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Ammana Shaka

Ammana Shaka is an experienced training consultant with a background in Education and the Public Sector. She has over 25 years experience within Local Authority settings and has worked as a lecturer at Westminster University as well as a consultant for Private Sector and Voluntary Organisations specialising in Organisational Development and Human Resource Management.

Contact Ammana: ammana@consciouslyparenting.com

Ammana has travelled extensively and has spent periods of her life teaching in countries abroad including Ghana and Jamaica. She is committed to empowering individuals to reach their highest potential.

Within the Public Sector, Ammana has worked in a variety of job roles including Training Manager for Children and Families in Hounslow. In this role Ammana was responsible for organising, managing and commissioning relevant training for social workers working with children in need to meet GSCC requirements.

She is also skilled in designing and delivering a diverse range of training courses around issues of team building, supervision skills diversity and stress management and business planning.

Ammana is a certified Instructor of Beyond Consequences Institute. She works with Valerie Groves to offer foster and adoptive parents training with specialised parenting solutions, directed at meeting the needs of traumatised children.

Ammana holds a B.A .Honours Degree in African History from Sussex University. Ammana hold a Diploma in Personnel Management Stage 2. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Westminster University. She has experience in facilitating emotional processing of traumatic events with adults in a weekend retreat in Arizona USA. She has extensive experience of delivering a diverse range of training courses for large and small groups as well as one-to-one mentoring/coaching.

Ammana’s style is engaging, based on principles of equality and respect for individuals. She is passionate about helping individuals, groups and families to overcome a range of difficult issues so that they can experience the healthy dynamics of family life – something which many adoptive and foster families struggling with the aftermath of trauma, abuse and neglect find difficult to achieve

Ammana is a mother of two children aged 19 years and 21 years and was brought up in a family of seven children, therefore has first hand experience of challenging family dynamics and integrates this knowledge into the work she does.

Endorsement of Ammana’s training skills

“We have had the pleasure of knowing Ammana and working with her since 2003.

Delegates acknowledge consistently her outstanding credibility, her unique style and the energy and zeal she brings to the room. She always scores highly on the training evaluations for creating an atmosphere of involvement and helping to make the learning easier. Furthermore, she has always supported us in the administration around each event, ensuring that the whole process works well for everyone.

Ammana’s belief and passion in her work are second to none. These, in combination with her skills as a trainer, help to ensure that working with her is always fruitful and productive for all.”

Steve King
Director, Bespoke Training
May, 2008