ABOUT VOT TRAINING
Empowering Organisations to create fair and equitable workplaces one training at a time.
WHO WE ARE
VOT Training and Consultancy Services is based in Horsham, West Sussex and provides services across the UK. It aims to empower professionals with rich knowledge and information in the field of social work, social care, foster care, equality, diversity and inclusion and anti-racism. We provide robust, dynamic and interactive training sessions for public, private and charity organisations to inspire workplace inclusion, drive high productivity and achieve success.
About vivian okeze-tirado
The Service is headed by award winning social work leader, trainer and author Vivian Okeze – Tirado working in collaboration with Social Work and Social Care Professionals who are passionate about social work, social justice and promoting diversity & anti – racist practice. Vivian is the author of D.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y.: A Guide to Working with Diversity and Developing Cultural Sensitivity. Published by London Jessica Kingsley Publishers in the UK and US in March 2023.
Vivian is a National Award-winning Social Worker and Social Justice Advocate recognised in England for her dedication and exemplary work as a children’s social work practitioner, an educator, and a social change author. In July 2022, she was shortlisted as a finalist in the Black Talent Award, Birmingham for the Charitable, Voluntary and Social Change category. Vivian is a confident social work leader with empathy and great passion.
Memberships
British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
Association of Health Care Trainers (AOHT)
National Organisation for Practice Teaching (NOPT)
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What Our Clients Say
Explore how our clients have leveraged Vot Training to achieve their EDI goals
“Dear Vivian, I would like to say thank you to you on behalf of Ofsted for being a keynote speaker at
our National Social Care Conference. We really enjoyed hearing about your experiences, and thoughts on diversity and developing cultural sensitivity including sharing your principles and acoustic poem of your diversity framework. This was extremely valuable to help us to reflect on our practice”.
Yvette Stanley
National Director, Ofsted.
“Thanks, I enjoyed the opportunity to talk about diversity this morning, and it just showed it’s not that
hard once the conversation gets going, something I will take forward to my Team”
Durham County Council.
Service Manager
“Thank tou so much for a dynamic, enagaging and thought provoking session. I personally took a lot
from what you shared with us last Thursday. Looking forward to collaborating with you in the future.”
Paul M
Head of service, Essex county council.
“Vivian, your energy, knowledge and experience has been like liquid gold to me. I consider myself self-aware, and I have attended a lot of training on diversity and cultural awareness. However, I have learned from you one very encounter, meeting, and training session I have attended. Your method of teaching, creates action!”
Hari M
West Sussex
“Hi Vivian, I’d just like to give a personal thanks for the event you ran with Social Work England. I
undertake independent assessments, and it was timely (for me) that you spoke on the subject as I had an instruction to undertake a “culturally competent” assessment of a family. I applied the principles you shared in the assessments and subsequently received very positive feedback in the quality assurance of
the report I completed. They said it was “comprehensive, child-centric and analytical”. Thank-you again, it was a most valuable thirty minutes.”
Social Work England
Independent social worker
“It was a privilege to have you deliver such a warm impactful keynote on anti-racism. You helped the audience to feel relaxed whilst engaging soberly with such an emotive topic.”
Antonia O
Service Manager, Anti-racism, Essex County.
“Our Leadership academy reflect and connect session today focused on how we can create an
environment where all staff feel welcome, supported, and valued to build a diverse workforce – with the
gentle but challenging guidance of Vivian”
Shelley Gill,
PSW Durham County
Council.
“Vivian, Thank you for an interactive and engagging session. It was lovely to have you with us. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.”
Jan Williams
Team manager, Essex County Council.
“Thank you for delivering a keynote at the Today’s Learners, Tomorrows Leaders Practice Educators
conference. It was a great day and we are very grateful for your contribution. Feedback from attendees has been very positive.”
Essex County Council
“I felt the session went deeper into EDI and how it is implemented in practice than previous EDI
training courses I have attended. I am impressed with how Vivian tailored the training to be specific to
RCPCH.”
Royal College of Paediatrics (RCPCH).
“Vivian thank you so much for all you have done for West Sussex. I have been inspired by your words
of wisdom and your determination to make changes to better lives. I know you will be treasured by
those who work with you in future.”
Angela- West Sussex County Council
“It was thought provoking session. It was good to learn about the legislation around anti-discriminatory practice and how it links to social work practice. the definition and discussions of the terminology also jhelped to me to get clarity and gain a common understanding of terms like multiculturalism.”
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