OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Lauren qualified as a solicitor in 2002 and she is the principal of a law firm in the London Borough of Brent, specialising in Criminal, Housing Disrepair and Immigration Law, which has been established for 11 years.  

In addition, to her role as Principal, Lauren is the Compliance officer for the practice and the Compliance  Officer for Finance & Administration, Risk Management, Complaints/Grievance/Disciplinary; and is the  Training/Development/Performance Manager.  

Lauren is currently a governor at an independent primary school ranked within the top 10 schools in the United Kingdom. She has an enhanced DBS and has received NSPCC Child Safeguarding training.

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Ben joined Utopia in October 2023 as a Team Leader and was completely new to the sector having come from emergency healthcare and wanted a new challenge. 

He quickly learned the role and in April of 2024 was promoted to Service Manager. He enjoys getting to know our young people, hearing their stories and helping the team here support them the best way we can. 

 Following a decade working within the NHS, Jordanah was ready for a change. She still wanted to help people and be in a rewarding position and found an opportunity to support young people in supported accommodation. 

As Service Development Manager for Utopia, Jordanah works on various areas within the organisation such as development, Ofsted compliance, health and safety, recruitment, training and referrals. 

Diane has worked with children and young people for over 15 years, in a variety of settings, including primary, secondary, alternative provision and college, as well as in residential homes for HSB, EBD and LD.  She has been able to gain a wide experience of different settings and this has helped her to develop her knowledge and understanding of how children can be affected in different ways. 

Diane has previously managed a home and achieved a “Good” rating consecutively on two full inspections.