Jane Lloyd Griffiths – AIM Associate trainer
CSS; CQSW; BSc Psychology (Hons); MA Clinical Counselling (BACP and HCPC Registered)
Jane is an Independent Consultant, Trainer and AIM Associate Trainer since 2015 working primarily within Wales and the Borders. She is a Registered social worker who took early retirement after almost twenty two years of service from the National Probation Service- NOMS in 2010, where she worked as a Field Officer , Group Worker, Senior Probation Officer and Probation Area Manager for North West Wales. She was seconded out of Probation between 1997-1999 to manage and deliver the services of Project Dyfodol, delivering counselling services to adults who had been, or where still in the Criminal Justice System, who had experienced some form of trauma , mainly sexual abuse.
Between 2012 and 2014 Jane has worked in an independent capacity as the Gwynedd and Ynys Mon Youth Justice Service Partnership and Prevention Manager. Since 2014 Jane has worked as an Independent Harmful Sexual Behavior Consultant and Trainer linked to both YJS Gwynedd and Ynys Mon Youth Justice Service and Gwynedd Social Services. She has experience of direct work with children and young people who display sexually problematic/harmful behaviors, and in supporting staff who work with these children and young people. Jane has also been part of the Practitioner group linked to the recently launched NSPCC HSB National Framework Document.
She has completed an MA in Clinical Counselling Person Centered approach counselling adults, specializing mainly in sexual abuse trauma, delivering counselling for RASAC – Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Agency. She is presently in the process of establishing her own private counselling practice focusing upon developing Nature as Co therapist and the use of Equines in Therapy as part of her practice.
