Bethan James

Bethan has over 30 years' experience of working in Education and Children's Social Care in West Wales. Currently a freelance consultant,  Bethan has previously been a Headteacher of a special school and local authority strategic lead for school safeguarding, corporate parenting, teams around families as well as policy development and commissioning for integrated children's services. Bethan has contributed to the introduction of person centred approaches to statutory education reform in Wales as well as corporate parenting policy, mindfulness in education, ACE awareness and Trauma Informed Practices  in Education. As Corporate Parenting Service Manager Bethan has devised and delivered a range of workforce development training for social workers, teachers, foster carers and community support workers designed to raise awareness of the impact of adversity on healthy child development and promote strategies to improve wellbeing. She has a Masters Degree in Business Administration as well as a number of post graduate qualifications in Professional Development and Public Sector Leadership.