Our Associates

SaS Consultancy is proud to work alongside a talented network of associates who share our commitment to excellence in clinical practice, safeguarding, and consultancy. Our associates bring diverse experience from fields including psychology, mental health, education, and social care. Each individual contributes specialist knowledge that enhances our work across complex and sensitive areas. Through collaboration, we are able to deliver tailored support, training, and consultancy to a broad range of clients and projects.

Justine Skeats - Senior Associate 

Justine is an expert safeguarding professional, who is registered with Social Work England. Justine qualified as a Social Worker in 1993 and has 30 years experience working across the gamut of sectors including the statutory, voluntary, humanitarian and governmental. Justine has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Social Studies, a Diploma in Social Work and a Diploma in Leadership and Management (Level 7) registered with the CMI. Justine began her career working in front line social work with children and families. 


Justine was the Head of Safeguarding for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) for five years, providing expert oversight to safeguarding decision making across all areas of the Inquiry’s business. Prior to this, she worked for many years in the NSPCC. Justine has expertise working in the humanitarian sector as the Global Head of Safeguarding for an INGO, working in countries in the Global South giving her unique experiences of working with diverse communities. Justine has authored articles published in VOICE magazine about her work in safeguarding and gender based violence in South Sudan.


Justine has provided consultation services for a range of statutory Inquiries and reviews including; UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Future of Church Safeguarding Review, the Lampard Inquiry, the Whyte Review and the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR). Justine also sits on the Board of Trustees for an intimate partner abuse refuge and Child Sexual Exploitation service based in Rotherham.

Sabah Kaiser

Sabah is a seasoned consultant with over 15 years of expertise in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), community engagement, and legislative compliance across the UK and Northern Ireland. An EDI Fellow at Oxford University Regents College, Sabah assists in initiatives to enhance cultural competency and address challenges faced by ethnic minority groups within academic and institutional settings.


She has served as both a specialist consultant and Ethnic Minority Ambassador for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, as well as a consultant for the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, where her work has shaped culturally responsive frameworks and inclusive practices across sectors. With a strong focus on safeguarding ethnic minority women and children from sexual and physical violence, Sabah holds numerous certifications in safeguarding, cultural competency, and community engagement.


Fluent in multiple languages and recognised for her grassroots insights, she brings a nuanced understanding of ethnic minority barriers, fostering impactful, equitable solutions that build resilience and strengthen community and organisational relations.

Michael Broadhurst 

Michael qualified as a social worker in 2009 with a First Class Honours Degree (BSc), registered with Social Work England and a member of BASW and the Institute of Regulation. He also has a Diploma in Social Policy and Criminology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Positive Psychology. Michael is an accredited Realise2 Strengths Coach, an accredited Stress Manager, and an accredited Neuro Linguistic Programming practitioner.


Michael has worked in children and families safeguarding for over 20 years and has delivered and developed numerous services, including reunification assessment work, solution focused therapeutic work, children’s rights and advocacy, and child sexual exploitation (CSE) awareness services. Michael also has significant experience in senior roles, having managed post-sexual abuse therapeutic work, life story work, and CSE services. In addition, Michael was previously employed as a consultant social worker at the NSPCC, where he was responsible for leading on quality assurance, providing models of non-line management supervision, supporting practitioners with complex cases, undertaking case file and safeguarding reviews, contributing to the development of services and knowledge transfer.


Michael currently works as an independent social worker completing assessment work, safeguarding investigations, and quality assurance work. In addition, Michael also works as a senior member of the fitness to practice team in social work regulation, where he is employed as an independent decision-maker.

Jaqcui Smith 

Jacqui is a qualified and registered social worker with a career spanning more than 33 years. She has worked across a wide range of agencies including Local Authority Children’s Services, and national charities. Jacqui also worked as a self-employed Guardian Ad Litem, safeguarding children in the family courts and later for CAFCASS, where she was responsible for quality assurance and improving practice and developed their practice learning service across England.


Jacqui has lectured at several universities and been module lead responsible for practice on MSc and BSc social work qualifying courses as well as an external assessor and examiner. As an independent consultant, Jacqui has provided a range of social work services and training to both the voluntary and statutory sector (across Adults and Children’s Services, Mental Health Services, Drug and Alcohol Services, Housing and Homeless Services). Additionally acting as Practice Educator observing, teaching, assessing and supervising social workers in training across a range of statutory and voluntary agencies. 


Most recently, Jacqui worked as a lead facilitator in the Truth Project, and as a safeguarding officer for both the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and the Covid Inquiry, assessing and managing safeguarding risks, providing advice and training in relation to safeguarding. Jacqui also works as a Social Work Adjudicator, hearing Fitness to Practice proceedings for Social Work England. Outside of work, Jacqui sits as a Family Magistrate, hearing and adjudicating on both public and private law matters.

Sally Quail

Sally holds an MSc in Therapeutic Counselling and is an accredited counsellor, registered with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 

She is an integrative counsellor, incorporating person-centred and psychodynamic theory and techniques into her practice. 


She has worked with adults with a range of issues including anxiety, depression and trauma. Sally previously worked as a Counsellor for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and is now the Counselling lead at a Community Counselling Service in South East London. Alongside this, she

has a small private practice offering counselling to adults and clinical

supervision to counsellors. 

Steve Harris

Since gaining an MA in Clinical Counselling in 2011, Steve has worked for a variety of organisations, including Mind and Action for Children, providing 1:2:1 therapy, group therapy and psycho-educational training focusing on stress and trauma. Through his career as a therapist Steve has become experienced and skilled in working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, sexualities and cultures and approaches his work from each person's unique perspective of the world. Steve is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.


For the last 13 years, Steve has worked for an organisation in North Wales providing free, long-term therapeutic support to adult victims and survivors of childhood sexual abuse. 



He also spent 6 years at the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse as part of the Truth Project and providing clinical consultation and is currently a senior counsellor providing staff support to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

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