Sharon Allen joined Arthur Rank Hospice Charity as CEO in April 2019.
A qualified social worker, Sharon achieved her MBA from the University of Bradford in 2002 and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to homeless people, social care and housing.
She joined the charity having been CEO at Skills for Care since 2010 and prior to this was CEO of St Anne’s Community Services.
Sharon has over thirty years experience of public service provision in social care and supported housing provision, most of this working in the charity sector.
I’ve talked many times about the benefits of making the Social Care Commitment, but I am often asked by hard pressed employers how it fits in with other initiatives and standards they have to meet day in and day out. …
In her conversations with employers around the country, Sharon Allen, Skills for Care's Chief Executive, has been encouraged by their understanding of what it means to sign up to the Social Care Commitment and how it can help them focus …