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Meet the team

 

 Dave Griffiths

Dave Griffiths, BA (Hons), MSc
Head of Workforce Intelligence

Dave has led the team and worked with adult social care data since 2008, with a particular focus on organisational and workforce data.

He has worked on projects with the Department of Health and Social Care, health bodies, integration sites, the Care Quality Commission, local authorities, higher education institutions and many other analysis projects.

Will Fenton

Will Fenton, BSc (Hons)
Analytics Manager

Will has a strong background in maths and statistics with qualifications gained through university and through the Royal Statistical Society. Will has worked with social care data for several years and has managed Skills for Care’s analysis team since 2016.

He has experience of working with a variety of different stakeholders including university researchers, statisticians, data scientists, local authorities, government departments and health bodies. 

Gary Polzin

Gary Polzin, BSc (Hons)   
Data Modeller 

Gary has a degree in mathematics and joined Skills for Care in 2015. Prior to working at Skills for Care, he was team leader of the data analysis department at an educational consultancy firm.

He leads on the workforce modelling process to produce the national estimates and deals with bespoke data requests from the Department of Health and Social Care and other clients. He is also responsible for providing workforce intelligence to various stakeholders such as Health Education England, iESE and Carterwood.

Tanya Fozzard

Tanya Fozzard, BSc, MRes
Team Leader - Analysis 

Tanya has many years’ experience analysing adult social care workforce information. She has a Masters by Research and a degree in Psychology, gained from the University of Huddersfield. 

Tanya has a keen interest in data visualisation, automation and ensuring our information is clear and engaging for users. She has experience in a variety of software but particularly enjoys utilising Tableau and Power BI to create interactive dashboards.

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Natalie Fleming, BSc, MSc       
Team Leader - Analysis 

Natalie has a Masters degree in Petroleum Geoscience and has worked extensively in data analytics across multiple sectors. Prior to working at Skills for Care she was an Information Manager in the NHS.

 Natalie is the lead on reporting for Skills for Care’s WDF service, as well as being closely involved in continuing the development of our interactive data visualisations using a variety of software. She also works on many of our internal KPIs, monthly reports and external written publications.

Roy Price

Roy Price, BSc (Hons)       
Workforce Intelligence Analyst

Roy gained a first-class honours degree in environmental science and developed crucial skills to help with his career in analysis. This included using GIS tools to interpret spatial information. 

He is closely involved with responding to clients as queries are sent to the team, as well as developing new members of staff and delivering projects for the Department of Health and Social Care.

Sarah Davison

Sarah Davison, BSc (Hons), MSc    
Workforce Intelligence Analyst

Sarah has been analysing and interpreting adult social care workforce information since she joined Skills for Care in 2007. She enjoys report writing and writing content for our website, in a way that our users can understand, that provides insight and creating key resources for the sector.

Sarah was a care worker before she joined Skills for Care. She likes to see employers making confident decisions with information that we've provided.

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Marion Holloway, BA (Hons), MSc
Workforce Intelligence Analyst

Marion has a Masters degree in psychology and has previously worked in academic research, teaching and as a support worker. 

She enjoys building reproducible analytical pipelines, streamlining the back-end of data visualisation processes, and automating tasks so the team can produce frequent updates for stakeholders. She is currently involved in writing a report on the analytical methods used within the team and developing her skills in data engineering using pyspark, terraform, and AWS.

 

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Jonathan Miller, BSc (Hons), MA

Workforce Intelligence Analyst

Jon has in-depth experience in data analytics, change and agile project management gained from his previous roles within the health and energy sectors.  

Jon has a keen interest in providing bespoke data driven solutions to enable continuous improvement for our stakeholders. He is currently supporting multiple Skills for Care projects commissioned by external partners and is actively involved in the production of monthly reporting metrics.

   

 

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Helen Liu, BSc (Hons), HND

Workforce Intelligence Analyst

Helen has a degree in Applied Computer Technology and Information Systems Design. She enjoys exploring new technologies and has recently used Databricks, SparkSQL and Python.

Helen has worked in the NHS (Primary and Secondary) as an analyst for just over 10 years. She joined NHS Digital in 2020 working with complex data on mental health data set and Community Service data set, doing exploratory analysis, improving processes and developing new metrics. One of the metrics she developed was IPS (Individual Placement Support) which now gets published every month along with other Mental Health publications.

Helen is now looking forward to a new challenge at Skills for Care.

  

 

 

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Anna O’Gara, BSc (Hons)

Workforce Intelligence Analyst

Anna has a degree in Neuroscience and is undertaking a Masters in Data Science for Health & Social Care. Anna has worked for residential social care providers using data to support service users to achieve health and wellbeing goals and has experience delivering hands-on care during the pandemic.

Anna enjoys developing new analytical skills and sharing knowledge with others, with the ultimate goal of improving the social care sector for the workforce and service users and raising the sector’s profile.

  

 

Helen-Dannatt

Helen Dannatt, BA (Hons), MA

Project Manager (Relationship and Engagement)

Helen has a degree in Social Policy and a Masters in Social Research. She has previously worked in two local authorities in a range of roles, including Adult Social Care organisational and workforce development at Leeds City Council. 

At Skills for Care, Helen's role is to engage with care providers and partners in the sector, to help them realise the benefits of the ASC-WDS service. She also works with stakeholders to ensure they are making the best possible use of workforce intelligence

  

 

 

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