Alec Fraher

Advisor and Mentor to Child Sex Exploitation Team at Jack Raine Foundation [email protected]

Summary
Alec swims against the tide. He is a former Royal Ordinance Engineer, Sharp End Service Manager, Consultant Social Worker and Management Consultant. He has enjoyed the trappings of success, having set up and run Afaa for 10 years, his contribution to shaping the commissioning agenda playing a big part in the formation of the Institute of Commissioning Professionals. Essentially, Alec is concerned with social justice and fair play. He works hard to ensure that those who find themselves on the outside have the chance to join in. He is at his best when handling wicked messy problems. Alec demands the best of himself and usually gets the best out of others, his work with Council's and the NHS forming the basis for best practice models and gold standard governance for vulnerable adults and children. Alec is now looking for work.

Experience
Advisor and Mentor on Child Sex Exploitation at Jack Raine Community Foundation February 2014 - Present (2 months) 2 recommendations available upon request Advisor to CEO and Board of Trustee's at Bike Rescue April 2012 - Present (2 years) To assist in the design of a social audit. 1 recommendation available upon request nobody special at ITHINKNOT January 2012 - October 2012 (10 months) Back to the Poor Laws is unthinkable. That is where we're heading. Shameful. gemba walking at city streets April 2010 - February 2012 (1 year 11 months) a sharp end look at the reality of social protection and welfare reform Consultant Performance Manager at NHS North Yorkshire and York PCT January 2010 - April 2010 (4 months) This short term assignment was like being wing back/sweeper sub in the last game of the season - needless to say some balls were huffed into the ground while others were blocked on the line - the authority deservedly won its challenge cup. 2 recommendations available upon request Director at Afaa June 2006 - April 2010 (3 years 11 months)

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Learning the lessons that learning brings - and re-reading who moved my cheese. 1 recommendation available upon request Commissioning Support at East Renfrewshire Community Health and Social Care Partnership October 2009 - February 2010 (5 months) Critical Friend. East Renfrewshire CHCP has more talented staff than I think they realise - there's no need to look to English authorities, this CHCP can lead the way for the UK. 1 recommendation available upon request Owner at Alec Fraher and Associates Ltd January 2002 - July 2009 (7 years 7 months) Afaa was a response to institutional inertia and was set up to act as a catalyst for service and organisational improvement. At Afaa we are concerned as much about the ethical life of an organisation as with the hard realities of health and welfare economics. 4 recommendations available upon request Director at Afaa January 2002 - July 2009 (7 years 7 months) Afaa have designed new planning tools and advised public authorities on commissioning and procurement options for adult and childrens services since 2004. The New Economics of Institutional Power now require a fresh response.Afaa has served its purpose and gracefully retires, Many thanks are owed to its supporters and friends. 2 recommendations available upon request Associate Consultant at The CPMI 2008 - May 2009 (1 year) Working with Dr Barden and colleagues to deliver training and other resources to ensure health and social services staff are ready for 21st Century challenges. 1 recommendation available upon request Deputy Chair of England at BASW April 2008 - April 2009 (1 year 1 month) To act as a catalyst and provide the impetus in the formation of a special interest group examining the impact of commissioning on social work in adult and children services. This work was submitted and published by the Health Committees Inquiry into Commissioning in 2010 Specialist Procurement Consultant at NHS SoTW PCT's July 2008 - February 2009 (8 months) To undertake a Category Sourcing Programme examining the market conditions in a contestable market to establish readiness for a fresh round of procurement activity in a multiprovider and cross sectoral environment for a cluster of PCT's ensuring the SPG and spend readiness.
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1 recommendation available upon request Consultant at The Lazarus Centre January 2008 - May 2008 (5 months) To initiate a rapid turn-around that included a fundamental risk review of services and governance arrangements and the installment of business processes and permanence plan for an integrative networked and financed future. 1 recommendation available upon request Associate Consultant - Procurement Programme at NERCU/NECE July 2007 - January 2008 (7 months) This work involved a review of the contracting and commissioning arrangements and practice for children's services for the 27 participating Local Authorities and PCT's in the North East of England. Consultant Commissioner at Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust August 2007 - December 2007 (5 months) To undertake a review of services and rsik determination in readiness for a a fresh round of commissioning, this included ensuring the business and operational readiness of new market entrants and advising on any delegated s114 and s151 obligations. 1 recommendation available upon request Consultant Commissioner at Sunderland City Council/Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust November 2005 - June 2007 (1 year 8 months) Providing both interim management services to a Strategic Delivery Group ensuring strategic and operational readiness for whole sector transformation. Acting as the technical expert and design lead in a dedicated team lifting a poor performing service area from the bottom 10% to the top 10% within 12mths. 1 recommendation available upon request Consultant Project Manager at North Tyneside Council April 2004 - September 2005 (1 year 6 months) Working within the Adult Services Directorate of LA/PCT to drive change on services to vulnerable adults. This included working with a re-design team and SixSigma blackbelt to organise a 12,000hr week of care activity for older people and acheiving zero-time waiting and cashable savings;leading on the development of 7 new housing plus schemes for adults with disabilities and setting up the business processes for mental health service re-design. 3 recommendations available upon request Independant Chair/Independant Reviewing Officer at Wakefield MDC and Doncater MDC September 2002 - December 2003 (1 year 4 months) Undertaking statutory Child Protection functions for two local authorities to chair complex meetings and review the care and custody arrangements made for looked after children and those looking after them. Consultant Social Work Pracitioner at Kirklees MDC and Calderdale MDC January 2002 - September 2002 (9 months)

