to know anything about
direct payments finance she is the first point of contact.
Hina is the Payroll Officer
Lulu Wang
Gemma Peace
Nicky Davies is the Self Directed Support
Service Manager. She has been with SCILL nearly 3 years and
enjoys the varied role that her job brings.
Ros Weiss is Operations Manager
Kelly Smith is the Tech and Information
Support Officer