Melinda Gooding

Melinda joined the trust in July 2022 as Head of Compliance. Melinda has spent her career working for public service providers including the Local Authority, Education and Primary Care. During her early career and whilst studying for her degree, Melinda worked for 2 Local Authority Youth Services working with young people in formal and informal settings in London delivering crime diversion programmes. Melinda also worked for the Local Authority as a Finance and Management Information Systems Manager before joining a large secondary school as a Business Manager, managing support services including HR, IT, Admin, Facilities and Finance. Melinda spent a couple of years working in Primary Care, primarily through COVID, focusing on patient care and delivery of services through the practice and the Primary Care Network and was involved in setting up the regions first COVID vaccination clinic in December 2020. Melinda returned into the education sector as a Federation Business Manager in 2021. Melinda is passionate about working for and being part of an organisation that makes a real difference to people's lives and are driven by improving life chances of the people they serve.