Hello my name is Moyra Gill and I believe in better.

I am committed to people and relationships, and I work in the Learning and Development team who explore, support and enable learning within the Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership. As a life-long learner who has journeyed from Nursing to design, my enthusiasm for how learning can insightfully reframe problems, outcomes and lives has never failed to excite me.

I love listening to people and am inspired by people like Brene Brown who states, “Stories are data with soul”. I am fascinated that every story from a different perspective reveals something unknown, something to learn.

Creating positive learning environments is important to me and to do this I work with people, it was Benjamin Franklyn once said ‘Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn’, this is at the core of learning and understanding. True learning is when an insight affects us enough that we make a change to our thinking and behaviour.

I work with individuals and teams, so if you would like to have a chat you will find me with the L&D team on the ground floor of Pullar House or you can contact me on Tel: 07967 749296 and email mgill@pkc.gov.uk

 ‘The wisest mind has something yet to learn’ George Santayana

Hi, I am Gillian and post-share with Linda Grierson, as Senior Learning and Development Officer.  I have been in post since May 2016.  I previously worked for 8 years with PKC in Learning & Development in Education and Children's Services (ECS).  I clearly have a fondness for working in this part of Scotland and this stemmed from having my first social work placement at Rosslyn House in 1984! 

My work base is Pullar house but I get out and about to teams across social work and social care in HSCP and ECS.

I share responsibilities for practice learning, developing placements and supporting staff to support learners across PKC.  In partnership with a range of universities and FE colleges we support SW and HNC Social Care students, nursing students and allied professions students. I am a Practice Educator and teach on and assess candidates on the Tayforth Practice Learning Qualification.  I contribute to a range of teaching and assessment activity with universities.

I share responsibility for supporting the work of our SVQ centre and assessors.  This involves me across the range of services delivered by our staff within care homes and the community.

I provide support to our Newly Qualified Social Workers across PKC.  I facilitate a monthly forum, 1:1s and support to NQSWs and their line manager in relation to induction, supervision and developing learning plans.

My previous work in a range of learning and development roles has allowed me to build knowledge and understanding of how beneficial effective supervision can be to learners, staff and service users.  This is a key interest of mine and I am keen to support the current work within HSCP on improving practice and outcomes for supervision.

I believe that we are all learners and learning is for life!  We will alternate between learner and learning- facilitator, having something to learn and something to pass on.  I enjoy supporting staff to share their knowledge, experience and practice beliefs with those new to the job or service and encouraging peer support.  We are all a resource for each other!

Email:  gillianmuir@pkc.gov.uk

Telephone:   07775 025065

Linda Grierson, Senior Learning and Development officer, PKC council.

Social work/social care experience:

My statutory experience began in Alloa and ranged from working with pre-fives through to adults and I worked in different contexts ranging from criminal justice to fostering and adoption. I subsequently worked within a voluntary sector Family Centre as an adult worker, latterly as acting manager, and had the opportunity to undertake a range of work with individuals, groups, in family therapy and family group conferences. I then moved to Aberlour Trust and my role, amongst many other things, was to develop practice learning in a range of small voluntary sector settings, supervise students, and contribute to practice teacher training and assessment. I also ran training sessions on many different subjects, on behalf of the (then) Voluntary Organisations Training Forum.

I moved to Fife council and worked for 10 years part time as a Workforce Development Officer. My role included: support and assessment of students and training of practice teachers; group facilitation and training facilitation; working with SQA to develop qualifications; IVing for SVQ qualifications. My wider, more strategic, workload included: supporting development of training programmes for front line staff; contributing to workforce development strategy and policy; undertaking a range of project management work e.g., workforce profiling.

Over this 10-year period, I also undertook freelance and sessional work for about a dozen other organisations. This has been diverse and has included: groupwork with survivors of sexual abuse; stress management workshops; community groupwork; project work, e.g., for SQA; consultancy work; form F fostering assessments for 3 different agencies.

I work part time for Perth council as a Senior Learning and Development officer (post share). This is a wide-ranging role with senior and some management responsibilities which includes: staff supervision; developing and supporting the practice learning infrastructure; tutoring, assessing and verification on the Tayforth practice learning programme; policy development; a range of project work and development and facilitation of a range of learning programmes; work on a strategic basis around practice learning.

Until recently I also worked part time for SSSC and have undertaken a range of roles including: commissioning; workshops; sector engagement and support; fitness to practice; NQSW CPL work. Projects have included resource development (e.g., re the new SiSWE) and work on qualifications and standards.

