Frank Offer
Frank Offer is the Commissioning and SEND Lead for LIIA.
The Commissioning workstream involves developing and managing a programme of pan-London collaborative commissioning to achieve better value for money and improved outcomes for children. The SEND programme involves developing pan-London collaborative developments and along with improving commissioning, there is a focus on service delivery and practice pan-London to improve outcomes for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Frank has a background as a teacher and has gone on to deliver commissioning change programmes with multi-million pound savings and improved outcomes for children across the country from Nottinghamshire to London. He has led innovations in prevention that have achieved 90% improvements in outcomes for children and his work embeds a partnership and child-centred approach.
Frank is driven by the difference the LIIA team can make in children and young people’s lives and has a Doctorate from Brunel University which focused on young people’s perspectives on barriers to participation in education, training and employment and how to overcome them, along with an MBA from Kingston University and BSc from University College London.
Frank is a keen painter and writer in his personal life, with a particular interest in writing for young adults.