Oliver has extensive experience as a senior leader both as DSL and a senior mental health lead. He has a Master’s degree in educational leadership, a qualification in which he specialised in the management of safeguarding with a specific focus on the development of effective mental health strategies within education settings. He regularly speaks at sector conferences on this topic, having now worked with, and supported, over 800 schools and colleges, across all sectors, to improve their mental health and safeguarding provision. Student and staff wellbeing have always been at the heart of Oliver’s approach to education. He is known for his dynamic, authentic and non-judgemental approach to all aspects of his delivery. He is both an advanced safeguarding trainer and senior mental health lead trainer, (training DSLs and DSMHLs for a number of different local authorities, MATs and individual settings across all sectors), and regularly writes and delivers highly-acclaimed, bespoke training programmes to support settings in these areas.