Veteran Shane Hodgson MSc MBA MA D.Phil CPsychol AFBPsS FRSA

The Zone Welfare / Peer Support Officer is a specialist officer, responsible for researching the need for religious and/or psychological support to its members; assessing the SAMVO Entity’s capability to meet this need.

As a professional, he/she will liaise with Zone organisations capable of delivering such support. In so doing, he/she will be responsible for developing the SAMVO Entity’s policy and capability to provide this level of support to its members.

His/her line responsibility is to the SAMVO Entity Chairperson, with staff accountability to the SAMVO Director Peer Support (ascending) and to the Regional Welfare Officers within his/her Zone (descending).