ABOUT US

Tania is a qualified Psychologist and is a graduate member of the British Psychological Society. She is Clubhouse’s CEO. Her previous work experience has been in Mental Health, managing different employment and educational programs, including European Funding Projects.

Apart from other Education and Training courses in Mental Health and Professional Development, in 2012 she completed her training in the Clubhouse Model in Massachusetts (USA), which was an invaluable experience for the establishment of Clubhouse Gibraltar. Since then, she has been working hard in order to make sure that Clubhouse Gibraltar started on the right footing and to help build a solid foundation to ensure that Clubhouse Gibraltar’s mental health support remains available for future generations.

Tania is also the chairperson for Positive Pathways (registered charity 279). This charity was created to run the first Social Enterprise in Gibraltar and she is working hard to create new employment and educational opportunities for individual with mental health difficulties.

Gema Moreno is a Social Worker with wide experience in the mental health field. She has worked with different groups, prisoners, youths and people having drug dependency, assessing individuals and planning actions for their reintegration into the community and
workplace.

She has also worked as Support worker in the United Kingdom for four years in the field of mental health. She was the key worker setting up targets for each person with constant follow ups to guide them in their lives generally and with regard to employment issues.

She joined Clubhouse Gibraltar in January 2017 as part of Clubhouse’s expansion project. As support worker she is highly involved in guiding members and fully dedicated to their wellbeing. She has proved to be another great asset to the Clubhouse Staff and enjoys being challenged. Her personality and skills have also made an enormous difference to the difficult task of improving, managing and maintaining the Charity Shop.

Mary-Anne has worked in the private sector in Gibraltar since the age of 18. Working mostly in offices she has managed teams and has extensive business experience particularly in training staff, marketing, risk management and accounts. This experience and knowledge is beneficial for the functioning of Clubhouse. She joined the team in August 2018.

Mary-Anne has also volunteered in local associations and community projects, especially with youth, mental health and human rights.

She is now a Mental Health First Aid instructor and she is providing training in this field in the local community.

Glen has had a wide and varied career in the mental health field. Graduating with a BA hons in social Psychology from Edge Hill University and completing a Diploma in Person Centred Counselling. His early career started in the children’s care sector in his beloved home town of Liverpool where he dealt with numerous mental health issues and issues surrounding drug and alcohol misuse. He also worked on a floating care home, on a rolling rota of two weeks on two weeks of which housed children who were in danger or who were too high of a risk for a normal care home.
Glen then went to work in the field of adult drug and alcohol misuse with a local charity where he wrote and took a number of therapy groups. He then went to work for the youth sector of the charity in the same field. Were he was able to provide education and information on a variety of different substances and take a number of different groups.

In his spare time he also volunteered for a local charity called the Blood bikes where he delivered such things as drugs, breast milk and blood helping relieve the strain on the NHS.

Glen also ran a street food business in the UK which went to music festivals and food festival providing delicious food. He is happy that all these skills from his past are able to be utilized in Clubhouse Gibraltar.

He joined Clubhouse Gibraltar in August 2018.

Katie’s studies throughout her life have all been person centered. BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Science Education in Humanities, NVQ level 3 in Social Work, and Safeguarding 1,2 and 3. Much more throughout the years including Mental Heath in adults and youth, dating back 13 years from Anglesey to Hartlepool to Gibraltar in 2014.

Katie is passionate to help others and is always eager to learn new skills that will in turn benefit others.

She has work experience in the UK which includes work with Y.O.T., Women’s Aid, UK councils, primary schools, elderly communities and ‘Looked After Children’.

Katie has worked with the Gibraltar Youth Service for 9 years, and has also worked with other charities and support groups in Gibraltar such as. the EV Foundation, CYE- CYL, etc.

Gianna has been working as a support youth worker for a number of years. She has worked with young people from a wide variety of age ranges and diverse backgrounds. Throughout her employment she has been able to provide guidance and support to young people in order for them to make positive choices at different stages of their lives. She then decided to undertake a degree in Childhood and Youth Studies. After her 3 years of study she realised that she wanted to better understand the detrimental effects daily struggles has on Mental Health, so she undertook an Advanced Diploma in Counselling & Psychology shortly after she commenced her placement with the Citizens Advice Bureau as a voluntary counsellor, she began to work with numerous individuals suffering from depression & anxiety disorders. Listening and communication skills have allowed her to understand and to relate to others, she believes these to be highly valuable. In order to continue on with her professional development she has undertaken various courses such as mental health awareness, suicide prevention, managing challenging behaviour and safeguarding children. Her work experience and studies have allowed her to develop invaluable skills that help to support others and guide them in the right direction. She has always been an advocate for mental health encouraging individuals to develop their self esteem and become resilient to cope with adverse life situations.

Worked in the social care sector for more than 20 years. Cristina started as a support worker for people with learning disabilities and soon knew is what she wanted to do for the rest of her life, to support people that are going through difficulties to find the right support to be able to be as happy as any other individual. Cristina worked as a deputy manager for supporting living organisations and as children practitioner in uk (The Autistic Society, Mencap, Bristol City Coincil, etc) Cryistina has also volunteer in a humanitarian organisation in South America to bring support to individuals and families in disadvantaged circustances. Withing those organisations Cristina supported children, young adults, adults and their families to have the right support to maintain a healthy mental health.

Cristina completed an Nvq4 in health and social care and coordinated the reablement team at BCC.