Miles Rinaldi BA (Hons), DipPsych

Miles is the Head of Recovery and Social Inclusion at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. Since working within mental health he has established employment services to help people with mental health problems gain and retain employment which have been recognised as models of good practice. More recently he has been working to implement recovery focused practice across the Trust. In a previous role Miles co-ordinated and evaluated a self-management training programme for people with bipolar disorder across London.

Miles has worked on mental health policy in the Department of Health, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions. Miles has worked in various mental health settings within the voluntary sector, a local authority and the NHS. He has also worked as a volunteer on a national mental health telephone helpline and as a co-ordinator for the welfare unit at the Glastonbury Music Festival.