Management Consultant & Training Facilitator
Butterfly Consultancy & Training
As the founder of Butterfly Consultancy & Training I assisted organisations’ to develop innovative solutions to service delivery & organisational development challenges. I have a particular interest in business development, change management & encouraging effective leadership. I supported organisations to recognise opportunities to improve & grow, identifying new avenues, embedding good practice, implementing effective processes, developing service user led approaches & operating a positive organisational culture.
Contract roles I have undertook during this time include a two-month interim CEO role. I developed the processes & practices required to manage a major new service delivery contract & consulted with staff regarding opportunities to improve the structure & culture of the organisation, as well as undertaking the usual day to day running of the organisation. Another example is developing a Youth Engagement & Leadership Skills development course & toolkit with young adults with intellectual disabilities for a major service provider, facilitating the pilot course & setting up a youth led community leadership group. I supported the Sexual Abuse Prevention Network to establish as a charitable trust, managing the registration process, developing new policies & procedures & establishing the communications strategy.
I facilitated strategic planning processes and I delivered a wide range of staff, service user & leadership development programmes throughout NZ (plus one opportunity in Fiji), both directly through Butterfly CT & as an associate for Portal, SAMS & the Sexual Abuse Prevention Network. I also developed an on-going relationship with PHAB & The Cube – facilitating development opportunities for the staff & young people who are part of these organisations.
As a contracted Evaluation Team Leader for SAMS (Standards & Monitoring Services), I led over 20 developmental service evaluations. This involved evaluating disability or mental health support providers against their MSD or MoH contracted requirements, consulting with the people who use the services & their families & working with team members who have lived experience of disability or mental health, personally or as a family member. As a result, a report is then written that identifies strengths & offers recommendations or requirements for service improvement.
I presented at a number of conferences & events including the 2015 Australasian Mental Health Outcomes Information Conference, the 2015 National Post-Secondary Education Disability Network Symposium, the 2014 Portal Practice Improvement Conference, the 2013 NZDSN Conference & FINZ learning & development events.
