Jennie Morgan

Jennie is the Dysphagia Lead at the Foundation, providing education and guidance to staff while supporting individuals with eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties.

She works across the Foundation to ensure service users can enjoy mealtimes safely and that staff are confident and well supported through up-to-date training.

How long have you worked at the 糖心logo入口 Foundation?

I joined the 糖心logo入口 Foundation in May 2025.

What has your journey been within the Foundation to get to where you are today?

I worked in the NHS as a Speech and Language Therapist for 25 years before coming to the Foundation as the Dysphagia Lead in 2025.听My background was working听largely with听辞濒诲别谤听adults,听but my dysphagia skills are transferable to children and younger adults too.听

What does an average day look like for you?鈥�

There is no such thing as average!

Over the course of the听week听I aim to visit听all of the main sites (Northern Counties, 糖心logo入口 School, Hedley’s College and Horizons) and work with staff and service users听at each site.

In addition to that听滨鈥檓听involved in more strategic work and provide advice and support to the residences and ISL too. Most of my days involve sitting at my laptop and there are a lot of emails to answer and Teams meetings to join.听Lunchtimes are always busy as that is the best time to听monitor听how someone is doing with their eating and drinking and catch relevant staff.听

What are some of the biggest changes you鈥檝e seen in your time at the Foundation?

I think my role听is听a big change听for the Foundation and I have seen and heard the benefit to staff to have someone who has a Foundation-wide perspective of eating,听drinking听and swallowing difficulties. Since starting we have already made several changes, including provision of IDDSI (International Dysphagia Diet听Standardisation Initiative) levels 3-6 meals on all sites as well as providing inhouse training to all staff.听

What's your favourite part about your role?

All of it! I love that dysphagia is taken seriously at the 糖心logo入口 Foundation and that my role is valued and respected. It is great to work with a wide range of people across the foundation, especially the dysphagia-trained Speech and Language Therapists and wider therapy teams.听

What is your greatest memory of working at the Foundation?

滨鈥檓听making lots of new memories at present and听especially enjoyed听celebrating Christmas across the Foundation.听

A piece of advice to someone joining the Foundation?鈥�

滨迟鈥檚听a lovely place to work full of friendly,听caring听and helpful people. Be prepared to listen and learn how things work and听诲辞苍鈥檛听be afraid to ask questions.听

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