September 8, 2016

Pamela Oden, head of Shared Lives

I am the Head of Shared Lives; which involves ensuring all our services comply with CQC standards, and working with commissioners in the development of our services.

I bring to the table almost 18 years’ experience working in social care settings in various roles, and over seven years as a registered manager of Shared Lives. I aim to bring knowledge, a commitment to ongoing service improvement and a problem solving approach to the table. I am keen to learn from my colleagues and to celebrate our successes

With my spare time I have grandchildren that I like to see as often as I can. They live in different parts of England, so I usually have them for part of the school holidays. I see my mum at weekends. We usually go shopping for bargains and go somewhere to eat. I still go to the occasional punk gig, I’m interested in politics and travel to Istanbul with my husband quite often too .