Ivan Roberts
About Candidate
Having decided to move to China from the UK in September 2024 to seek out a new life with new challenges, I am currently residing in Anshan, Liaoning with my wife and partner of 17 years, Yufen. I have a broad science and engineering background that culminated in Directorships of several companies in the UK. While my knowledge and skills base of several disciplines is OK, my spoken Mandarin is not and this I understand, may be a handicap when being considered for potential roles in China. I am however enjoying learning the Chinese language and fully immersed in the culture.
My career path has been somewhat unconventional but I remain eager to develop new knowledge and skills whilst simultaneously wishing to contribute my existing knowledge, experience, and skill sets to the support and development of others in my community. Both myself and my wife are willing to relocate for the right opportunity.
SKILLS
• Design and delivery of teaching programmes
• Report writing
• Substance Use Disorder therapy and counselling
• Physiological effects of illicit drugs and alcohol
• Customer relations and Contract account management
• Quality management systems auditing
• Competency assessment programmes
• Word processing, Excel, PowerPoint presentation
• Forensic Investigations
• Mechanical engineering
I am a qualified archery instructor and hold a FITA star in target archery with Master Bowman status.
Education
BSc with honours. Major Physiology
Work & Experience
In addition to my role of managing day to day business activities I was head of analytical services at Noviche BioScience Ltd., a UK Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered organisation that specialises in phlebotomy, alcohol and drugs testing services and products, consultancy, training, and substance use disorder counselling and therapy. My occupational qualifications include; • Quality Licence Scheme: Drugs and Alcohol (Substance Use Disorder) Counselling • Yale University School of Medicine: Clinical Skills in Addiction Treatment Certificate endorsed by the Academy of Addiction Psychiatry • University of Geneva: Certificate of Drugs, Drugs Use, Drug Policy and Health • Emroy University: The Addicted Brain Certificate • Addiction Therapy Diploma • Psychotropic Substances Diploma • Calibration & Servicing of Evidential Breathalyser Equipment Certificate I am a member of the Complementary Medical Association (CMA), the European Workplace Drug Testing Society (EWDTS), United Nations (UN) Talent Pool, and the GLG Healthcare and Biomedical Council. I have delivered Master Classes and Key Note Speeches to UK Government Ministers on workplace drugs and alcohol testing. I have worked in the field of substance use since 1991. I provide Substance Use Disorder (SUD) therapy to individuals and groups, I deliver alcohol and drugs management training and seminars, Chain of Custody sample collection training and competency assessment, and as an ISO:9001 Quality Management Systems auditor, I perform Drug & Alcohol Policy reviews and supply chain audits. I provided expert witness testimony in court to the judiciary services and I provided impartial investigations and reports to employers in my field of expertise, which are: • Addiction, alcohol • Alcohol abuse • Alcohol backtrack calculations • Alcohol, breath testing • Alcohol, blood, calculations • Alcohol dependence syndrome • Alcohol, effects on the brain • Alcohol, effects on driving • Alcohol, effects on judgement • Alcohol, interaction drugs of abuse • Alcohol, metabolism • Alcohol, testing • Alcohol, urine analysis • Drink driving, calculations • Drug testing, saliva • Drugs, analysis of • Drugs, detection of • Drugs, identification of • Drugs, illicit, breakdown products • Drugs, illicit, psychoactive effects • Drugs, interaction with alcohol of • Drugs, interactions between • Drugs, intoxication by • Drugs, recreational use of • Hair, forensic examination of • Illicit drugs, breakdown products • Illicit drugs, effects on driving • Laboratory practice, management • Laboratory practice, quality • Laboratory testing, diagnostics • Psychoactive drugs, illicit • Saliva drug testing • Screening, alcohol • Syndromes, alcohol dependence • Toxicology, drug • Toxicology, occupational • Urine, alcohol in • Urine, analysis of, alcohol Plus: Occupational & legal-medico Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse (DoA) misuse. Appraisals of Chain of Custody protocols. Assessment of laboratory and point-of-care analysis techniques for urine, saliva, blood, and hair bio-matrices. Positive test results challenges for DoA and alcohol. Form, function and symptoms of commonly abused substances.
