Jordan Alexander

Jordan has 20 years’ experience of safeguarding in policing across the UK having worked in Manchester, London and West Yorkshire in the role as a Detective Sergeant.  During his career he has specialised in cases where others have been accused or exploited following accusations of witchcraft or spiritual possessions which then allowed him to lead on the first criminal court case in the UK where this abuse was finally recognised in 2018.  He has developed and delivered CPD accredited training and awareness across the UK to statutory agencies and NGOs that has led to an increase in recognition and reporting of this abuse.  Jordan takes the impartial approach of ‘respect and understanding’ of different beliefs in order to best safeguard anyone at risk, and to never judge someone based upon their culture, community or belief.

In recent years Jordan moved to work in the charity sector in a senior management role where he maintained working on creating awareness and understanding of this form of abuse.  Having recently been elected to the role of National Chairperson for a forum of statutory and non-government organisations across the UK, a forum originally created by Parliament in 2012, he has a clear vision to bring an increase in awareness along with understanding and inclusivity of all communities to better safeguard everyone from this form of abuse.