Steven McCluskey, Consultant

Steven McCluskey is an experienced health promotion professional who joined Create in October 2008 from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde where he held a specialist child/youth health improvement remit for the past 15 years, eight years of which in a senior capacity. Throughout this time Steven has developed particular expertise in relation to vulnerable groups and in particular in relation to looked after children and throughcare & aftercare services.

He was seconded from the NHS for a period of three years to the Glasgow Alliance ‘Care Leavers’ Social Inclusion Partnership (the big step) where he was responsible for leading up and managing the SIP’s health improvement agenda in relation to young people leaving care. Steven was instrumental in setting-up and developing the Scottish Healthy Care Network (SHCN) and latterly held the post of National Development Officer with SHCN whilst seconded from the NHS to the Scottish Institute for Residential Childcare within the University of Strathclyde. Steven was a recent member of the Being Emotionally Mentally and Physically Healthy Working Group for the Scottish Executive report Looked-After Children & Young People: We Can & Must Do Better (2007). Previous to his work in the NHS Steven held various posts within the drug and alcohol field working as a counsellor and latterly in senior and management positions.

Steven completed an MA in Health and Community Development with distinction from De Montfort University, Leicester in 2005, writing his thesis on looked after children and health policy, planning and services in Scotland.

Steven has extensive experience in designing and delivering training programmes to various professional groups; commissioning, developing and supporting research and evaluation; organisational and team development; designing and developing information and resources and in the planning of local and national networks, events and conferences.