Embedding anti-racist practice within organisations, requires a willingness to take action and be the voice and the change you want to see in the world we ALL live in.
Millie qualified as a social worker in 1994. She has 30 years’ experience as a practitioner, working as a social worker, a team manager and children’s services manager, within local authority children’s services, adult social care and the charity sector.
Her career to date has covered a range of frontline, managerial and strategic roles, which has included safeguarding and child protection, HIV/AIDS, managing a child asylum team and leaving care service. In addition to service managing a specialist FGM provision and policy development. Millie presently holds the role of Strategic Anti-Racist Lead – Business improvement, for Brighton and Hove City Council, as well as developing her own growing consultancy.
Millie has experience as a Practice Educator, strategic planning, leadership and change management, people management and impacting organisation culture change. In addition to acting as a Race Adviser, for Local Safeguarding Children Partnership reviews (LSCPR). She is skilful in delivering anti-racist practice and racial equity training, to local authorities and organisations. Which supports improved service delivery to the Black and global majority communities that we serve, and racial equity and representation for staff members employed by the public sector, to ensure their voices are heard and valued.
Anti-racist training and development has been delivered to local authority children and adult social care services, the third sector/charities, lawyers and judges, health professionals, Universities (BA/MA social work programmes) and the police. Millie has presented to organisations, at a local level, at national conferences, webinars, workshops and as a keynote speaker. Her objective is to enhance social justice, racial equity and inclusion for all.
Professional Experience, Highlights and Distinctions:
- Training delivery can be tailored to the needs of your organisation and can encompass the following areas, as well as specific standalone options.
- Anti-racist practice for organisation culture change
- Anti-racist practice for senior leaders
- Facilitated anti-racist discussions – learning to have uncomfortable conversations about race
- Meeting the development and support needs of Black and global majority staff members
- Working with international social workers
- Consulting on developing anti-racist strategies.
- Protected characteristics
- Microaggressions
- stereotypes
- Bias
- Intersectionality
- Racial trauma
- Adultification
- Engaging and supporting Black and global majority children, families & communities
- Separated asylum seeking children/young people
- Anti-racist practice for foster carers
- Harmful practices (FGM, child abuse linked to faith and belief, breast ironing)
- Working with diversity for practice educators