Abd Al-Rahman
Abd Al-Rahman
Head of Strategic Development
The Federation
Biography
Abd Al-Rahman has worked in the substance misuse and communities sector since 1991 starting in Newham, London. He has been trained in Intercultural Therapy, studying this subject at Goldsmiths University of London and an accomplished trainer, particularly in the area of Identity and difference.
While working as Equalities Officer/consultant at In-volve, an organisation at the forefront of developing services for those young people considered the hardest to reach, Abd Al-Rahman played a key role in a consultancy project that was a springboard for the development and success of Nafas, an innovative Tower Hamlets based culturally specific treatment service. He also played a key role during the formative years of the RAW service, a young peoples empowerment and leadership process formed in 1993 to work with vulnerable young people. Past roles also include working for DrugScope as a QUADs (Quality in Alcohol and Drug Services) Consultant and various secondments to develop pilot services for specific communities.
Since being employed at The Federation, a national membership and consultancy/training organisation, he has pioneered Diversity focused work within 6 London Prisons as the Drugs and Diversity Advisor and has sought to assist the process of developing services that are more appropriate to communities through the initiation of dialogue and focused consultancy work. He is currently the Head of Strategic Development for The Federation and also sits on the Home Office Crime and Drug Strategy Directorate’s Communities and Diversity Working Group and Drug Intervention Programme Race and Diversity Scrutiny Panel.