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To write and then implement the Remand Management Strategy for Bail and Community Disposal's for a Youth Justice sub-region. Achievements included setting up a Remand Foster Care Scheme in 3 months and turning around a failing ISSP service. 1 recommendation available upon request Deputy Director/Head of Housing and Support Services at Gipsil January 1998 - January 2002 (4 years 1 month) To lead on a fundamental turn around of a community owed dispersed hostel for young single homeless; completed the transformation in four years installing permenant housing, training and educational facilities and increasing the length of occupancy and stability from six weeks to 18mths and being commended for a significant contribution to crime reduction and community cohesion. 2 recommendations available upon request Service Manager/Honorary Hospital Manager at MACA/Rampton Hospital April 1996 - April 1997 (1 year 1 month) To install a Patient's Rights and Reprersentation Service in a High Security Psychaitric Hospital. Service Co-Ordinator at Richmond Fellowship September 1993 - March 1996 (2 years 7 months) To set and run the UK's first comprehensive patient's rights and advocacy service as part of the mental hospital closure programme and NHS reforms in the nineties. Acheivements included 'Speaking Up - a survivors guide to advocacy' and the Unison guide to Advocacy for Mental Health workers and providing direct services to 256 hospital patients without family or friends. Specialist Support (Mental Health) at Leeds Shaftesbury Project September 1988 - 1993 (5 years) Providing the operational lead on services to those idenitified as 'hard to place', Included particiapation in the pilot diversion from custody schemes, developing alternatives to compulsory hospital admission and developing model services and best practice. 1 recommendation available upon request Housing Support Worker at St Anne's Shelter and Homeless Action September 1987 - September 1988 (1 year 1 month) Offering practical and emotional support to people returning to ordinary housing after long episodes of homelessness and/or having lived in an institutional setting. Deputy Community Leader at The Simon Community June 1984 - August 1987 (3 years 3 months) Adopting voluntary poverty and the economic, political and social conditions while living and working alongside London's Homeless in a community of homeless people. Testing, Strengthening, Scary and Invigourating ... also bizzarely hilarious! This included being a UN IYSH coordination for a parliamentary lobby by 107 homeless people on Jan 27th 1987 - strangely, the green card system didn't work - if you're NFA you aren't anyone's constituent - it was minus 17c and 'we' were asked to leave central lobby as PM

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Thatcher made her way to the HofC for PMQ's.

Courses
Public Sector Transformation and Performance Mananagement, Service Transformation, New Service Metrics and Operational Research City in Guilds/Cipfa Public Sector Transformation

Publications
Procurement Options December 12, 2008 Authors: Alec Fraher Written in 2008, as the penultimate report, Procurement Options is a wake up call to health and social work commissioners, suggesting that current approaches to service substitution are riddled with contradiction and fatal errors. Better, Brighter Futures City of Sunderland Council August 5, 2006 Authors: Alec Fraher Better, Brighter Futures was written to provide a competency based review of 40 organisations seeking or already providing substance misuse services. Adopting the social work competency framework and aligning this to allied professions NOS the approach set out to lessen the reliance on personality driven commissioning.

