Meet the Team

Meet our friendly team and put a face to the voice when you give us a call ~  0844 4993398

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• Andrew Thorne: Managing Director

  

  Andrew Thorne, Backstop founder, is a qualified social worker with ten years experience of working with young offenders both in the UK and the USA. He worked in a busy London YOT until the summer of 2001.

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• Alison Bernadello: Recruitment manager

  

  Alison has over fifteen years experience in recruiting for Social Work clients and over that time has developed a keen appreciation of the most important aspects of client service 'it's all about understanding exactly the skillset they are looking for, and what are the key aspects - three handpicked on-target...

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• Julie Hou: Senior Recruitment Consultant

  

  Fully REC qualified, Julie has over 10 years’ experience in recruitment. Julie has always specialised in the public sector, having recruited for a wide range of local authority clients. Her interest in the criminal justice and public sector stems from her time studying Law and at Backstop she looks after...

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• Natalie Hall: Client Business Developer

  

  Natalie is Client Business Developer for our Recruitment team. Her role is to drive Backstop’s client relationships forward and open up opportunities for collaboration. Not satisfied with client contacts alone, Natalie identifies opportunities for us to reach into new sectors where our candidates may have great experience and be best placed.

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• Linda Witt: Finance Assistant

  

  Our very efficient Finance Assistant. Linda joined the Backstop team as Finance Assistant in August 2007 after having worked in retail banking for over 20 years, performing various roles including processing customer transactions and customer services.

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• Naomi Oladimeji: HR & Organisational Development Manager

  

  After completing her Social Welfare Degree, Naomi worked for a busy London YOT. She joined Backstop in 2001 as a Recruitment Consultant and is now our Systems and Personnel Manager with responsibility for Training bookings. Throughout her time at Backstop Naomi has continued to work with young people in the...

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• Chiatulah Ameke: Diversity Training Consultant

  

  Chiatulah is rated by many sources as one of the best Diversity and Race Equality trainers in the UK. For most of the 1990s he was a Groupwork Probation Officer at the flagship Camberwell Probation Centre in the former Inner London Probation Service (ILPS), specialising in BME Offender and Cognitive...

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