Helen Jeffries

Deputy Director, Health Inequalities, Multiple Disadvantage and Displacement, DHSC & Autism Advocate

London, England, United Kingdom

About

https://helenjeffries.wordpress.com/ Autistic Civil Servant Blogs about my experience of being an autistic civil servant written so that hopefully other autistic civil servants will see this and realise they’re not the only one. Also non-autistic (neurotypical) colleagues, friends and family may come to understand us better.

Experience

  • Department of Health and Social Care (On-site)
    • Deputy Director, Health Inequalities Multiple Disadvantage and Displacement
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Identifying and tackling health inequalities caused by a range of factors, and embedding consideration for those experiencing disadvantage or displacement in all health policy.

    • Deputy Director, Ukraine response and Refugees
      Apr 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs

      Ensuring Ukrainians arriving in the UK fleeing war have access to the healthcare to which they are entitled. Similarly others arriving in the UK as a result of being displaced by conflict or crisis.

  • Trustee at Ambitious about Autism
    Dec 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Deputy Director, Covid Task Force at Cabinet Office
    Nov 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Department of Health and Social Care (2 yrs 3 mos)
    • Deputy Director Probity Programme Manager, COVID-19 App, Test and Trace
      Jun 2020 - Nov 2020 · 6 mos

    • COVID-19 Response Senior Incident Team Leader
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2020 · 6 mos

      Central Government response to COVID-19 at DHSC headquarters

    • DHSC Worst Case Scenario No Deal EU Exit Readiness
      Sep 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Defra (9 yrs 9 mos)
    • EU Strategy: Negotiations preparations, equivalence, animal and plant health lead
      Aug 2016 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Animal Health and Welfare Strategy and Secretariats
      Apr 2015 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Leading cross cutting strategic work across the full range of animal health and welfare policy areas as well as leading provision of the secretariat function to the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England and other senior strategic groups.

    • Head of Secretariat, Animal Health and Welfare Board for England
      Dec 2013 - Mar 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Animal Health and Welfare Board for England The Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) brings together independent people with the relevant knowledge and skills, and senior government officials. The AHWBE makes direct recommendations to Defra Ministers on strategic policy affecting the health and welfare of kept animals in England including farm animals, horses and pets (excluding the welfare of zoo and circus animals).