DASU is fortunate to have a team of highly qualified and experienced staff, as well as a bank of skilled sessional staff and trained volunteers who support the organisation in a variety of ways.

Victoria Roberts
​Independent Domestic Violence Adviser
Criminal Justice System (CJS IDVA)

​Victoria has worked for the charity for over 25 years and is a founder member. She is currently employed as an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) and her work mainly involves supporting clients where there are criminal proceedings. She is also a trained Independent Sexual Violence Advisor. Victoria holds the Diploma in Counselling and is a member of the BPS. She has experience of all areas of DASU work and spent many years working in the Refuge. She has been a member of the Local Safeguarding Board, and is currently a member of the Crown Prosecution Local Scrutiny and Involvement Panel.

Sue Monti
​Senior Safety Adviser (Crisis Services)

​Sue has worked for DASU since 2001. She holds an Honours Degree in Psychology, a Diploma in Counselling, a Certificate in Supervision and is a Registered Member of the BACP.  She also holds IDVA and IDVA Service Manager qualifications accredited by SafeLives. Sue manages & facilitates the Freedom Programme and provides crisis interventions to people accessing the service. ​She can provide individual counselling & supervision. 

Naomi Mumba-Dobson
Senior Manager Denbighshire Services

​Naomi Mumba-Dobson is the manager for the Denbighshire services. She has been working with Glyndwr Women's Aid since May 2017 working in the women's refuge. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Behavioural Science from Notre Dame University in Perth, Australia. Over the years, Naomi has been involved with raising awareness and promoting domestic abuse and sexual violence services at both an operational and strategic level in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Naomi has experience working with asylum seekers, refugees and other Black and Minority Ethnic communities that have been victims of war, torture, and other harmful practices such as familial abuse, so-called "Honour" based violence, forced marriages and female genital mutilation.  

Keely Ball
Refuge Support Worker

Keely began working for DASU in 2014 as part of the New Hope Volunteers project. After successfully volunteering, Keely became a sessional worker covering various roles during busy periods. In December 2017 Keely became a Refuge Support worker. Keely is a Registered General Nurse and has attended many training courses, such as a 10 week counselling course. Further training includes Safeguarding, Lone Working and Confidentiality.
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Lowri Davies
Refuge Support Worker

Lowri began volunteering with Glyndwr Women's Aid in early 2017, after completing a degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice (BA Hons) from Bangor University. After      successfully volunteering she was offered a full time position as a refuge support worker and now also working as a floating support worker as well. Lowri is a trained facilitator of the Domestic Abuse Recovering Together and the Recovery Toolkit Programmes. 

Lucy Millington
Refuge Support Worker
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​Lucy has worked at DASU since 2016 and has ongoing experience of supporting domestic abuse survivors within Welsh Women's Aid since 2015. Lucy has completed Health and Social Care qualifications level 1, 2 and 3. She has a social welfare qualification and has attended domestic abuse training with WWA. Lucy will be working towards a management qualification in the future.

Emma Glover
Refuge Accommodation Manager

Emma has worked for DASU since 2004. She holds ISVA, IDVA and IDVA Service Manager qualifications accredited by SafeLives. Emma manages the refuge services that DASU provides. She has completed her Certificate in Counselling Practice.

Rachael Roberts
​Refuge Accommodation - Deputy Manager

Rachael Roberts has worked for DASU since 2009. Rachael joined the organisation at a crucial point as DASU had just received funding to set up the One Stop Shop and Rachael was employed as the Coordinator.  Rachael holds an ILM level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management Skills and the Certificate in Counselling Skills and Theory. Rachael is qualified as a SafeLives accredited Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) and Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA).

Rachel Mercer
Floating Support Worker

​Rachel has worked as an Outreach Support Worker for DASU since 2009. Rachel is a SafeLives qualified IDVA and YPVA. She supports clients with practical issues relating to housing, benefits, debts and court proceedings and motivational support to help people maintain personal safety and move forward with their lives. Rachel is a trained facilitator of the Recovery Toolkit and the Freedom Programme.

Sian Hughes
​Finance, Funding and Monitoring Officer

Sian has worked for DASU for 3 years. She has a degree in Health Studies: Health Promotion and has worked in the third sector for 9 years. She has also previously worked as a Funding Officer at the Big Lottery Fund. Sian is responsible for the finance and monitoring of the organisation and also prepares funding applications. Sian is currently working towards an AAT Level 3 in Accountancy.

Amy Hanks
Progress Outreach 

​Amy has worked with DASU since 2012 and is a support worker with our Progress Outreach Service. Her role involves working with men and women who have experienced domestic abuse within the community. She supports clients with practical issues connected to housing, benefits, debts and court proceedings and motivational support to help people maintain personal safety and move forward with their lives. She completed SafeLives training to qualify as Young Persons Violence Advisor (YPVA) in 2016. She has provided awareness raising sessions in local high schools regarding healthy relationships and domestic abuse. Amy is also a trained facilitator of the Recovery Toolkit for young people.

Sam Tapscott
​Progress Outreach Worker 
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​Sam joined DASU as a volunteer in 2015 working as a mentor to domestic abuse survivors. Following this Sam began working as a sessional worker for DASU covering roles in outreach support, admin and the refuge. During this time Sam gained a degree in Criminology with Psychology from the University of Chester. In 2016 Sam began working for DASU as a refuge support worker while continuing sessional work at DASU. Sam is now an outreach support worker at DASU supporting clients with practical issues in relation to debts, housing, benefits and support with court proceedings as well as emotional support. 

Eileen Thomas
​C2C Partner Support 
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Eileen worked for DASU as a sessional worker since November 2014 and spent  9 months in a temporary post with the Outreach Team which ended in May 2017. Eileen has a Diploma in Social Worker and a BSc Degree in Children Studies. Previously, Eileen worked as a Social Worker for Wrexham County Council for 19 years working in Adult Mental Health, Children’s Services and Training. Eileen took early retirement from social work before becoming part of the DASU team.

Rebecca Jones
Refuge Support Worker
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​Becky started working as a volunteer with the Glyndwr Women's  On-Call Rota in Denbigh early 2018. She has since been successful in joining the team as a Refuge Support Worker.
She has completed her Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills and BSc. in Psychology and is now currently training on the MA in Clinical Counselling which upon completion will lead to professional accreditation. She has also done NSPCC Childline Counsellor Training and also has an interest in Mindfulness.