Projects
specialist commissioning November 2005 to Present Members:Alec Fraher The work detailed here draws together the often ill-fitting approaches when delivering public policy using competition and procurement law. NHS SoTW PCT's Road Map June 2008 to Present Members:Alec Fraher At a time when handling the demands of competitive processes were in their infancy in health and social care, this work sought to illustrate an approach that allowed commissioners to see the full range of options available to them. The detailed work meant getting to grips with what working in a market structure
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necessitates and included a thorough examination of all the statutory permission giving options.

Skills & Expertise

Public Sector Governance Stakeholder Engagement Local Government Change Management Strategy Organizational Development Project Planning Stakeholder Management Mentoring Management Program Management Strategic Planning Performance Management Policy Training Business Process Improvement Social Services Public Speaking Government Private Sector Coaching Nonprofits Volunteer Management Business Transformation Entrepreneurship Leadership Development Employee Training Mental Health Workshop Facilitation Culture Change Empowerment Capacity Building Performance Improvement Community Development Executive Coaching Social Enterprise Healthcare Personal Development Training Delivery Management Development Staff Development Management Consulting Social Housing

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Third Sector Public Policy Charities Fundraising Policy Analysis Social Entrepreneurship

Education
City in Guilds/Cipfa Public Sector Transformation and Performance Mananagement, Service Transformation, New Service Metrics and Operational Research, 2007 - 2008 Activities and Societies: Fabian Society Leeds Metropolitan University dipsw, Social work, 1999 - 2000 Cockburn High School 1976 - 1978

Honors and Awards

Cipfa/City in Guilds Graduateship in Public Sector Transformation DipSW

Interests
organisational development, commissioning, specialist purchasing, health, social work, social care, supported housing, older people, mental health, drugs and alcohol, learning disability, market development, transformational planning, diagnostics, spend and patient flow, service re-design,planning and purchasing.

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Alec Fraher
Advisor and Mentor to Child Sex Exploitation Team at Jack Raine Foundation [email protected]

25 people have recommended Alec

"I very much appreciated Alec's regular support and positive, encouraging comments while I was running a crowd-funding campaign. Alec is someone who will stick to his principles no matter what, for the benefits of those suffering undue hardship - he is a rough diamond, someone with a sharp mind and a good heart; dependable, discreet and very personable." Nicolette Burford de Oliveira, Founding Director, Documentary Film Makers Cooperative, was with another company when working with Alec at Jack Raine Community Foundation "In the short time I have known Alec, he has been one of those rare people happy to serve as an inspiring mentor. Alec exhibits strong interpersonal skills and a unique capacity for empathy. These qualities most notably translate in his ability to motivate people to care about their project and be invested in the projects success. Alec is the go-to person for advice and inspiration and not afraid to put himself out there on someone's behalf. Alecs positive attitude and respect toward me has been invaluable." Maggie Danesfahani, Consultant/Director, Rezume UK Ltd, was with another company when working with Alec at Jack Rainer Foundation "Alec's input into The Bike Rescue Project has been invaluable. I now understand lots of long words and previously unknown concepts. he has given me a great deal of measured objective support and enhanced my ability to see Bike Rescue as part of the big picture. I think the seeds that have been sown will come to fruition within Bike Rescue over the next year, and that Alec's ability to take the long view has been useful in underpinning my business development; Alec has guided Bike Rescue to truly live out its potential. Many thanks and much admiration go to Alec for his resilience, and for his flexible and knowledgeable perspicacity." Bernadette (Bernie) Cullen, was Alec's client "I have known Alec for many years and his passion for his subject is overt as he tries to bring about effective change, better communications and the transference of knowledge using many channels within the public sector. Not the easiest to change but he's made a difference"" James Potter, Sales Director - Matrix Decisions, The Matrix Knowledge Group, was with another company when working with Alec at NHS North Yorkshire and York PCT "Alec worked for me for 3 months as an interim performance manager, identifying risks to delivery of key

