Sarah Wileman

Sarah is the Director of Development. Sarah oversees the development and delivery of services, ensuring MHM continues to achieve outstanding results helping people to recover from mental health conditions.

Prior to Sarah's role as Director of Development, she was our Head of Talking Therapies. Sarah has worked in Health and Social Care for over 20 years, across both the Statutory and Voluntary sectors. Sarah was drawn to the field of mental health following a previous role that involved developing Primary Care Mental Health Services and talking to the people who had used these services. This exposed her to the impact that these services have on people with mild to moderate needs and how they can change people’s lives.

From 1996 to 2000 Sarah worked in a large supported Hostel in the center of Glasgow, working with men with complex needs. Following this, she moved to Teesside working for Teesside Probation Service with offenders on release from prison and those with Drug Treatment Orders. She then moved to Addaction where she was a Team Leader for a Drug Intervention Programme in Middlesbrough.

In 2006 she worked as part of the Middlesbrough Drug Action Team, in the commissioning team. Following this Sarah moved to North Yorkshire County Council, Adult Social Care, as Carers Project Officer latterly also taking on responsibility for Continuing Health Care. Prior to moving to MHM Sarah worked for Turning Point as a Bid Manager specifically working in Mental Health services. Sarah moved to MHM in 2017 as Transformation and Partnerships Manager.