Helen Sanderson leads HSA and is also the expert advisor in person centred approaches to the Governments Valuing People Support Team.
Below we introduce the team in England . Here are the areas that each member of the Leadership Team leads and develops.
To read about how we work together, see our team plan
Associate team members work with HSA to deliver on key courses



We support Listen to Me North West – who enable people with learning disabilities to develop their own plans- contact Liane: Liane.Kirk@eastriding.gov.uk
HSA is one on in Control's partner organisations. Helen is chair of the Editorial Board: www.in-control.org.uk
HSA is working in partnership with the Older People Programme and the Centre for Policy on Ageing on the Practicalities and Possibilities project.
Positive Options is a West Midlands based diagnostics, education and consultancy organisation that offers a range of person-centred programmes to paid supporters and people involved in supporting individuals through non-paid relationships. Positive Options is accredited by the BILD (British Institute of Learning Disabilities) Physical Interventions Accreditation Scheme (PIAS) and offers, as part of its education and training curricular, person-centred physical interventions training that complies with current best practice guidance issued by the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills; Guidance for Physical Interventions (2002)
iMPOWER - www.impower.co.uk
HSA works with iMPOWER to help deliver better support planning as part of the individual budgets transformation agenda
Pen Mendonca is a graphic facilitator and recorder who we work in partnership with- email: penmendonca@btinternet.com
Kim Williams is a speech and language therapist who works with us on our person centred communication courses - email: williams_sk@hotmail.com
Steve Bailey, a National Project Manager for Mencap, works with us to deliver training and consultancy on Support Planning, Learning and Living Support Planning and developing Individual Service Funds.
Simon Brown- Lamont, who uses an Individual Budget, works with us to deliver training and consultancy on Individual Budgets, Support Planning and developing Social Enterprises.
Julia Winter is an Independent Health and Social Care Consultant and Trainer. Julia works with us to deliver training and consultancy on Individual Budgets and Support Planning- email: julia.winter1@btinternet.com