Emily joined the Recovery Programme Team in May 2021, bringing over three years of experience working as a recovery and resettlement worker with vulnerable homeless people in a front line role. Emily has also worked with people on release from prison and those struggling with drug addiction. She is training to qualify as a counsellor. Prior to moving in London and joining this sector, Emily assisted with project management of big software installations for an independent company. As a Recovery Pracitioner, Emily co-facilitates groups and key-works Residents.

Helen joined the Recovery Programme Team in October 2020. Helen brings in-depth experience of working with vulnerable adults and understanding of the problems our Residents face. Helen has worked at a PA and Office Manager to two CEOs, which would explain the efficient way in which she runs the 47TBG office. Her work as an HCA in the community and a private care home give her well-founded skills for work at Nehemiah. She studied Health and Social Care with the Open University, and has training in Mental Health, which fully prepared her for her previous role as Recovery Project Worker for a supported housing charity. This work was forensic, tackling substance misuse and severe mental health.

Jenn joined the Nehemiah Project as Fundraising and Communications Officer in July 2021. She has a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Sociology from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Arts in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies from the University of East Anglia. Originally from the United States, Jenn has lived in the UK since 2016. She is an individual member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, and has worked in the sector since 2013 at The Salvation Army of Clearwater and Upper Pinellas County, Clare College – University of Cambridge and Red Balloon Learner Centres. Having grown up volunteering with The Salvation Army’s addiction treatment programmes and having a personal family history of addiction, Jenn is passionate about supporting people in recovery. A part-time worker, Jenn splits her time between Nehemiah and the UK’s only charity dedicated to supporting those with the eye condition nystagmus, the Nystagmus Network.