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national performance objectives and working with lead managers and provider organisations to manage these risks. Alec showed considerable ability at getting to grips with complex and multi-facteted problems and in understanding the dynamics behind the immediate issues. Although not directly relevent to this placement, Alec clearly has a significant level of expertise in European competition and contractual regulation, and also a very advanced understanding of systems thinking. He is able to work autonomously and is a very personable character to work with." Geoff Kirk, was Alec's client "Alec and I have worked together for a number of years on a number of projects across the North East Region. Alec has a gift of being able to see what others may not and inclusively looks for the optimum solutions without compromising the intergrity of what he and his clients hope to achieve. I am honoured to have been part of this process and would not hesitate to recommend him to Organsations looking to move forward and achieve a high quaity service with positive results." Lorraine Hollis, Owner, Inner Dynamics Coaching, worked directly with Alec at Afaa "Alec is a persuasive individual with many years experience in the field of social care. He was generous with both his time and his knowledge and added significantly to internal debate and discussion." Kevin Beveridge, Commissioning & Development Coordinator, East Renfrewshire Council, worked directly with Alec at East Renfrewshire Community Health and Social Care Partnership "Alec was one of the first people to join the Institute of Commissioning Professionals IoCP and helped to set up the Institute. Alec contributed and helped with his vast knowledge of commissioning and procurement." Ken Tait, Membership Secretary, Institute of Commissioning Professionals, was with another company when working with Alec at Alec Fraher and Associates Ltd "Alec is a dynamic, progressive, and highly competent public services professional whose consultancy work with CPMI has been first class. There is little doubt that Alec can add real value to any projects he is involved in." Philip Barden, CEO, CPMI, was with another company when working with Alec at Alec Fraher and Associates Ltd "Alec Fraher is a rare individual. He has a huge heart and approaches all of his work from a place of empathy, compassion and a deep desire to support those he meets in making changes in their lives. He is a very challenging individal and uses his considerable intellect to develop and deliver outstanding leading edge programmes in areas where they make significant social impact. His entrepreneurial flair has driven him to succeed to a high level as an individual and it is this energy that fuels change in others. Alec is challenging when appropriate and is always inquisitive. He asks well thought out questions which when answered enlighten not just himself but the respondent. I feel privileged to have worked with Alec and believe that we have yet to see his best work. Tony Wright (Dip NLPt) Managing Director PWA Unlimited"

