Lindsey Appleby-Flynn,
Health and social care learning and development specialist, commercial lead,
Connect2care
Lindsey is the specialist sector lead for Health and Social Care at Connect2Care and has a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the sector.
Lindsey is a member of the Adult Care Trailblazer Group and has been instrumental in writing the Adult Care Apprenticeship standards at levels 2, 3, 4 and 5. She also sits on the Executive Committee of the Care Apprenticeship Board, the employer-led group that oversees the quality of delivery of all End Point Assessment organisations for the adult care standards. Lindsey has worked within the training industry in various roles for a number of years and holds several qualifications in teaching, learning and development.
She oversees curriculum design and development of learning resources and materials within C2C, and also ensures that she always keeps her industry competence and experience up to date.
Lindsey’s considerable experience in the health and social care sector has included various mental health settings, such as forensic mental health, working with individuals who were experiencing psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar and personality disorders and other severe and enduring mental health conditions. She also managed a community support team for those living with severe and enduring mental health problems or drug and alcohol addiction issues.
Lindsey holds several qualifications relating to the health and social care sector, including one from Middlesex University in supporting and managing mental health conditions.
In her spare time, Lindsey enjoys walking, travelling and socialising, is an avid reader and occasionally volunteers to support homeless people and a service user group for adults with learning disability who identify as LBGTQ+.