Mike Bloodworth
A little about me
These challenging times present us with ever more complex problems that require our collaborative efforts to resolve. I believe that we all have the responsibility to lead well, no matter our role, responsibility or job title. I see effective leadership as originating from our ability to critically reflect on our own motivations and behaviours in order to improve our self-leadership and better relate to the people around us and to our outside world.
Working with you, I will bring my 25 years’ experience in developing, managing and leading teams and services to enable you and your organisation to achieve its maximum potential. I have developed a strong belief in social action and social justice born through my career as a manager and senior leader designing, developing and managing large teams and portfolios of social care services across London. I have utilised this experience to provide a range of leadership and management, CPD, project management, consultancy and training to social-work teams and departments, health organisations, educators and private-sector organisations across the UK, in Ireland, the United States of America, China and Australia.
Largely through my Senior Associate role with the Centre For Action Learning, but also as Associate roles with Central Training and Alder Advice I can offer you a range of specialist and bespoke leadership and organisational development options to meet your individual, team and organisational needs.
Profile
Mike has an extensive career as a senior leader within the public-sector with a strategic role initiating, managing and developing large portfolios of services across London in partnership with Local Authority stakeholders. He has delivered leadership and CPD programmes to leaders, managers and executives and specialises in the use of action learning methodologies with clients across the UK to address complex organisational and leadership challenges. He has most recently worked with The Retreat York as a Learning Disability Services Transition Consultant leading a change programme to the transfer of services on the hospital campus site to a new provider.
Mike is an experienced trainer and has delivered accredited ILM Certificate and Diploma qualifications in Action Learning Facilitation and Leadership and Management to a variety of private and public-sector organisations across the UK, China, Australia and America. He has also published Accounts of Practice in the Journal of Action Learning: Research and Practice.
Organisations I have worked with as Senior Associate
with the Centre For Action Learning
BALT (Australia), BHCG (Germany), Barking, Depaul, Havering & Redbridge NHS Trust, Children England, Equinox Fitness (USA), Gene100 (China), Hertfordshire County Council, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Macmillan Cancer Support, North London Social Work Teaching Partnership, Portsmouth County Council, Skills for Care, South East London Teaching Partnership, The Retreat York, South Gloucestershire Council, Worcestershire County Council.
Organisations I have worked with via Worth Learning
Certitude Support, London Borough of Southwark, The Retreat York
Individuals I have trained as an Associate with Central Training have come from the following organisations
Bridge Mental Health, Caritas Anchor House, CAYSH, Central Recruitment Services, CGL , Curado Group, Depaul, Evolve Housing & Support, Family Action, Grand Union Housing, HAIL, Haringey Association for Independent Living, Hill Homes, Hillside Clubhouse, Holmdene Housing, Honilands Primary School, Improving Health LTD, Independent Age, Irish in London, Jigsaw4u, Lawdale Junior School, Merlin Network, Mind In Harrow, Nema Homecare, NHS, Optivo, Peabody, Richmond Mind, Securteam, Spear, St Luke’s Parochial Trust, St Michael's Fellowship, St. Ignatius, Suffolk Mind, Thames Reach, Twinglobe, Victim Support and Yarrow Housing.