Kimberly Tierney joined the Board in July 2020. Kim has worked at QAC since 2012, starting off as the Residential Coordinator leading to her current role as Residential Services Manager and the nominated individual for CQC. Kim has also been a part of the college’s safeguarding team since 2013, working on residential and IP safeguarding cases in particular.
Over the 9 years Kim has worked at QAC she has also held two advanced practitioner roles, firstly for personal care and secondly for Databridge. Kim is also a dignity in care champion and a member of skills for care local manager network.
Kim’s background is in Psychology, she holds a degree in Psychology and Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Birmingham. She sought a full time role at QAC after completing work experience here whilst volunteering for Mencap during her degree. This volunteer work, combined with her Masters dissertation examining executive functioning in young people with learning disabilities, inspired her to follow this career path.