Director
Sharon Townsend BA MBA
Sharon has worked in business and project management within the NHS for over 10 years and became interested in the potential that supported housing offers the NHS, and its role and status within Integrated Commissioning Board structures.
Sharon is responsible for the strategic direction and overall management and administration of SHP. She has direct experience of additional needs as a carer for both parents and her brother.
Associate Consultant
Michael Patterson BA MSc MA FRSA
Michael Patterson has been involved in supported housing and social care since the 1980s when he was a mental health support worker.
Since then Michael has worked with a wide range of housing associations, charities, non-profit & private supported housing providers, local authorities & the NHS providing supported housing consultancy services.
Michael is a well-known writer, commentator, public speaker and operational expert in supported housing & social care. He has particular expertise in enhanced Housing Benefit and devised the term “intensive housing management” in 2005 to describe much of what enhanced Housing Benefit funds.
Michael is also a family carer with a young son who will require supported housing for the duration of his adult life.