I have qualifications in a range of natural therapies including clinical hypnotherapy/hypno-analysis and Medical Qigong, completing my advanced training for the latter with a university in California. I also completed a Qigong for Stress teacher training course and used my learning while undertaking sessional work with abuse survivors and in supporting staff, over several years, at one voluntary sector residential project. I gave up practicing therapeutic work when I moved to Perth and Kinross council.

I have a PG cert. in Advanced Professional studies which included research and completed the first year of a Digital Learning Design course at UWS.

Email:  lgrierson@pkc.gov.uk

Telephone: 01738 477445    Work Mobile: 07880 780592

Hello everyone,

I’m Leigh, Learning and Development Officer in the Learning and Development Team and as you can see by the photo a keen fashionista and trend setter with this hair do!!! I believe my values and principles are at the heart of everything I do and working collectively with individuals, teams and communities to have their voices heard enables me to shape, develop and implement new ways of learning.

I’m passionate about everything I am involved with and would love to hear   from you if I can help in any way with the following: Adult Support and   Protection, CALM, AFFINA (team-based work), Coaching, Manual Handling and working in localities. 

I am always happy to listen, enjoy having open and honest conversations.  You will see me in Pullar House, but I do like to pop into locality offices so if you see me, please give me a shout.

My mantra for life is “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind” – Dr Seuss

Email: Lmust@pkc.gov.uk

Telephone:   07757 087347

Hello I am Tanya Aitchison and I work with the Learning & Development Team, which is based in Pullar House.  If you are looking for learning around Handling & Moving or Palliative Care,

I am the person you are looking for.  You will find me either in Beechgrove Training Suite, Pullar House or out and about.  I am passionate about delivering learning around the above topics and would love to hear from you if you require some learning.  I am committed to supporting people to enhance their learning experience.

Email: TAitchison@pkc.gov.uk

Telephone: 07557 087408

Hello, my name is Laura Carse, and I am a Senior Learning and Development Officer with the Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership with the Learning and Development team.  I have worked in social care for 22 years in voluntary, community third sector and statutory settings.  I have worked in Edinburgh, Fife, Dundee, Perth, Reciffe in Brazil and Papua New Guinea.  I have diverse roles that include music facilitator, resettlement officer, Disability Awareness Coordinator, Dementia Champion, Sensory Champion, Social Worker, Practice Educator and latterly team leader.  These roles have involved forging productive relationships with communities, individuals, family members and unpaid carers, health, Housing, Contracts, Police, Education, Children and Families and care providers.                                                                                                                         

 I really appreciate relationship-based practice and see this as the cornerstone to achieving positive change in peoples’ lives.  I am keen to develop my practice within this area further and am aware of the strong emphases Perth and Kinross Council and the SSSC places on supporting the development of health and social care practice and training across the sector. The SSSC promote a culture of learning that supports continuous professional development for over 164,000 professionals registered. Being a member of the Learning and Development Team enables me to utilise my skills to be a catalyst for change and improvement at an exciting time for the profession as a whole with the implementation of an integrated health and social care services, proposals for a National Care Service and implementation of the developed Standards in Social Work Education and Ethical Principles and Continuous Professional Learning framework.

I am very passionate about learning as it has made a huge positive difference in my life in achieving my aspirations.  I believe it is crucial to create a nurturing environment whereby learning is a two-way process.  I recognise that by working in partnership; we can all draw on our expertise and knowledge to further develop our learning within a social care context for the benefit of individuals and their immediate communities. All my experiences have motivated me to pursue a career in learning and development and I am especially interested in research. I am eager to share my enthusiasm for lifelong learning with others and to continue on my own learning journey.  

“A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved”

Fred Rogers – “a ground-breaking disrupter”.  

Email: lcarse@pkc.gov.uk

Telephone: 07798581940

Hi I'm Rachel. 

I work as a Learning and Development Officer for PKHSCP and Living Well Care.

I enjoy spending time with my family and pets.

I enjoy dog walks around the woods and countryside.

I love a roast dinner on a Sunday with my family after a long dog  walk.

I have worked for many years in Learning and Development across various services managing SVQ projects working with staff that have provided care at home, Managers in Fieldwork, Care Homes, Learning and Physical Disability and Childcare.  I have also been a foster carer.  I have lived experience of family members with Dementia.

I believe in treating others as you like to be treated and being kind.

Contact details: Rachel Comrie

Mobile: 07557086993

Email: RachelComrie@pkc.gov.uk