Our spokespeople

Rachael has over 30 years of experience in social care, working in various roles in both voluntary and for-profit sectors. She started as a support worker for people with learning disabilities and has been a registered manager and operations director for services supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism.

She also worked for Birmingham People First, a self-advocacy organisation, and spent 13 years at the social care regulator, beginning as an inspector and ending as Head of Adult Social Care Policy, focusing on strategy and policy.

She joined Dimensions in 2019 as Managing Director and became CEO in 2022. Rachael is passionate about giving people choice and control over their lives, involving them and their families, and supporting colleagues to have fulfilling careers.

Mark has a learning disability and a keen interest in ensuring people with learning disabilities are safe, while remaining independent.

Mark has a deeply powerful story and often speaks publicly about disability hate crime and is an advocate for people with learning disabilities and autism being treated equally. He is also employed by Dimensions as a Quality Auditor, a role that sees him visiting services to check people are supported in a personalised way.

Mark was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent for his work on Hate Crime, a huge accolade that has since been followed by an MBE, a place of the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 list and membership of the Learning Disability Leaders List run by Dimensions in association with VODG and Learning Disability England.

Jordan is a man with Cerebral Palsy who since being supported by Dimensions feels like his life has been transformed by the opportunities available to him, which he has embraced with enthusiasm.

An advocate for others through his passion in local and national politics – a spokesperson against the barriers to voting because of his own past experiences and expertise.

An ambassador for others supported by Dimensions as Chair of the Dimensions Council, Jordan brings others together to unite to find solutions, share stories and influence how Dimensions provides support to others.

A professional in the role of Quality Consultant, a champion for ‘GREAT’ support and a fierce challenger in his quality checking role, a tough critic and able interviewer when supporting business support interviews and a wonderful storyteller when training new staff around their and Dimensions values.

Jordan is also a co-chair of Learning Disability England and thus plays a representative role for all people with learning disabilities in the UK.

Tracey is renowned for her determination to consult the community Dimensions support so they are at the very heart of our unique work.

She is dedicated to enabling them to have greater involvement and influence through their valued roles as family experts and quality consultants.