HELEN RAW
BSc (Hons) Forensic Psychobiology, CertHE Forensic Science & Medicine
Recently working with offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk from offending, to give them the skills to change their behaviour and get into (back into) the workplace/training/volunteering and lead a more fulfilling life.
I have been studying serial offenders for over 25 years, and am a STEM Ambassador and teach science-based workshops through Science Boffins and Aye Spy:CSI.
In a nutshell:
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I am a qualified chairing member of the Children's Panel and sit on hearings at least once per month
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Was the elected Student Rep for Scotland for the British Psychological Society (2014-2016)
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Have had a peer-reviewed paper published
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Wrote my first paper on serial offending at age 11 (Jack the Ripper)
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Registered Naloxone carrier
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Canine and feline first aider
CPD/PDA Courses and Training
Current | Ongoing | Planned
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Amichien Bonding® - Dog Listener Graduate Training
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CertHE in Feline Behaviour and Psychology
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PgCert International Forensics and Crime Scene Investigation
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CertHE/Level III Professional Investigator Training - I have already started investigating the entertainment industry
2019
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SQA Level 7: Management of Hearings
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SQA Level 7: Principals and Practice for Children’s Panel Members
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SQA Level 7: Needs of Children and Young People in the Children’s Hearings System
2018
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PDA - Children's Hearings Scotland: Managing Hearings
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Amichien Bonding® - Dog Listener Training - Foundation & Advanced
2017
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Working with Schedule One and Registered Sex Offenders - Apex Scotland
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PDA – Children’s Hearings in Scotland, Panel Members:
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Needs of Children and Young People in the Children’s Hearings System
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Principals and Practice for Children’s Panel Members
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2016
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Identifying the Dead: Forensic Science and Human Identification - University of Dundee
2014
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Alzheimer's and Dementia - NHS Scotland
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Introduction to Forensic Science - Strathclyde University
2013
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Forensic Psychology: Eyewitness Psychology & Testimony - The Open University
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Forensic Science & Criminal Justice - University of Leicester
Recent Relevant Voluntary Work
2017 - present
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Children's Panel - Qualified Chairing Member
2016 - present
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STEM Ambassador - available for teaching science & crime scene based workshops for children across Scotland
2014 - present
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fostering cats and dogs whose owners find themselves in emergency homeless, hospitalisation or domestic abuse situations
2012 - present
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counselling survivors of rape
2010 - present
2008 - present
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elected Equity Branch Secretary (entertainment union)
2016
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researcher for Police Scotland and Norfolk Constabulary on an ongoing murder investigation (Operation Monton)
2015 - 2016
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mentoring young people away from the criminal justice system
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elected Uni class rep
2014 - 2016
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elected student rep for Scotland for the British Psychological Society
2012 - 2013
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self-advocacy assistant for adults with learning disabilities
2012 - 2014
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elected Uni class rep