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Seb Barker

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Co-Founder & COO at Beam
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Seb Barker is the Co-Founder and COO of Beam, a social enterprise using AI and crowdfunding to help homeless individuals secure jobs and housing. Drawing on his experience at NHS England and various homeless charities, he now focuses on scaling Beams impact, particularly through AI tools for social workers. He holds a Bachelors from the University of Leeds and a Masters from Sothebys Institute of Art.

Sebs career was sparked by a personal experience seeing a homeless encampment, which motivated him to leave his path and become a frontline outreach worker at 21. He is deeply committed to applying technology to solve complex social issues and creating more efficient, humane, and outcomes-driven social services.

Interesting fact: After feeling increasingly desensitised to Londons homelessness problem, a single evening walking past Waterloo station moved him to immediately sign up as a volunteer outreach worker.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & COO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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AI in Social Care
He is driving Beam's development of 'Magic Notes', an AI tool to reduce administrative burdens for social workers, and frequently speaks on AI's role in government services.
Tackling Homelessness
His entire career has been dedicated to this cause, from being a frontline outreach worker to co-founding a tech platform to create long-term solutions.
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Career

Work history

11-2017
Co-Founder & COO
Beam
10-2016 - 7-2017
Integrated Personal Commissioning Manager
NHS England
3-2016 - 10-2016
Implementation Lead
Turning Point
9-2014 - 3-2016
Outreach and Residential Treatment Lead
Turning Point
1-2014 - 9-2014
Substance Misuse and Alcohol Worker
Turning Point
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Media appearances

COO Secrets with Seb Barker, COO of Beam. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2006 - 2009
Bachelor of Arts - BA
University of Leeds
2009 - 2010
Master's degree
Sotheby's Institute of Art
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