About

Past employment

• Children’s services in Gateshead, North Tyneside and Newcastle local authorities

• 4Children

• YoungMinds

• Institute of Education, University of London

• British Association for Adoption & Fostering

• National Academy for Parenting Practitioners

• Care Matters Partnership

• Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers

Qualifications and professional membership

• BA (Hons) Economics, Psychology, Communications, University of Liverpool, 1987

• Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Open University, 2002

• Certificate level member of the Institute of Fundraising - MInstF (Cert)

Associates

Awards

Policies

Areas of expertise

Children in care, fostering, adoption, parenting

Children’s mental health

Extended schools, CPD

Project management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder consultation

External communications

Training

Other experience

• Wrote YoungMinds: Looking After the Mental Health of Looked After Children, Pavilion Publishing 2001

• Expert interview In Loco Parentis, Demos 2010

• Chair of primary school governing body

I support SANDS

(Stillbirth & neonatal death charity)

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