Meet the Team:

At the IMPACT Outreach Network we pride ourselves on having an excellent team of highly qualified staff, all of whom bring their unique skills from their specialisms to our work.
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Director of Performing Arts

Kim Mughan BEd (Hons), DPSE Special ED

Qualifications/Training:
Certificate of Education 1976
Advanced Diploma in Physical Education and Dance 1976
Bachelor of Education (Hons) – Human Movement Studies 1980
Advanced Diploma in Special Education 1983
Pre-entry Curriculum training
Skills for Life training
First Aid at Work
Manual handling
Vulnerable Adults Training
Capacity Building
Makaton Trained
Health and Safety

Experience:
• 6 years teaching in mainstream schools
• 5 years teaching secondary aged pupils with severe learning disabilities – Head of Upper School and Acting Deputy Head
• 4 years teaching children and young people with moderate learning disabilities
• 5 years teaching young people with severe learning disabilities and challenging behavior
• 8 years teaching adults with moderate and severe learning disabilities – as Course coordinator
• Co-founder and Artistic Director of IMPACT Theatre Company 1999 (7 years experience of voluntarily working for the
Company) - continues
• Co-founder and Director of Performing Arts of IMPACT Outreach Network 2004 - continues
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Director of Creative Arts

Amanda Braggins BA (Hons) PGCE

Qualifications/Training:
BTEC National Diploma in General Art & Design 1991
Bachelor of Arts in Three Dimensional Design (Hons) 1994
CADCP British Sign Language 1997
Postgraduate Certificate of Education 1999
Instruments played: Piano, Clarinet, Saxophone and Cello
Pre-entry Curriculum training
Skills for Life training
First Aid at Work
Manual handling
Vulnerable Adults training
Capacity Building
Midas Qualified Driver
Makaton Trained

Experience:
• 1 year agency carer for people with special needs – i.e. learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s.
• 1 year teaching pottery and creative arts at an adult training centre for people with learning difficulties
• 4 years learning support assistant with adults with learning disabilities
• 6 years teacher and learning support for people with learning disabilities
• Co-founder and Artistic Director of IMPACT Theatre Company 1999 (7 years experience of voluntarily working for the Company) - continues
• Co-founder and Director of Creative Arts of IMPACT Outreach Network 2004 - continues
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Lecturer of Music and Media

Damian Busby BA (Hons) PGCE

Qualifications/Training:
National Diploma in Performing Arts
BA Hons in Music
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Manual handling
Vulnerable Adults
Capacity Building
Midas Qualified Driver

Experience:
• 12 Years Experience of working with Music in the community
• 12 Years study at Bartovavizts School of dance
• 6 months with the Ballet Rambert
• 4 months study at Ethiopian Institute of Ethiopian Studies and Yared Music School (Addis Ababa)
• Over 12 Year Experience of working within mainstream and special education
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Lecturer

Peter Mughan

Qualifications/Training:
Certificate of Education 1977
DPSE (SEN) 1992
M.Ed. (SEN) 1994
Manual handling
Vulnerable Adults
Capacity Building
Midas Qualified Driver
Makaton Trained
NVQ Assessor 1996
D33/34

Experience:
• 15 years teaching in special education schools working with students with mild learning disabilities, severe learning disabilities, emotional and behavioural disabilities and autism
• 11 years experience as a Deputy Head of Special schools
• 2 years consultancy with Education and Business Partnership
• 1 year tutor of adults with learning disabilities at IMPACT Outreach Network
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Administration and Service User Support

Deborah Haynes

Qualifications:
First Aid at Work – Appointed Person
Vulnerable Adults Training
Epilepsy training
Midas Qualified Driver
Makaton Trained
Health and Safety

Experience:
15 Years working with Adults with learning disabilities, including challenging behaviour for both the Education service and within a social services setting
Two year experience in Administration support
7 years experience as trustee and secretary for the IMPACT Theatre Company
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All of our staff are CRB Checked