Dean Atkinson

Dean is the chair of our Midlands Regional Network and represents Midlands members on the National Executive Committee. He started his career in Adult Social Care in the 1980’s working in residential care and day services for people with learning disabilities. In 1993 he was involved in setting up and managing Coventry’s first employment service for people with learning disabilities. He attended his first supported employment conference, loved the approach and the people he met and has been passionate about the impact it can have on people lives ever since. Dean currently has strategic responsibility for supported employment in Coventry along with responsibility for managing a large portfolio of ESF funded projects as part of the Council’s Employment and Skills Service.