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 Tony Wright, Director, Paul Wright Associates Ltd, was with another company when working with Alec at Alec Fraher and Associates Ltd "I have known Alec for over four years and Alec and I were working on different parts of the Treatment provision for substance misuse - Alec on World Class Commissioning and myself on the "personalisation agenda" - and end to end system design - for my own client. This was a complex environment with many facets and the risk of internal politics and agendas running the project off course. Alec was resilient and robust in his approach, and his level of committment and knowledge of his very speacialist subject really impressed me but what was even better was his desire to make sure everything was done right - no half measures or cutting corners were acceptable to him. He values honesty and committment and he moves easily between the strategic and the detail of how things work. He was described by others as "that brilliant mind" and his breadth of knowledge was a joy to work with. I would have no worries about working with Alec again, I would be very confident of the job going well!" Stephen Hopkirk, Managing Director, ESH Solutions Limited, was with another company when working with Alec at Alec Fraher and Associates Ltd "I have known Alec for several years, having met him through the systems thinking international group. Here, we have had continued discussion about the use of Soft Systems Methods, Critical Systems Heuristics, Total Systems Intervention and other cybernetic approaches in the public and private sectors. It could be argued that understanding management cybernetics is the essential 21st century skill. Alec has the ability to handle the intellectual work demanded of Systems Thinkers and has shown that he can think conceptual, used closed hard system methodologies such as TQM, lean and six sigma with the more abstracted concepts and approaches required of open systems approaches need to support the resource based view of the firm and viable systems Alec is an open learner and does not shy away from the inherent complexities of handling messy wicked problems, getting to grips with real world problems and the problem context. More importantly evaluating and prioritising potential solutions, formulating implementation plans and strategies. He is very easy to work with and is not scared of the hard work and pragmatism." Geoff Elliott, Owner, ado consulting, worked with Alec at Afaa "Alec is a wide-ranging thinker bringing detailed knowledge and experience to his field. He has good and careful judgement." Geoff Beacon, Chairman, Beacon Dodsworth Ltd, was with another company when working with Alec at Afaa "I have just reviewed some comments from clients for whom Alec has worked with CPMI on. Terrific. If you want a lecturer who is informed, courageous, edgy in the best way, and capable of making positive change happen quickly - Alec is the dude." Philip Barden, was Alec's client "Alec - prepared a very comprehensive piece of work for the South of Tyne PCT with recommendations for a
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procurement service for specialist services. This was a very detailed, well presented and structured report." Chris Shore, Chief Operating officer, PRONE., was with another company when working with Alec at NHS SoTW PCT's ""I have known Alec for three years, He is one of the hardest - working people I have ever met. He has a strong passion which stands him apart from others. In particular he is a champion of the ordinary people. He is a man of integrity and principles. Denise (Counsellor)"." Denise Craig, Counsellor DIP, lazarus centre, worked indirectly for Alec at The Lazarus Centre "Alec Fraher came highly recommeded as a business advisor with a real background in peer mentoring and advocacy. Alec had already done some excellent work with another Community interest company "Voice Northeast" in Sunderland. He brought some new and innovative approaches to his delivery of the business training and was always able to tailor his sessions to suit our varying knowledge and understanding. Alec is a very passionate man with high moral values and sense of fairness. His ability to be flexible with his time was greatly appreciated by ourselves. I would strongly recommend Alec Fraher, the work that he has done and the impact that it's had on communities speaks for itself." Lawrie Duffy, was Alec's client "Alec demonstrates vision, creativity and passion to make a difference in the Social care field at both an operational and strategic level." Eileen Innes, Director, NECA, was with another company when working with Alec at Sunderland City Council/Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust "Alec has an innovative approach and is an excellent team player He very customer focused and committed to getting a good outcomes." Mary Lunney, was Alec's client "Alec was recruited as a business consultant to assist with the commissioning of social care services. He is a person who has a passion, is innovative and has a real desire to make services better. As a result he very ably got things done. Alec always saw solutions and it was a delight to work alongside him." Andrea Carman, was Alec's client "Alec worked in my Social Services Contracts Team and evaluated current and potential external suppliers of Adult Social Care across a range of care sectors (e.g. learning disability, mental health etc.), featuring both the commercial and voluntary sectors. This was at a time of major strategic change within the organisation and his grasp of the bigger picture was invaluable. Our desire to engage high calibre service providers with a rigorous quality management ethos, as much as a mere system, was key and Alecs focus, drive and professional expertise in assessing this was paramount to our success." Mark Hudson, was Alec's client
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"I worked with Alec when I was practicing in England as a Solicitor. He was working with the Youth Offending Team in Huddersfield at the time. Alec is one of the best social workers that I have worked with. He was hard working, professional, and had a real insight into the needs of troubled youth. He went out of his way to support the cases we worked on together. I have the greatest respect for Alec and do not hesitate in recommending him for any position." Rebecca Thorley, Attorney, Law office of Rebecca Thorley, was with another company when working with Alec at Kirklees MDC and Calderdale MDC "I met and worked with Alec at the very beginning of my social work career when he was Head of Housing and Support Services at Gipsil and I was a very 'green' and keen to learn student in my first social work placement. If any post could equip Alec with the skills necessary to lead policy development with young people who are at risk of CSE it was this one. This was an incredibly vulnerable, often hard to engage young client group and I learnt a great deal from Alec about how to work collaboratively alongside young people on the margins of society. He was also never afraid to 'ruffle a few feathers' within the staff team when necessary - challenging always in the best interests of those young people. Fifteen years on I still appreciate both the experience I gained at GIPSIL and the on going helpful suggestions and informal mentoring I get from Alec. I'm also regularly astounded by how well informed, well read and politically aware he is! Puts me to shame..." Katie Wrench, Student, Leeds Metropolitan University, reported to Alec at Gipsil "Alec was an inspiration.....he was not afraid or intimidated to achieve positive outcomes using the 'Head On' approach....maybe some people may not like this approach but it certainly got the results it deserved......I would recommend Alec to any company who need positive outcomes....." Jan Jordaine, Manager, GIPSIL, worked directly with Alec at Gipsil "Alec really was one of those workers who'd go the extra mile. He cared a lot about the work and the people he worked with and wasn't afraid to stick up for them." Terry Simpson, Patient's Advocate, Health Unit of Leeds City Council, worked with Alec at Leeds Shaftesbury Project

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